About the Assessment: District 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 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 only those who were identified as having an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Grade 4 SD/ELL

Percentage of all students

Percentage of identified students

Percentage of fourth-grade public school students identified as students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) excluded and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students, by urban district: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD/ELL students
Jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
National public	9	91	39	52
Large city	9	91	45	46
Atlanta	6	94	36	58
Austin	10	90	46	44
Baltimore City	17	83	7	75
Boston	15	85	34	51
Charlotte	12	88	30	58
Chicago	14	86	32	54
Cleveland	36	64	4	59
Detroit	9	91	43	47
Fresno	7	93	80	13
Houston	7	93	51	43
Jefferson County (KY)	14	86	28	58
Los Angeles	3	97	79	18
Miami-Dade	14	86	9	76
Milwaukee	19	81	8	73
New York City	6	94	4	90
Philadelphia	14	86	12	73
San Diego	7	93	77	16
NOTE: Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts. 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. SD includes those identified under section 504. 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with disabilities and/or English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	13	3	11	4	7
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with disabilities identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	11	2	8	2	6
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with a Section 504 Plan identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	1	#	1	#	#
#Rounds to zero. NOTE: Detail may not sum to total 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of all students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	10	2	8	2	6
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students identified as students with disabilities (SD) excluded and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified SD students
Jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	23	77	19	58
NOTE: 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students identified as students having an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) excluded and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified IEP students
Jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	24	76	17	59
NOTE: 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 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students identified as students having a Section 504 Plan excluded and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of identified SD and/or ELL students, by state/jurisdiction: 2009
	Percentage of identified 504 students
Jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	5	95	48	46
NOTE: 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 Science Assessment.