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Reading Exclusion Rates

Grade 4
Grade 4 Trend
Grade 8
Grade 8 Trend

 

Percentage of fourth-grade public school students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD students, by state/jurisdiction: Various years, 1992–2011
  Percentage of identified SD students
State/jurisdiction 19921 19941 1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
    Nation (public) 60 44 42 40 34 36 34 29 23
California 49 49 60 40 25 29 26 27 20
Florida 54 50 34 27 19 25 25 17 11
Illinois — — 36 30 33 37 35 18 9
New York 55 58 42 45 37 28 29 24 10
Texas 55 54 47 56 52 49 52 49 53
– Not available. The state/jurisdiction did not participate or participation did not meet guidelines for reporting.
1 Accommodations not permitted.
NOTE: 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.