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) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	28	72	23	49
Nation (public)	29	71	23	49
Alabama	15	85	55	30
Alaska	17	83	17	66
Arizona	23	77	38	39
Arkansas	9	91	24	67
California	27	73	28	45
Colorado	24	76	14	62
Connecticut	24	76	9	67
Delaware	49	51	13	38
Florida	17	83	21	62
Georgia	36	64	24	39
Hawaii	13	87	14	74
Idaho	26	74	32	42
Illinois	18	82	24	58
Indiana	27	73	32	40
Iowa	28	72	14	58
Kansas	33	67	19	49
Kentucky	48	52	30	23
Louisiana	10	90	17	73
Maine	23	77	14	62
Maryland	63	37	12	25
Massachusetts	25	75	14	61
Michigan	28	72	25	47
Minnesota	15	85	36	48
Mississippi	15	85	37	48
Missouri	24	76	26	50
Montana	30	70	22	48
Nebraska	23	77	36	41
Nevada	26	74	29	45
New Hampshire	18	82	13	69
New Jersey	47	53	10	42
New Mexico	36	64	22	42
New York	24	76	7	69
North Carolina	14	86	21	64
North Dakota	44	56	28	28
Ohio	44	56	11	45
Oklahoma	45	55	19	36
Oregon	20	80	30	50
Pennsylvania	19	81	22	59
Rhode Island	17	83	16	67
South Carolina	31	69	36	33
South Dakota	41	59	41	19
Tennessee	62	38	22	16
Texas	49	51	23	29
Utah	42	58	30	28
Vermont	17	83	16	67
Virginia	27	73	25	48
Washington	24	76	36	40
West Virginia	13	87	48	40
Wisconsin	24	76	19	57
Wyoming	11	89	23	66
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	68	32	9	23
DoDEA¹	35	65	27	38
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. In NAEP, students who have an IEP or a 504 plan are classified as SD. 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. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.