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) 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	18	54
Nation (public)	28	72	18	54
Alabama	14	86	62	23
Alaska	14	86	9	77
Arizona	22	78	19	59
Arkansas	13	87	16	72
California	19	81	32	49
Colorado	23	77	14	62
Connecticut	17	83	18	65
Delaware	27	73	7	65
Florida	18	82	8	73
Georgia	33	67	18	49
Hawaii	12	88	21	66
Idaho	22	78	21	57
Illinois	22	78	13	65
Indiana	36	64	14	49
Iowa	28	72	12	60
Kansas	37	63	14	50
Kentucky	55	45	13	32
Louisiana	12	88	12	76
Maine	19	81	17	63
Maryland	59	41	10	32
Massachusetts	24	76	14	62
Michigan	29	71	13	57
Minnesota	23	77	17	61
Mississippi	17	83	19	64
Missouri	25	75	19	56
Montana	30	70	17	52
Nebraska	38	62	17	45
Nevada	19	81	23	58
New Hampshire	17	83	25	58
New Jersey	33	67	7	60
New Mexico	36	64	25	39
New York	34	66	5	61
North Carolina	14	86	8	78
North Dakota	55	45	20	25
Ohio	45	55	10	45
Oklahoma	30	70	19	51
Oregon	19	81	35	47
Pennsylvania	17	83	16	67
Rhode Island	12	88	21	66
South Carolina	42	58	27	31
South Dakota	41	59	24	36
Tennessee	60	40	18	22
Texas	39	61	28	33
Utah	40	60	19	40
Vermont	16	84	29	55
Virginia	24	76	21	55
Washington	22	78	20	58
West Virginia	14	86	39	47
Wisconsin	28	72	13	59
Wyoming	20	80	15	65
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	68	32	7	25
DoDEA¹	28	72	12	61
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.