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National exclusion rates in music and visual arts

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.

 Music
Visual Arts
Percentage of students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP music at grade 8, as a percentage of all students, by student characteristics: 2008
Student characteristics Percentage of all students
Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accom-
modations
Assessed
with
accom-
modations
SD and/or ELL 17 2 15 6 8
SD 12 1 10 3 7
ELL 6 1 5 4 2
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), 2008 Arts Assessment.


Percentage of students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP music at grade 8, as a percentage of all identified SD and/or ELL students, by student characteristics: 2008
Student characteristics Percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students
Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accom-
modations
Assessed
with
accom-
modations
SD and/or ELL 10 90 39 51
SD 12 88 26 62
ELL 10 90 59 31
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), 2008 Arts Assessment.

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