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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 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.