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Reading Exclusion Rates

Grade 4
Grade 4 Trend
Grade 8
Grade 8 Trend

 

Percentage of eighth-grade public school students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: Various years, 1992–2011
  Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction 19921 19941 1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
    Nation (public) — — 4 6 5 5 5 4 3
California — — 4 4 4 3 3 2 2
Florida — — 5 6 6 5 5 4 2
Illinois — — 4 4 5 5 5 4 2
New York — — 8 9 7 6 6 7 3
Texas — — 5 8 8 7 7 5 6
– Not available. The state/jurisdiction did not participate or participation did not meet guidelines for reporting.
1 Accommodations not permitted.
NOTE: Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2011 Reading Assessments.