Percentages of Students in the Nation Identified, Excluded, and Assessed in Science
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Percentages of all public and nonpublic school students at grades 4, 8, and 12 identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners, excluded, and assessed in science: 1996, 2000, and 2005
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Student characteristics
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1996
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2000
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2005
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Grade 4
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SD and/or ELL
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Identified
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16
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17
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21
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Excluded
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6
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4
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3
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Assessed
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11
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13
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18
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Without accommodations
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7
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9
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9
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With accommodations
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4
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4
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9
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SD
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Identified
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11
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11
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13
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Excluded
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3
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3
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2
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Assessed
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8
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8
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10
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Without accommodations
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4
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5
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3
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With accommodations
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4
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3
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7
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ELL
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Identified
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7
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7
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9
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Excluded
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3
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2
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1
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Assessed
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4
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5
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8
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Without accommodations
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3
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5
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6
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With accommodations
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1
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1
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3
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Grade 8
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SD and/or ELL
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Identified
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10
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12
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17
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Excluded
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3
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3
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3
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Assessed
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7
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9
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14
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Without accommodations
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5
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7
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6
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With accommodations
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2
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2
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8
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SD
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Identified
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8
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9
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12
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Excluded
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3
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3
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2
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Assessed
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5
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7
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10
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Without accommodations
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3
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5
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3
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With accommodations
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2
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2
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7
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ELL
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Identified
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3
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3
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6
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Excluded
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1
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1
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1
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Assessed
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2
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3
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5
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Without accommodations
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2
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2
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4
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With accommodations
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#
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#
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1
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Grade 12
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SD and/or ELL
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Identified
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7
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9
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13
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Excluded
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3
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2
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3
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Assessed
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5
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7
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10
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Without accommodations
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4
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5
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5
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With accommodations
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1
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2
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5
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SD
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Identified
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5
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7
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10
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Excluded
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2
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2
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3
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Assessed
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3
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5
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7
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Without accommodations
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2
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3
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3
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With accommodations
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1
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2
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4
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ELL
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Identified
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2
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2
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4
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Excluded
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#
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#
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1
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Assessed
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2
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2
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4
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Without accommodations
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2
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2
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3
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With accommodations
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#
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#
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1
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# The estimate rounds to zero.
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NOTE: SD = students with disabilities. ELL = English language learners. Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories. Prior to 2005, students were identified as either ELL or non-ELL; in 2005, students were identified as ELL, non-ELL, or formerly ELL. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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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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