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Exclusion Rates in U.S. History 

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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Learn more about the types of accommodations permitted as part of the U.S. history assessment.

Percentage of all students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL), and percentage excluded and assessed in NAEP U.S. history, by grade: 1994, 2001, and 2006
Student characteristic Percentage of all students
Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without accommodation		 Assessed
with accommodation
Grade 4          
SD and/or ELL          
   19941 13 5 8 8 †
   20011 16 7 9 9 †
   2001 18 3 14 6 8
   2006 23 3 20 10 10
SD          
   19941 10 4 5 5 †
   20011 10 5 5 5 †
   2001 13 2 11 3 7
   2006 13 2 11 3 8
ELL          
   19941 4 1 2 2 †
   20011 6 2 4 4 †
   2001 6 1 4 3 1
   2006 12 1 10 7 3
Grade 8          
SD and/or ELL          
   19941 11 5 6 6 †
   20011 16 8 8 8 †
   2001 17 3 13 7 6
   2006 19 2 17 7 10
SD          
   19941 8 4 5 5 †
   20011 12 7 5 5 †
   2001 13 2 10 4 6
   2006 13 2 11 3 9
ELL          
   19941 2 1 1 1 †
   20011 4 1 3 3 †
   2001 4 1 3 3 #
   2006 7 1 6 4 2
Grade 12          
SD and/or ELL          
   19941 8 3 5 5 †
   20011 11 4 6 6 †
   2001 10 2 7 5 3
   2006 13 2 11 4 6
SD          
   19941 6 3 3 3 †
   20011 8 4 4 4 †
   2001 8 2 5 3 2
   2006 10 2 7 2 5
ELL          
   19941 2 # 1 1 †
   20011 3 1 2 2 †
   2001 2 # 2 2 #
   2006 4 # 4 2 1
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
1 Accommodations not permitted.
NOTE: 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. 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), 1994, 2001, and 2006 U.S. History Assessments.

 

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National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
National Assessment Governing Board
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education