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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 eighth-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) 19 5 13 7 7
Alabama 14 4 10 8 2
Alaska 26 2 24 12 12
Arizona 19 5 14 9 4
Arkansas 16 6 10 5 5
California 29 3 26 22 4
Colorado 16 3 12 4 8
Connecticut 17 3 14 4 10
Delaware 18 7 11 4 7
Florida 19 5 14 2 12
Georgia 13 7 6 3 3
Hawaii 20 3 17 7 10
Idaho 16 3 12 8 5
Illinois 17 5 12 3 9
Indiana 17 5 12 3 9
Iowa 18 5 13 3 10
Kansas 16 5 11 5 6
Kentucky 14 8 6 2 4
Louisiana 14 3 12 2 10
Maine 18 6 12 3 8
Maryland 14 8 6 1 5
Massachusetts 21 7 14 4 10
Michigan 17 6 11 3 8
Minnesota 17 4 13 6 7
Mississippi 9 3 6 2 5
Missouri 15 3 11 4 8
Montana 16 4 12 4 7
Nebraska 15 4 11 5 6
Nevada 19 6 14 9 4
New Hampshire 19 4 15 5 10
New Jersey 18 7 11 2 9
New Mexico 29 9 20 15 5
New York 18 6 11 1 10
North Carolina 18 4 15 3 12
North Dakota 15 9 6 3 3
Ohio 18 9 9 2 7
Oklahoma 18 7 11 6 6
Oregon 18 3 15 9 6
Pennsylvania 19 5 13 4 10
Rhode Island 21 4 18 6 12
South Carolina 16 7 9 4 4
South Dakota 12 6 6 3 4
Tennessee 14 8 6 4 2
Texas 19 7 12 8 4
Utah 17 5 13 8 5
Vermont 21 5 16 6 10
Virginia 18 8 10 4 5
Washington 16 5 11 5 6
West Virginia 16 2 14 8 6
Wisconsin 18 7 11 3 9
Wyoming 16 4 13 5 8
Other jurisdictions          
   District of Columbia 21 13 8 3 5
   DoDEA1 11 3 7 2 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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