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Percentage of students identified with disabilities (SD) and/or English language learners (ELL) out of all students assessed in NAEP civics, by grade and type of primary accommodation: 1998 and 2006
    Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 12
Accommodation 1998 2006 1998 2006 1998 2006
SD and/or ELL Bilingual dictionary 0.01 0.13 0.01 0.14 0.01 0.14
Large-print book 0.02 0.02 0.01 # 0.01 0.02
Extended time 0.81 1.39 1.04 1.45 0.47 1.79
Read aloud 0.11 0.44 0.12 0.28 0.01 0.14
Small group 2.29 7.08 1.90 7.12 0.72 3.83
One-on-one 0.29 1.12 0.14 0.92 0.06 0.89
Scribe/computer 0.06 0.24 0.05 0.09 # 0.02
Break # 0.03 #
Magnifying device # # #
School staff administers 0.37 0.06 0.16
Other 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.13 0.03 0.09
SD Bilingual dictionary 0.01 0.01 # 0.01 # 0.01
Large-print book 0.02 0.02 0.01 # 0.01 0.02
Extended time 0.69 0.83 0.95 1.23 0.42 1.41
Read aloud 0.09 0.19 0.11 0.13 0.01 0.13
Small group 2.18 5.99 1.88 6.37 0.67 3.49
One-on-one 0.25 1.03 0.14 0.85 0.06 0.85
Scribe/computer 0.06 0.24 0.05 0.09 # 0.02
Break # 0.03 #
Magnifying device # # #
School staff administers 0.35 0.06 0.16
Other 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.13 0.03 0.09
ELL Bilingual dictionary # 0.13 0.01 0.14 0.01 0.14
Large-print book # # # # # #
Extended time 0.12 0.62 0.10 0.26 0.07 0.40
Read aloud 0.02 0.29 0.03 0.19 # 0.01
Small group 0.13 1.70 0.06 1.12 0.06 0.47
One-on-one 0.04 0.15 # 0.13 0.02 0.04
Scribe/computer # 0.01 # # # #
Break # # #
Magnifying device # # #
School staff administers 0.02 0.01 0.01
Other 0.01 0.06 # # # #
— Not available.
# 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1998 and 2006 Civics Assessments.

Last updated 13 December 2010 (RF)