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Exclusion rates in writing by state

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. Read more about the NAEP inclusion policy.

Within any assessment year, exclusion and accommodation rates may vary across jurisdictions. In addition, exclusion and accommodation rates may increase or decrease between assessment administrations, making it difficult to interpret comparisons over time within jurisdictions. Since students with disabilities and English language learners tend to score below average on assessments, exclusion of students from these groups may result in a higher average score than if those students had taken the assessment. Providing appropriate testing accommodations (e.g., providing extended time for some SD or ELL students to take the assessment), on the other hand, removes barriers that would otherwise prevent them from demonstrating their knowledge and skills. Read more about the relation of exclusion and accommodation rates to results.

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Eighth-grade public school English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP writing, as a percentage of all students, by state: 2007
State/jurisdiction Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accom-
modations
Assessed
with
accom-
modations
   Nation (public) 7 1 6 4 2
Alabama 2 # 1 1 #
Arizona 10 1 9 7 2
Arkansas 4 # 4 1 2
California  21 1 20 17 2
Colorado 6 1 6 3 3
Connecticut 4 1 3 1 2
Delaware 2 1 1 # 1
Florida 6 1 5 1 4
Georgia 2 # 2 1 1
Hawaii 6 # 6 3 3
Idaho 6 1 5 4 1
Illinois  3 1 3 2 1
Indiana 3 1 2 1 1
Iowa  2 # 2 1 1
Kansas  4 1 4 2 1
Kentucky 1 # 1 1 #
Louisiana 1 # 1 # 1
Maine 2 1 2 1 1
Maryland
Massachusetts 4 1 3 1 2
Michigan 2 # 2 1 1
Minnesota  6 1 5 4 2
Mississippi 1 # 1 # #
Missouri 2 # 2 1 1
Montana  4 # 4 2 2
Nebraska
Nevada 11 2 9 7 2
New Hampshire 2 # 1 1 1
New Jersey 3 1 2 1 1
New Mexico 17 3 14 11 3
New York  5 1 4 # 4
North Carolina 4 # 4 1 2
North Dakota  2 # 2 1 1
Ohio 1 # 1 # 1
Oklahoma 3 # 3 2 1
Oregon
Pennsylvania 2 1 2 1 1
Rhode Island 4 1 3 2 1
South Carolina 2 # 2 1 1
Tennessee  2 # 2 1 1
Texas 8 2 6 4 2
Utah 10 1 9 7 2
Vermont 2 # 2 1 1
Virginia 4 1 3 2 1
Washington  6 1 4 3 2
West Virginia 1 # 1 1 #
Wisconsin  5 1 3 1 2
Wyoming 3 # 3 2 1
Other jurisdictions  
   District of Columbia
   DoDEA1 4 1 3 2 1
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
# Rounds to zero.
1 Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools).
NOTE: Alaska and South Dakota did not participate in the NAEP writing assessments. 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), 2007 Writing Assessment.

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