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Science Exclusion Rates

Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 8 Trend
Percentage of eighth-grade public school students with disabilities (SD) excluded in NAEP science, as a percentage of identified SD students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009 and 2011
  Percentage of identified SD students
State/jurisdiction 2009 2011
    Nation (public) 14 12
California 16 18
Florida 9 6
Illinois 6 7
New York 7 7
Texas 26 18
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Science Assessments.