NAEP - TUDA Reading Mathematics 2005: Reading Exclusion Rate Table

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Percentages of Students in Urban Districts Identified, Excluded, and Assessed in Reading

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) or limited English proficient (LEP). (LEP students are sometimes called English language learners). 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.

The percentages of students excluded from NAEP may vary considerably across states and districts, as well as across years. Comparisons of achievement results across districts and within a district across years should be interpreted with caution if the exclusion rates vary widely. For example, at grade 4, the exclusion rates in Austin and Houston varied from those of the other districts.

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Percentages of all students identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners, excluded, and assessed, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005
	2005
District	Percentage of all students identified	Percentage of all students excluded	Percentage of all students assessed	Percentage of all students assessed with accom-modations	Percentage of all students assessed without accom-modations
SD and/or ELL
Nation	19	5	13	6	7
Large central city	23	5	18	7	12
Atlanta	11	4	8	5	3
Austin	27	12	15	2	13
Boston	24	6	18	10	8
Charlotte	18	3	15	9	6
Chicago	21	5	16	10	6
Cleveland	21	14	7	4	3
District of Columbia	19	8	11	9	3
Houston	24	7	16	3	13
Los Angeles	40	5	35	4	31
New York City	18	5	13	11	2
San Diego	31	7	24	6	18
SD only
Nation	13	4	9	6	3
Large central city	12	4	9	5	3
Atlanta	10	3	7	5	2
Austin	15	8	7	2	5
Boston	17	5	12	9	3
Charlotte	11	1	9	7	2
Chicago	16	3	13	10	4
Cleveland	18	12	6	4	2
District of Columbia	16	6	10	8	2
Houston	13	5	8	2	6
Los Angeles	12	3	9	3	5
New York City	10	2	8	8	1
San Diego	12	4	9	4	5
ELL only
Nation	6	1	5	1	4
Large central city	13	2	11	2	9
Atlanta	1	#	1	#	1
Austin	16	6	10	1	9
Boston	9	3	6	1	5
Charlotte	8	1	7	2	4
Chicago	6	2	3	1	2
Cleveland	4	3	1	1	1
District of Columbia	3	2	2	1	1
Houston	14	4	10	1	9
Los Angeles	35	3	31	2	29
New York City	10	4	6	4	2
San Diego	24	5	18	4	15
# The estimate rounds to zero.
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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.