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Exclusion rates in writing by district

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.

2007
 2002
Eighth-grade public school students with disabilities and/or English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP writing, as a percentage of all students, by jurisdiction: 2007
Jurisdiction Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accom-
modations
Assessed
with
accom-
modations
Nation (public) 18 3 15 6 9
Large central city 24 4 20 10 10
Atlanta 11 2 10 2 7
Austin 27 6 22 16 6
Boston 28 6 22 6 16
Charlotte 19 3 16 6 10
Chicago 23 5 17 4 13
Cleveland 24 11 13 2 11
District of Columbia
Houston 22 8 14 11 4
Los Angeles 34 2 31 24 7
New York City 23 2 21 2 19
San Diego 28 3 24 18 6
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate.
NOTE: 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 Trial Urban District Writing Assessment.

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