About the Assessment: Exclusion 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.

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Grade 4 District Trend

Grade 8 District Trend

Percentage of all students

Percentage of identified students

Percentage of fourth-grade public school students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL) identified, excluded, and accommodated in NAEP reading, as a percentage of all students, by jurisdiction: 2011
		SD			ELL
Jurisdiction	Overall excluded	Identified	Excluded	Accom-modated	Identified	Excluded	Accom-modated
Nation	4	13	3	7	11	1	4
Large city¹	5	13	3	8	22	3	7
Albuquerque	5	15	4	8	18	2	6
Atlanta	4	9	3	5	2	1	1
Austin	16	15	9	4	33	10	1
Baltimore City	17	19	15	3	3	2	1
Boston	8	21	6	14	36	4	5
Charlotte	2	11	1	7	11	1	4
Chicago	2	15	1	10	18	1	11
Cleveland	5	22	5	16	7	1	5
Dallas	18	8	5	3	50	15	1
Detroit	7	15	7	5	12	1	#
District of Columbia (DCPS)	4	16	3	13	8	1	7
Fresno	2	10	2	6	30	1	2
Hillsborough County (FL)	3	17	2	12	17	1	16
Houston	14	8	4	3	38	12	1
Jefferson County (KY)	10	15	6	4	5	3	1
Los Angeles	2	12	2	9	34	1	6
Miami-Dade	4	12	2	9	17	2	14
Milwaukee	3	20	2	17	15	#	13
New York City	2	17	1	15	17	2	15
Philadelphia	3	16	3	12	8	#	6
San Diego	4	11	3	7	36	1	3
# Rounds to zero. ¹ Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts. 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. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.

	SD and/or ELL				SD				ELL
Jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accom- modations	Assessed with accom- modations	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accom- modations	Assessed with accom- modations	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accom- modations	Assessed with accom- modations
Nation	17	83	40	43	23	77	21	56	11	89	58	31
Large city¹	15	85	45	40	22	78	16	62	12	88	58	30
Albuquerque	17	83	40	43	27	73	19	54	12	88	53	35
Atlanta	35	65	13	52	36	64	12	52	‡	‡	‡	‡
Austin	37	63	53	10	62	38	12	26	30	70	66	3
Baltimore City	80	20	4	16	82	18	4	14	‡	‡	‡	‡
Boston	16	84	56	28	27	73	7	65	12	88	74	13
Charlotte	8	92	41	51	13	87	20	67	5	95	57	37
Chicago	7	93	28	65	10	90	26	65	8	92	27	65
Cleveland	19	81	6	75	21	79	4	75	17	83	12	70
Dallas	33	67	62	5	55	45	12	33	31	69	68	1
Detroit	27	73	52	21	44	56	21	35	6	94	90	4
District of Columbia (DCPS)	17	83	4	79	19	81	2	79	12	88	5	83
Fresno	6	94	77	17	24	76	15	61	2	98	90	8
Hillsborough County (FL)	9	91	10	82	12	88	15	73	5	95	2	93
Houston	32	68	59	8	45	55	18	36	32	68	66	3
Jefferson County (KY)	50	50	24	26	43	57	27	30	72	28	15	13
Los Angeles	5	95	72	23	16	84	12	72	3	97	80	17
Miami-Dade	14	86	3	82	16	84	6	78	14	86	2	84
Milwaukee	8	92	5	87	12	88	4	84	2	98	7	91
New York City	8	92	5	87	7	93	6	87	10	90	3	87
Philadelphia	16	84	10	74	19	81	7	74	6	94	17	77
San Diego	8	92	75	17	30	70	8	62	4	96	88	8
‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size insufficient to permit a reliable estimate. ¹ Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts. 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. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.

	SD and/or ELL				SD				ELL
Jurisdiction	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accom- modations	Assessed with accom- modations	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accom- modations	Assessed with accom- modations	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accom- modations	Assessed with accom- modations
Nation	20	80	29	51	24	76	15	61	14	86	56	31
Large city¹	15	85	36	49	21	79	13	67	12	88	56	32
Albuquerque	29	71	35	36	29	71	18	53	33	67	49	18
Atlanta	29	71	20	51	28	72	18	55	‡	‡	‡	‡
Austin	34	66	47	19	51	49	17	33	23	77	66	11
Baltimore City	81	19	3	16	83	17	1	16	‡	‡	‡	‡
Boston	27	73	34	39	27	73	4	69	30	70	54	16
Charlotte	12	88	31	57	15	85	16	69	13	87	49	38
Chicago	10	90	23	67	10	90	18	72	12	88	31	57
Cleveland	17	83	3	80	20	80	1	79	8	92	10	81
Dallas	20	80	63	17	50	50	15	35	14	86	75	11
Detroit	30	70	39	30	44	56	11	45	7	93	92	1
District of Columbia (DCPS)	15	85	8	77	13	87	4	82	22	78	17	60
Fresno	8	92	66	26	20	80	11	69	3	97	79	18
Hillsborough County (FL)	7	93	4	89	8	92	4	88	7	93	3	90
Houston	27	73	56	16	43	57	29	28	17	83	73	10
Jefferson County (KY)	46	54	13	41	45	55	6	49	‡	‡	‡	‡
Los Angeles	8	92	57	35	16	84	15	69	7	93	70	23
Miami-Dade	19	81	3	78	13	87	3	84	28	72	4	69
Milwaukee	10	90	6	84	15	85	2	83	6	94	10	84
New York City	10	90	2	88	8	92	1	91	14	86	3	83
Philadelphia	18	82	5	77	17	83	4	80	22	78	7	71
San Diego	6	94	57	37	9	91	32	59	3	97	70	27
‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size insufficient to permit a reliable estimate. ¹ Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts. 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. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.

	Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011
Nation	7	6	7	6	5	4
Large city¹	8	8	8	7	7	5
Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	5
Atlanta	2	2	4	7	3	4
Austin	—	—	20	20	19	16
Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	14	17
Boston	—	9	10	8	9	8
Charlotte	—	5	4	4	3	2
Chicago	9	9	9	7	5	2
Cleveland	—	12	12	17	17	5
Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	18
Detroit	—	—	—	—	5	7
District of Columbia (DCPS)	8	6	7	14	12	4
Fresno	—	—	—	—	5	2
Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	3
Houston	17	24	23	17	18	14
Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	7	10
Los Angeles	8	6	6	3	2	2
Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	7	4
Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	9	3
New York City	8	6	6	5	6	2
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	6	3
San Diego	—	5	6	4	4	4
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting. ¹ Accommodations not permitted. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–2011 Reading Assessments.

	Percentage of identified SD students
Jurisdiction	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011
Nation	40	34	36	34	29	23
Large city¹	41	37	39	36	33	22
Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	27
Atlanta	25	21	31	55	16	36
Austin	—	—	59	56	57	62
Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	74	82
Boston	—	22	36	31	31	27
Charlotte	—	22	23	22	15	13
Chicago	27	37	38	34	24	10
Cleveland	—	71	73	83	74	21
Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	55
Detroit	—	—	—	—	35	44
District of Columbia (DCPS)	50	39	44	74	72	19
Fresno	—	—	—	—	42	24
Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	12
Houston	36	52	62	54	58	45
Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	35	43
Los Angeles	31	28	28	21	16	16
Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	18	16
Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	37	12
New York City	34	14	19	18	23	7
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	31	19
San Diego	—	23	21	23	27	30
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting. ¹ Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts. NOTE: Beginning in 2009, if the results for charter schools are not included in the school district's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report to the U.S. Department of Education under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, they are excluded from that district's TUDA results. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–2011 Reading Assessments.

	Percentage of identified ELL students
Jurisdiction	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011
Nation	26	24	22	20	16	11
Large city¹	24	24	20	16	17	12
Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	12
Atlanta	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Austin	—	—	53	46	40	30
Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	‡	‡
Boston	—	32	27	14	19	12
Charlotte	—	28	23	16	18	5
Chicago	38	29	25	20	21	8
Cleveland	—	45	‡	51	59	17
Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	31
Detroit	—	—	—	—	6	6
District of Columbia (DCPS)	41	18	26	48	28	12
Fresno	—	—	—	—	5	2
Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	5
Houston	43	59	52	36	42	32
Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	68	72
Los Angeles	14	10	8	4	3	3
Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	52	14
Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	22	2
New York City	49	47	37	19	18	10
Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	24	6
San Diego	—	11	10	6	6	4
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting. ‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size insufficient to permit a reliable estimate. ¹ Large city includes students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts. NOTE: Beginning in 2009, if the results for charter schools are not included in the school district's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report to the U.S. Department of Education under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, they are excluded from that district's TUDA results. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–2011 Reading Assessments.

State/jurisdiction	Identified	Excluded	Assessed	Assessed without accommodations	Assessed with accommodations
	Percentage of all students
Nation	3	1	2	2	1
Nation (public)	3	1	3	2	1
Arkansas	3	#	3	1	2
Connecticut	2	1	1	1	1
Florida	4	2	2	#	2
Idaho	2	#	2	1	1
Illinois	2	#	2	1	1
Iowa	1	#	1	#	#
Massachusetts	2	1	1	1	#
New Hampshire	1	#	1	#	#
New Jersey	2	1	1	#	1
South Dakota	1	#	1	#	#
West Virginia	1	#	1	1	#
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: The national results include both public and nonpublic school students. The national (public) and state results include public school students only. Eleven states participated in the assessment and met the reporting criteria. 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.