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Exclusion rates in reading 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.
Grade 4
Grade 8
Percentage of all fourth-grade public school students identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners, and percentage excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, by jurisdiction: 2007
State/jurisdiction Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed
without
accom-
modations		 Assessed
with
accom-
modations
     Nation (public) 23 6 17 10 7
Alabama 14 3 11 8 3
Alaska 28 4 23 12 11
Arizona 25 6 19 13 6
Arkansas 20 7 12 5 7
California 40 4 36 32 4
Colorado 24 4 20 10 11
Connecticut 18 4 15 4 11
Delaware 22 12 11 4 7
Florida 22 7 16 2 14
Georgia 15 8 7 4 3
Hawaii 19 4 15 7 8
Idaho 18 3 15 9 6
Illinois 23 7 16 9 8
Indiana 20 5 15 7 8
Iowa 17 5 12 4 8
Kansas 19 6 14 8 6
Kentucky 17 8 9 6 3
Louisiana 19 4 15 4 12
Maine 20 6 14 5 9
Maryland 17 9 9 4 5
Massachusetts 23 6 16 6 10
Michigan 16 5 11 5 6
Minnesota 21 4 17 9 8
Mississippi 12 2 9 6 4
Missouri 17 4 14 5 8
Montana 16 4 12 5 7
Nebraska 22 5 17 9 8
Nevada 32 8 24 16 8
New Hampshire 21 4 17 4 13
New Jersey 17 7 10 1 9
New Mexico 33 12 21 15 6
New York 23 6 16 2 15
North Carolina 22 3 19 6 13
North Dakota 17 9 8 5 3
Ohio 17 8 9 3 6
Oklahoma 20 7 12 7 6
Oregon 28 5 22 13 9
Pennsylvania 18 5 13 5 8
Rhode Island 25 5 21 7 13
South Carolina 18 4 14 8 6
South Dakota 18 6 13 9 4
Tennessee 17 11 7 5 2
Texas 26 10 16 12 4
Utah 22 6 16 10 6
Vermont 21 7 14 6 9
Virginia 21 8 13 7 6
Washington 21 5 16 10 6
West Virginia 18 2 16 10 7
Wisconsin 20 5 14 6 8
Wyoming 19 4 15 7 8
Other jurisdictions          
   District of Columbia 22 14 8 2 7
   DoDEA1 16 5 11 6 5
1 Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools).
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 Reading Assessment.

To see a summary of exclusion rates from earlier assessments, see the 1992–2005 exclusion rates in reading.

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