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

Percentage of all students

Percentage of identified students

Percentage of fourth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	22	78	40	38
Nation (public)	22	78	40	38
Alabama	13	87	61	26
Alaska	12	88	23	64
Arizona	16	84	52	32
Arkansas	7	93	25	68
California	8	92	77	14
Colorado	15	85	30	55
Connecticut	24	76	13	63
Delaware	42	58	17	41
Florida	20	80	17	63
Georgia	33	67	29	38
Hawaii	10	90	27	63
Idaho	21	79	40	38
Illinois	18	82	24	58
Indiana	24	76	29	47
Iowa	25	75	17	58
Kansas	26	74	34	39
Kentucky	46	54	31	23
Louisiana	9	91	19	72
Maine	22	78	16	61
Maryland	57	43	12	31
Massachusetts	21	79	30	48
Michigan	25	75	34	41
Minnesota	12	88	44	43
Mississippi	14	86	39	48
Missouri	23	77	27	51
Montana	26	74	29	46
Nebraska	20	80	42	38
Nevada	14	86	43	43
New Hampshire	17	83	17	66
New Jersey	48	52	10	41
New Mexico	29	71	37	34
New York	21	79	6	73
North Carolina	13	87	24	62
North Dakota	44	56	28	28
Ohio	40	60	11	49
Oklahoma	39	61	26	35
Oregon	14	86	38	47
Pennsylvania	19	81	21	61
Rhode Island	17	83	23	59
South Carolina	28	72	44	29
South Dakota	39	61	42	19
Tennessee	55	45	22	23
Texas	32	68	56	12
Utah	32	68	34	34
Vermont	17	83	20	63
Virginia	22	78	30	47
Washington	18	82	47	36
West Virginia	12	88	49	39
Wisconsin	21	79	20	60
Wyoming	11	89	25	64
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	53	47	12	35
DoDEA¹	33	67	32	35
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.