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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 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) .

Grade 4 SD/ELL
Grade 4 SD
Grade 4 ELL
Grade 8 SD/ELL
Grade 8 SD
Grade 8 ELL
Grade 12 SD/ELL
Grade 12 SD
Grade 12 ELL
Percentage of fourth-grade English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
  Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accommodations
Assessed
with
accommodations
    Nation 10 1 9 5 4
      Nation (public) 10 1 10 6 4
Alabama 2 # 2 2 #
Alaska
Arizona 15 1 14 7 7
Arkansas 6 # 6 1 4
California 30 1 29 25 3
Colorado 11 # 10 4 6
Connecticut 6 1 5 1 4
Delaware 4 # 4 1 3
Florida 8 1 7 # 7
Georgia 4 # 4 1 3
Hawaii 10 1 10 4 6
Idaho 5 # 5 3 2
Illinois 8 1 7 2 5
Indiana 5 1 4 1 3
Iowa 5 # 4 1 3
Kansas
Kentucky 2 # 2 1 1
Louisiana 2 # 2 1 2
Maine 1 # 1 1 1
Maryland 6 1 5 # 5
Massachusetts 7 1 6 4 2
Michigan 4 # 3 3 1
Minnesota 8 1 7 4 3
Mississippi 1 # 1 # 1
Missouri 2 # 2 1 1
Montana 3 # 3 2 2
Nebraska
Nevada 20 1 20 8 12
New Hampshire 3 # 3 1 2
New Jersey 4 1 3 # 3
New Mexico 16 1 15 6 9
New York 8 1 7 # 7
North Carolina 6 # 6 2 4
North Dakota 2 # 1 # 1
Ohio 3 # 2 1 2
Oklahoma 4 1 4 2 2
Oregon 12 1 11 4 7
Pennsylvania 3 # 3 # 2
Rhode Island 6 1 6 2 3
South Carolina 5 # 5 3 2
South Dakota 2 # 2 1 1
Tennessee 3 # 2 # 2
Texas 21 2 19 15 5
Utah 9 1 8 3 5
Vermont
Virginia 6 1 6 2 4
Washington 10 1 9 4 5
West Virginia # # # # #
Wisconsin 7 1 6 1 5
Wyoming 3 # 3 # 2
Other jurisdictions          
    District of Columbia
    DoDEA1 7 1 5 3 2
— Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
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 Science Assessment.