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 twelfth-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
State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of identified SD students
Nation	31	69	18	50
Nation (public)	33	67	19	49
Arkansas	19	81	20	61
Connecticut	22	78	11	67
Florida	35	65	3	62
Idaho	27	73	31	42
Illinois	38	62	9	53
Iowa	28	72	13	59
Massachusetts	28	72	15	57
New Hampshire	20	80	38	42
New Jersey	22	78	10	68
South Dakota	35	65	29	36
West Virginia	20	80	34	46
NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. In NAEP, students who have and IEP or a 504 pan are classified as students with disabilities. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. 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.

State/jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of identified IEP students
Nation	33	67	17	50
Nation (public)	34	66	17	49
Arkansas	20	80	21	60
Connecticut	26	74	9	65
Florida	36	64	3	61
Idaho	31	69	23	45
Illinois	38	62	8	54
Iowa	29	71	11	59
Massachusetts	32	68	10	58
New Hampshire	23	77	32	45
New Jersey	24	76	7	69
South Dakota	36	64	29	35
West Virginia	22	78	31	47
NOTE: In NAEP, students who have and IEP or a 504 pan are classified as students with disabilities. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. 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.