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 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	18	82	58	24
Nation (public)	17	83	58	25
Alabama	17	83	64	19
Alaska	13	87	37	50
Arizona	13	87	44	43
Arkansas	9	91	24	67
California	5	95	80	15
Colorado	14	86	49	36
Connecticut	45	55	27	28
Delaware	40	60	12	48
Florida	42	58	2	57
Georgia	43	57	21	36
Hawaii	17	83	49	34
Idaho	11	89	59	30
Illinois	24	76	25	51
Indiana	22	78	49	29
Iowa	19	81	53	28
Kansas	23	77	60	17
Kentucky	68	32	16	15
Louisiana	9	91	39	52
Maine	24	76	38	38
Maryland	82	18	6	12
Massachusetts	52	48	39	9
Michigan	15	85	66	19
Minnesota	12	88	67	20
Mississippi	29	71	41	30
Missouri	43	57	22	35
Montana	11	89	63	26
Nebraska	31	69	52	17
Nevada	20	80	37	43
New Hampshire	36	64	37	28
New Jersey	78	22	5	17
New Mexico	18	82	54	28
New York	42	58	5	53
North Carolina	14	86	33	53
North Dakota	38	62	56	6
Ohio	63	37	13	24
Oklahoma	22	78	58	20
Oregon	11	89	63	26
Pennsylvania	25	75	33	41
Rhode Island	33	67	24	43
South Carolina	35	65	49	16
South Dakota	32	68	64	4
Tennessee	40	60	8	53
Texas	18	82	73	9
Utah	23	77	61	16
Vermont	28	72	47	24
Virginia	29	71	39	33
Washington	15	85	49	37
West Virginia	10	90	69	20
Wisconsin	28	72	23	49
Wyoming	19	81	45	36
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	37	63	21	43
DoDEA¹	34	66	44	22
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.