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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 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.