About the Assessment: Inclusion Rates

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, including exclusion rates from current and previous assessments in all subject areas.

The tables below show the percentage of students identified as SD and/or ELL, and provide the rate of students excluded and accommodated in two ways: as a percentage of all students in the NAEP sample, or as a percentage of students identified as SD and/or ELL. Tables that provide percentages of SD students include those identified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Title 29 U.S.C. 794 Section 504), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in federally assisted programs and activities. In addition, the percentages are further disaggregated in the SD tables by showing those who were identified as having an Individualized Education Program (IEP) . View district inclusion rates.

Grade 4 SD/ELL

Percentage of all students

Percentage of identified students

Percentage of eighth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	12	3	9	2	7
Nation (public)	13	4	9	2	7
Alabama	10	1	9	6	2
Alaska	13	2	11	1	10
Arizona	12	3	9	2	7
Arkansas	12	2	11	2	9
California	9	2	7	3	4
Colorado	11	2	8	2	7
Connecticut	13	2	11	2	9
Delaware	15	4	11	1	10
Florida	15	3	12	1	11
Georgia	11	4	8	2	6
Hawaii	12	2	11	3	8
Idaho	9	2	7	2	5
Illinois	14	3	11	2	9
Indiana	14	5	9	2	7
Iowa	14	4	10	2	9
Kansas	12	4	7	2	6
Kentucky	12	7	5	2	4
Louisiana	15	2	13	2	11
Maine	17	3	14	3	11
Maryland	12	7	5	1	4
Massachusetts	19	4	14	3	12
Michigan	13	4	9	2	7
Minnesota	12	3	10	2	8
Mississippi	10	2	8	2	6
Missouri	13	3	10	3	7
Montana	12	4	8	2	6
Nebraska	14	5	9	2	6
Nevada	11	2	9	2	6
New Hampshire	21	3	17	5	12
New Jersey	16	5	11	1	9
New Mexico	13	5	8	3	5
New York	16	5	10	1	10
North Carolina	12	2	11	1	10
North Dakota	15	8	7	3	4
Ohio	15	7	8	1	7
Oklahoma	15	5	11	3	8
Oregon	13	2	10	4	6
Pennsylvania	17	3	14	3	12
Rhode Island	18	2	16	4	12
South Carolina	14	6	8	4	4
South Dakota	10	4	6	2	4
Tennessee	11	7	5	2	3
Texas	12	5	7	3	4
Utah	10	4	6	2	4
Vermont	20	3	17	6	11
Virginia	14	3	10	3	7
Washington	11	2	8	2	6
West Virginia	15	2	13	6	7
Wisconsin	14	4	10	2	8
Wyoming	14	3	11	2	9
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	17	11	5	1	4
DoDEA¹	9	2	6	1	5
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: SD includes those identified under section 504. In NAEP, students who have an IEP or a 504 plan are classified as SD. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. 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), 2009 Reading Assessment.

Percentage of eighth-grade students identified as those with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) excluded and assessed in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	11	3	8	2	6
Nation (public)	12	4	8	2	6
Alabama	10	1	8	6	2
Alaska	12	2	11	1	10
Arizona	11	3	9	2	7
Arkansas	11	2	10	2	8
California	9	2	7	3	4
Colorado	9	2	7	1	6
Connecticut	12	2	9	2	7
Delaware	14	4	9	1	9
Florida	13	3	10	1	9
Georgia	11	4	7	2	5
Hawaii	11	2	10	2	8
Idaho	8	2	6	1	5
Illinois	13	3	10	1	8
Indiana	13	5	8	2	7
Iowa	14	4	10	2	8
Kansas	12	4	7	2	6
Kentucky	11	7	5	1	4
Louisiana	13	2	11	1	9
Maine	16	3	12	2	10
Maryland	11	7	4	1	3
Massachusetts	16	4	12	1	11
Michigan	13	4	9	2	7
Minnesota	12	3	9	2	8
Mississippi	10	2	8	2	6
Missouri	12	3	9	2	7
Montana	12	4	8	2	6
Nebraska	13	5	8	2	6
Nevada	10	2	8	2	6
New Hampshire	17	3	13	3	11
New Jersey	14	5	9	1	8
New Mexico	13	5	8	3	5
New York	14	5	9	1	8
North Carolina	11	2	9	1	9
North Dakota	13	8	5	2	3
Ohio	14	7	7	1	6
Oklahoma	15	5	10	3	8
Oregon	12	2	10	4	6
Pennsylvania	16	3	13	2	11
Rhode Island	17	2	15	3	12
South Carolina	13	6	7	3	4
South Dakota	10	4	6	2	4
Tennessee	11	7	4	2	3
Texas	11	4	6	3	3
Utah	10	4	6	2	4
Vermont	15	3	12	3	9
Virginia	13	3	9	2	7
Washington	10	2	8	2	6
West Virginia	14	2	12	5	7
Wisconsin	14	4	10	2	8
Wyoming	13	3	11	2	9
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	17	11	5	1	4
DoDEA¹	9	2	6	1	5
¹ Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools). NOTE: In NAEP, students who have an IEP or a 504 plan are classified as SD. The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state/jurisdiction results include public school students only. 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), 2009 Reading Assessment.