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State Exclusion Rate Tables
 

Percentages of Students in States and Jurisdictions Identified, Excluded, and Assessed in Science

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.

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Percentages of all public school students at grade 8 identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners, excluded, and assessed in science, by state: 1996, 2000, and 2005

 

19961

2000

2005

State/jurisdiction

Identified

Excluded

Assessed without accom-
modations

Identified

Excluded

Assessed

Assessed without accom-
modations

Assessed
with accom-
modations

Identified

Excluded

Assessed

Assessed without accom-
modations

Assessed
with accom-
modations

Nation (public)

13

5

8

13

4

10

7

2

18

3

15

7

9

Alabama

13

8

5

13

5

7

7

1

13

2

12

9

3

Arizona

15

6

9

18

4

14

9

5

23

4

19

12

7

Arkansas

12

7

5

15

5

10

7

3

14

3

11

5

6

California

21

9

12

26

4

22

18

4

28

3

25

21

4

Colorado

12

7

5

15

2

13

4

9

Connecticut

15

9

6

14

6

8

6

3

15

3

13

4

8

Delaware

10

2

8

16

7

9

4

6

Florida

18

10

8

20

4

17

4

13

Georgia

10

5

5

11

4

7

4

3

15

2

12

4

9

Hawaii

13

5

7

20

5

15

13

2

19

3

16

7

9

Idaho

14

3

11

8

3

15

2

13

7

6

Illinois

15

5

10

6

4

18

3

15

4

11

Indiana

11

6

5

11

3

9

5

4

16

3

14

4

10

Kentucky

9

4

5

13

3

10

5

5

13

3

10

2

8

Louisiana

11

6

5

13

3

10

6

5

17

3

13

1

12

Maine

13

7

6

16

2

13

7

6

19

3

16

6

10

Maryland

12

6

7

14

3

11

7

4

15

2

12

5

8

Massachusetts

17

7

10

20

4

16

8

8

19

4

16

4

12

Michigan

9

5

4

11

5

6

4

2

16

4

11

4

8

Minnesota

11

4

7

15

4

11

10

2

19

3

16

8

8

Mississippi

11

6

5

8

4

4

2

1

10

3

8

4

4

Missouri

13

6

7

13

2

11

6

5

16

3

13

3

10

Montana

9

3

6

13

1

11

8

3

17

3

14

5

9

Nevada

13

9

5

14

4

10

7

3

22

3

19

11

8

New Hampshire

14

6

8

19

2

17

7

10

New Jersey

15

10

5

18

4

15

4

11

New Mexico

20

9

11

26

6

20

18

3

30

3

26

13

13

North Carolina

10

5

5

15

5

10

4

5

16

3

14

3

11

North Dakota

9

2

7

13

1

12

8

4

16

3

13

5

8

Ohio

11

4

8

4

4

15

4

11

2

8

Oklahoma

14

4

11

9

2

19

3

16

7

9

Oregon

12

5

7

17

4

13

9

5

20

3

17

9

8

Rhode Island

17

7

10

19

4

15

12

3

23

3

20

8

12

South Carolina

10

7

4

14

6

8

7

1

15

4

11

5

5

South Dakota

14

2

12

4

8

Tennessee

12

4

8

14

4

10

10

1

13

3

10

5

6

Texas

17

8

9

19

6

13

11

2

18

5

13

9

4

Utah

9

4

5

12

3

9

6

3

17

2

15

7

8

Vermont

14

6

8

19

3

17

10

6

19

3

16

7

9

Virginia

12

7

6

15

5

10

5

5

17

3

14

5

8

Washington

11

4

7

16

3

13

5

8

West Virginia

12

7

5

16

3

13

5

8

16

2

14

5

9

Wisconsin

11

7

4

15

4

11

7

5

18

4

14

3

11

Wyoming

10

4

6

12

1

11

8

3

17

2

15

6

10

Other jurisdiction

 

   

 

                 

DoDEA2

8

4

4

10

2

8

6

3

11

1

10

5

5

— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate.

1 Accommodations were not permitted in 1996 for state sample at grade 8.

2 Department of Defense Education Activity. Before 2005, DoDEA overseas and domestic schools were separate jurisdictions in NAEP. For this table, 2000 data presented here were recalculated for comparability.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Prior to 2005, students were identified as either English language learners (ELL) or non-ELL; in 2005, students were identified as ELL, non-ELL, or formerly ELL.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1996, 2000, and 2005 Science Assessments.

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