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About the Assessment: Inclusion Rates

NAEP has always endeavored to assess all students selected as a part of its sampling process, including students who are classified by their schools as students with disabilities (SD) and/or as English language learners (ELL). The decision to exclude any of these students is made by school personnel. School personnel are encouraged to use inclusion criteria provided by NAEP and may discuss their inclusion decisions with NAEP field staff. Some students may participate with testing accommodations. Read more about the NAEP inclusion policy, including exclusion rates from current and previous assessments in all subject areas.

The tables below show the percentage of students identified as SD and/or ELL, and provide the rate of students excluded and accommodated in two ways: as a percentage of all students in the NAEP sample, or as a percentage of students identified as SD and/or ELL. Tables that provide percentages of SD students include those identified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Title 29 U.S.C. 794 Section 504), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in federally assisted programs and activities. In addition, the percentages are further disaggregated in the SD tables by showing those who were identified as having an Individualized Education Program (IEP) . View district inclusion rates.

Grade 4 SD/ELL
Grade 4 SD
Grade 4 ELL
Grade 8 SD/ELL
Grade 8 SD
Grade 8 ELL
Grade 12 SD/ELL
Grade 12 SD
Grade 12 ELL

Percentage of twelfth-grade English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
  Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accommodations
Assessed
with
accommodations
    Nation 3 1 2 2 1
      Nation (public) 3 1 3 2 1
Arkansas 3 # 3 1 2
Connecticut 2 1 1 1 1
Florida 4 2 2 # 2
Idaho 2 # 2 1 1
Illinois 2 # 2 1 1
Iowa 1 # 1 # #
Massachusetts 2 1 1 1 #
New Hampshire 1 # 1 # #
New Jersey 2 1 1 # 1
South Dakota 1 # 1 # #
West Virginia 1 # 1 1 #
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.