NAEP - TUDA 2005: Science Exclusion Rate Table

Science

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

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). Some SD or ELL students who could not be effectively assessed by the regular NAEP assessment can be assessed with the assistance of specific accommodations approved for use in NAEP by NCES. Staff at participating schools decide whether SD and ELL students can participate in NAEP with or without accommodations or whether they must be excluded from participation in NAEP, using guidelines developed by NCES.

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.

Read more about the NAEP inclusion policy, or view the percentage of students by the types of accommodations provided as part of the science assessment.

Fourth-grade public school students identified as English language learners, excluded, and assessed with accommodations in science, as a percentage of all students, by jurisdiction in 2005
Jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
Nation	10	1	9	6	3
Large central city	21	3	18	14	4
Atlanta	1	#	1	1	#
Austin	27	4	23	12	11
Boston	15	4	11	8	3
Charlotte	9	1	8	4	4
Chicago	18	2	16	12	4
Cleveland	5	2	4	2	2
Houston	36	4	32	16	16
Los Angeles	55	5	50	46	4
New York City	12	3	9	2	8
San Diego	35	4	31	28	3
# The estimate rounds to zero. NOTE: 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. 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 Science Assessment.