Percentage of students identified as SD and/or LEP where accommodations were not permitted, grades 4, 8, and 12 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 1994 and 2001

	1994							2001
	Number of students sampled		Weighted percentage of all students		Weighted percentage of students identified			Number of students sampled		Weighted percentage of all students		Weighted percentage of students identified
Grade 4
SD and/or LEP students
Identified	1,487		14		100			1,051		16		100
Excluded	1,025		5		41			500		8		48
Assessed	462		8		59			551		8		52
SD students only
Identified	974		10		100			611		11		100
Excluded	685		4		43			378		6		58
Assessed	289		6		57			233		4		42
LEP students only
Identified	546		4		100			489		6		100
Excluded	368		1		35			157		2		32
Assessed	178		3		65			332		4		68
Grade 8
SD and/or LEP students
Identified	1,674		10		100			1,379		16		100
Excluded	1,278		5		46			658		8		48
Assessed	396		5		54			721		8		52
SD students only
Identified	1,254		8		100			947		12		100
Excluded	979		4		49			546		7		54
Assessed	275		4		51			401		6		46
LEP students only
Identified	450		2		100			489		4		100
Excluded	323		1		38			153		1		31
Assessed	127		1		62			336		3		69
Grade 12
SD and/or LEP students
Identified	1,238		8		100			1,096		11		100
Excluded	948		3		43			574		5		44
Assessed	290		4		57			522		6		56
SD students only
Identified	967		6		100			772		8		100
Excluded	776		3		47			483		4		49
Assessed	191		3		53			289		4		51
LEP students only
Identified	285		2		100			373		3		100
Excluded	184		#		29			121		1		31
Assessed	101		1		71			252		2		69
# Percentage is between 0.0 and 0.5. SD = Students with Disabilities. LEP = Limited English Proficient students. NOTE: Within each grade level, the combined SD and/or LEP portion of the table is not a sum of the separate SD and LEP portions because some students were identified as both SD and LEP. Such students would be counted separately in the bottom portions, but counted only once in the top portion. Within each portion of the table, percentages may not sum properly due to rounding. In 1994, the geography assessment was conducted at the same time as the 1994 U.S. history assessment. The identification and exclusion of special-needs students occurred after they were sampled, but before they could be assigned either a history or geography session. As a consequence, the 1994 sample sizes for identified and excluded students appear larger than would be expected given the weighted percentages that were calculations based on the geography sample only. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994 and 2001 Geography Assessments.

Major Finding

• In the 2001 accommodations-not-permitted national sample, 8 percent of students at grades 4 and 8, and 5 percent of students at grade 12 were excluded from the assessment.

View national participation rates for SD and/or LEP students for whom accommodations were permitted.