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Exclusion Rates in Civics 

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.

Learn more about the types of accommodations permitted as part of the civics assessment.

Percentage of all students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL), and percentage excluded and assessed with and without accommodations in NAEP civics, by grade: 1998 and 2006
Student characteristic Percentage of all students
Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without accommodation
Assessed
with accommodation
Grade 4          
SD and/or ELL          
   1998 15 5 10 6 3
   2006 23 3 20 9 11
SD          
   1998 11 3 7 4 3
   2006 13 2 11 3 8
ELL          
   1998 5 2 3 2 #
   2006 11 1 10 7 3
Grade 8          
SD and/or ELL          
   1998 13 4 9 6 3
   2006 18 2 16 6 10
SD          
   1998 11 3 8 4 3
   2006 12 2 11 2 9
ELL          
   1998 3 1 2 2 #
   2006 7 1 6 4 2
Grade 12          
SD and/or ELL          
   1998 8 2 6 5 1
   2006 13 2 11 4 7
SD          
   1998 6 2 4 3 1
   2006 10 2 8 2 6
ELL          
   1998 2 # 2 2 #
   2006 4 1 3 2 1
# Rounds to zero.
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), 1998 and 2006 Civics Assessments.

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