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Students with disabilities scored higher in 2007 than in both previous assessments

Grade 8
 Grade 12

Trend in eighth-grade NAEP writing achievement-level results, by students with disabilities (SD) who could be assessed

Key. Top bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic.

Findings

  • The percentage of students with disabilities who scored at or above the Basic level was higher in 2007 than in both previous assessments.
  • The percentage of students with disabilities who scored at or above the Proficient level was higher in 2007 than in 1998.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: The results for students with disabilities are based on students who were assessed and cannot be generalized to the total population of such students. View complete data with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1998, 2002, and 2007 Writing Assessments.

See a summary of the percentage of students with disabilities identified, excluded and assessed in writing.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

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