NAEP - TUDA Reading Mathematics 2005: Reading Exclusion Rate Table

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Percentages of Students in Urban Districts Identified, Excluded, and Assessed in Reading

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) or limited English proficient (LEP). (LEP students are sometimes called English language learners). 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.

The percentages of students excluded from NAEP may vary considerably across states and districts, as well as across years. Comparisons of achievement results across districts and within a district across years should be interpreted with caution if the exclusion rates vary widely. For example, at grade 4, the exclusion rates in Austin and Houston varied from those of the other districts.

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Percentages of all students identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners, excluded, and assessed, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005
	2005
District	Percentage of all students identified	Percentage of all students excluded	Percentage of all students assessed	Percentage of all students assessed with accom-modations	Percentage of all students assessed without accom-modations
SD and/or ELL
Nation	23	7	16	7	10
Large central city	32	8	24	7	17
Atlanta	11	4	8	5	3
Austin	37	20	18	4	14
Boston	35	10	24	13	11
Charlotte	21	4	16	10	6
Chicago	29	9	21	6	15
Cleveland	19	12	7	4	3
District of Columbia	20	7	12	9	3
Houston	44	23	21	2	19
Los Angeles	59	6	54	5	49
New York City	24	6	17	16	2
San Diego	46	6	40	6	34
SD only
Nation	14	5	9	5	4
Large central city	13	5	8	5	3
Atlanta	10	3	7	5	2
Austin	15	9	6	3	3
Boston	24	9	15	12	3
Charlotte	13	3	10	7	2
Chicago	14	5	9	5	4
Cleveland	16	12	4	3	1
District of Columbia	15	7	9	7	2
Houston	12	7	5	2	3
Los Angeles	9	2	6	4	2
New York City	14	3	11	10	1
San Diego	13	3	11	5	5
ELL only
Nation	11	2	8	2	7
Large central city	22	4	17	3	14
Atlanta	1	1	1	#	1
Austin	27	14	12	#	12
Boston	14	4	10	2	8
Charlotte	9	2	7	3	4
Chicago	17	4	13	1	11
Cleveland	5	2	3	1	2
District of Columbia	6	1	4	3	2
Houston	36	19	17	1	16
Los Angeles	56	5	51	4	48
New York City	12	5	8	7	1
San Diego	36	4	33	2	30
# The estimate rounds to zero.
NOTE: SD = students with disabilities. ELL = English language learners. 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. Prior to 2005, students were identified as either ELL or non-ELL; in 2005 students were identified as ELL, non-ELL, or formerly ELL. 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), 2005 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.