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 eighth-grade public school students with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and assessed in NAEP science, as a percentage of all students, by urban district: 2009
	Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
National public	18	2	16	5	10
Large city	23	3	20	9	11
Atlanta	12	1	11	2	9
Austin	29	5	25	15	10
Baltimore City	19	3	16	2	14
Boston	30	7	23	4	19
Charlotte	17	3	14	4	10
Chicago	21	3	18	4	15
Cleveland	28	9	19	2	17
Detroit	23	4	19	7	12
Fresno	29	2	27	20	7
Houston	22	4	18	9	8
Jefferson County (KY)	15	3	12	3	9
Los Angeles	29	2	27	20	7
Miami-Dade	20	3	17	1	16
Milwaukee	26	5	21	2	19
New York City	23	2	21	1	20
Philadelphia	22	3	20	2	18
San Diego	25	3	22	16	6
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 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.