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 eighth-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 students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	24	76	31	45
Nation (public)	24	76	31	45
Alabama	14	86	64	23
Alaska	11	89	23	66
Arizona	18	82	30	52
Arkansas	11	89	18	71
California	8	92	70	22
Colorado	19	81	30	51
Connecticut	21	79	21	59
Delaware	28	72	8	64
Florida	23	77	7	71
Georgia	33	67	19	48
Hawaii	13	87	31	56
Idaho	17	83	33	49
Illinois	22	78	16	62
Indiana	32	68	21	47
Iowa	26	74	17	56
Kansas	30	70	30	40
Kentucky	55	45	13	32
Louisiana	11	89	14	75
Maine	20	80	19	61
Maryland	61	39	9	30
Massachusetts	26	74	19	55
Michigan	27	73	22	51
Minnesota	18	82	33	48
Mississippi	17	83	20	63
Missouri	24	76	20	56
Montana	26	74	25	49
Nebraska	35	65	23	41
Nevada	18	82	32	50
New Hampshire	17	83	26	57
New Jersey	38	62	7	55
New Mexico	26	74	40	34
New York	36	64	5	59
North Carolina	14	86	16	70
North Dakota	52	48	24	24
Ohio	44	56	11	45
Oklahoma	28	72	27	46
Oregon	16	84	44	40
Pennsylvania	17	83	18	65
Rhode Island	14	86	22	64
South Carolina	39	61	32	28
South Dakota	37	63	31	32
Tennessee	58	42	17	25
Texas	30	70	47	23
Utah	33	67	33	34
Vermont	16	84	30	53
Virginia	24	76	26	51
Washington	20	80	27	53
West Virginia	14	86	41	46
Wisconsin	26	74	16	58
Wyoming	20	80	18	63
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	59	41	11	30
DoDEA¹	28	72	24	48
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.