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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 students with disabilities 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) 13 3 10 3 8
Alabama 12 2 10 7 3
Arizona 10 2 8 3 4
Arkansas 13 2 11 3 8
California  9 1 8 4 4
Colorado 9 2 7 1 6
Connecticut 11 1 10 2 8
Delaware 14 5 10 2 7
Florida 14 2 12 1 11
Georgia 12 2 9 2 7
Hawaii 13 1 13 4 8
Idaho 9 1 8 3 5
Illinois  14 2 12 2 10
Indiana 14 3 11 2 9
Iowa  15 2 13 2 11
Kansas  13 3 10 2 8
Kentucky 13 6 8 2 6
Louisiana 13 2 11 1 10
Maine 19 4 14 3 11
Maryland
Massachusetts 19 6 13 2 11
Michigan 14 4 11 2 9
Minnesota  11 2 10 3 7
Mississippi 10 2 8 1 7
Missouri 13 2 11 2 8
Montana  13 2 11 2 9
Nebraska
Nevada 12 2 10 5 6
New Hampshire 19 3 16 5 11
New Jersey 15 2 13 1 12
New Mexico 14 3 11 4 8
New York  16 2 13 1 13
North Carolina 15 2 13 2 11
North Dakota  15 5 9 3 7
Ohio 14 4 10 2 9
Oklahoma 16 4 12 4 9
Oregon
Pennsylvania 16 3 13 3 10
Rhode Island 18 1 17 4 13
South Carolina 13 3 10 4 7
Tennessee  12 3 8 3 5
Texas 12 6 7 3 3
Utah 9 2 7 2 6
Vermont 20 4 16 4 12
Virginia 14 5 9 3 7
Washington  12 3 8 2 6
West Virginia 15 1 14 5 9
Wisconsin  14 3 11 1 10
Wyoming 13 3 11 3 8
Other jurisdictions          
   District of Columbia
   DoDEA1 7 1 6 1 5
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
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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