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About the Assessment: Exclusion 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.

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Grade 4 District Trend
Grade 8 District Trend
Percentage of eighth-grade public school students with disabilities (SD) excluded in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified SD students, by jurisdiction: Various years, 2002–2011
  Percentage of identified SD students
Jurisdiction 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
    Nation 36 31 32 34 28 24
      Large city1  32 31 29 32 29 21
Albuquerque — — — — — 29
Atlanta 28 29 33 63 26 28
Austin — — 54 31 43 51
Baltimore City — — — — 68 83
Boston — 23 29 30 38 27
Charlotte — 26 14 21 19 15
Chicago 18 32 19 23 21 10
Cleveland — 60 68 74 61 20
Dallas — — — — — 50
Detroit — — — — 30 44
District of Columbia (DCPS) 36 40 38 67 74 13
Fresno — — — — 23 20
Hillsborough County (FL) — — — — — 8
Houston 32 39 38 49 46 43
Jefferson County (KY) — — — — 51 45
Los Angeles 21 23 27 22 22 16
Miami-Dade — — — — 18 13
Milwaukee — — — — 29 15
New York City 41 14 16 10 19 8
Philadelphia — — — — 32 17
San Diego — 13 31 28 20 9
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
1 Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts.
NOTE: Beginning in 2009, results for charter schools are excluded from the TUDA results if they are not included in the school district’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report to the U.S. Department of Education.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–2011 Reading Assessments.
Percentage of eighth-grade public school English language learners (ELL) excluded in NAEP reading, as a percentage of identified ELL students, by jurisdiction: Various years, 2002–2011
  Percentage of identified ELL students
Jurisdiction 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
    Nation 28 24 21 23 17 14
      Large city1  22 24 18 20 17 12
Albuquerque — — — — — 33
Atlanta ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
Austin — — 40 21 26 23
Baltimore City — — — — ‡ ‡
Boston — 48 32 36 71 30
Charlotte — 21 16 33 31 13
Chicago 49 43 42 45 25 12
Cleveland — 82 ‡ 43 ‡ 8
Dallas — — — — — 14
Detroit — — — — 29 7
District of Columbia (DCPS) 38 38 51 45 ‡ 22
Fresno — — — — 4 3
Hillsborough County (FL) — — — — — 7
Houston 25 39 30 34 34 17
Jefferson County (KY) — — — — ‡ ‡
Los Angeles 15 9 9 10 8 7
Miami-Dade — — — — 58 28
Milwaukee — — — — 44 6
New York City 38 37 38 33 36 14
Philadelphia — — — — 14 22
San Diego — 11 22 7 5 3
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.
1 Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts.
NOTE: Beginning in 2009, results for charter schools are excluded from the TUDA results if they are not included in the school district’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report to the U.S. Department of Education. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–2011 Reading Assessments.