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 English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified ELL students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	16	84	59	25
Nation (public)	16	84	59	25
Alabama	9	91	84	8
Alaska	10	90	30	61
Arizona	10	90	62	28
Arkansas	3	97	24	72
California	5	95	88	8
Colorado	7	93	44	49
Connecticut	31	69	18	51
Delaware	17	83	28	54
Florida	29	71	5	66
Georgia	31	69	37	32
Hawaii	7	93	39	54
Idaho	13	87	56	30
Illinois	20	80	21	59
Indiana	20	80	13	66
Iowa	20	80	25	55
Kansas	20	80	54	26
Kentucky	43	57	33	24
Louisiana	7	93	30	62
Maine	10	90	40	50
Maryland	52	48	10	38
Massachusetts	18	82	69	13
Michigan	19	81	66	15
Minnesota	9	91	56	35
Mississippi	12	88	52	37
Missouri	28	72	24	47
Montana	13	87	51	36
Nebraska	19	81	50	30
Nevada	8	92	49	44
New Hampshire	18	82	39	42
New Jersey	64	36	7	29
New Mexico	27	73	45	28
New York	19	81	3	78
North Carolina	15	85	30	55
North Dakota	56	44	24	20
Ohio	35	65	9	56
Oklahoma	27	73	45	28
Oregon	10	90	48	42
Pennsylvania	24	76	11	65
Rhode Island	20	80	42	39
South Carolina	21	79	61	18
South Dakota	33	67	48	19
Tennessee	22	78	16	61
Texas	28	72	68	4
Utah	24	76	37	39
Vermont	19	81	51	30
Virginia	14	86	39	48
Washington	13	87	56	31
West Virginia	11	89	83	6
Wisconsin	17	83	21	63
Wyoming	16	84	35	49
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	27	73	17	56
DoDEA¹	34	66	37	29
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: 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.