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Percentage of students with disabilities and/or limited-English-proficient students identified, excluded, and assessed, when accommodations were permitted, grade 4 public schools: By state, 1998–2003

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  1998 2002 2003
  SD1 and/or LEP2 students    SD1 and/or LEP2 students    SD1 and/or LEP2 students   
  Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed without accom-modations Assessed with accom-modations All students assessed without accom-modations Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed without accom-modations Assessed with accom-modations All students assessed without accom-modations Identified Excluded Assessed Assessed without accom-modations Assessed with accom-modations All students assessed without accom-modations
Nation (Public) 18 7 11 7 3 90 21 7 14 10 4 89 22 6 16 10 5 88
Alabama 13 8 4 3 1 90 14 3 12 9 2 95 12 2 10 7 3 95
Alaska — — — — — — — — — — — — 29 3 27 20 7 90
Arizona 22 10 12 10 1 88 28 8 21 18 3 90 28 7 21 18 2 90
Arkansas 11 5 6 4 2 93 14 5 10 8 2 93 16 6 10 7 3 91
California 31 14 16 15 1 84 34 5 29 28 1 94 38 5 32 30 2 92
Colorado 15 6 9 6 3 91 — — — — — — 18 3 15 7 8 88
Connecticut 18 10 8 5 3 87 16 5 11 5 6 89 15 5 10 4 6 89
Delaware 16 1 15 11 4 95 17 8 9 4 5 87 18 11 7 4 3 86
Florida 18 6 12 8 5 89 25 7 18 10 8 85 25 5 20 9 11 84
Georgia 11 5 6 3 3 93 13 4 9 6 3 93 16 4 12 6 5 91
Hawaii 15 5 10 9 1 94 18 6 12 7 5 89 17 4 13 6 7 89
Idaho — — — — — — 17 4 13 11 2 93 18 4 14 12 3 94
Illinois 14 6 8 6 2 92 20 7 14 8 6 87 22 8 14 7 7 85
Indiana — — — — — — 13 5 9 7 2 93 15 4 11 6 5 91
Iowa 15 5 10 7 3 92 16 8 8 3 5 87 17 7 11 4 6 87
Kansas 12 4 8 5 4 93 19 5 14 7 7 88 15 3 12 4 9 88
Kentucky 13 7 5 3 2 90 12 8 4 3 1 91 15 9 6 5 1 90
Louisiana 15 7 8 3 5 88 19 10 9 3 6 84 21 6 15 3 12 82
Maine 15 7 7 4 3 90 17 6 11 5 6 88 19 7 12 5 7 86
Maryland 13 6 8 4 4 90 14 7 7 5 2 92 16 7 9 6 3 90
Massachusetts 19 5 14 9 5 90 19 6 13 4 9 85 22 4 17 4 13 82
Michigan 10 6 4 3 1 93 14 7 6 5 1 92 15 7 8 5 3 90
Minnesota 15 3 12 9 3 94 19 5 13 10 4 91 19 3 16 10 6 91
Mississippi 7 4 3 2 # 95 7 4 3 2 1 95 10 6 4 3 1 93
Missouri 14 6 8 3 4 89 16 9 8 4 3 88 18 8 10 5 5 87
Montana 10 2 7 5 2 96 15 6 8 4 4 89 16 5 12 6 6 89
Nebraska — — — — — — 21 5 15 9 6 88 20 5 15 9 6 89
Nevada 20 11 9 8 1 88 27 10 17 14 3 87 26 8 17 13 5 87
New Hampshire 14 3 11 6 5 92 — — — — — — 19 4 15 5 10 86
New Jersey — — — — — — — — — — — — 17 5 12 2 10 85
New Mexico 28 9 18 16 2 88 37 10 27 23 4 85 41 8 33 23 10 82
New York 14 7 7 2 4 88 18 8 9 3 6 86 19 8 11 3 8 84
North Carolina 15 7 9 3 6 88 19 12 7 3 4 84 20 7 13 5 8 84
North Dakota — — — — — — 18 5 13 9 3 91 17 4 13 9 4 92
Ohio — — — — — — 14 8 5 4 2 90 13 6 7 2 5 89
Oklahoma 15 9 6 5 1 90 21 5 15 10 5 89 22 6 16 11 5 90
Oregon 20 6 14 10 4 90 25 8 17 13 4 88 26 9 17 12 5 86
Pennsylvania — — — — — — 14 5 10 4 5 90 15 4 12 3 9 88
Rhode Island 20 7 13 9 4 89 25 6 19 8 11 84 26 5 21 8 13 82
South Carolina 16 8 9 6 3 90 16 5 12 9 3 92 18 8 10 8 2 90
South Dakota — — — — — — — — — — — — 18 4 14 8 5 91
Tennessee 13 4 9 8 2 95 14 3 10 9 1 95 15 4 11 8 2 94
Texas 26 13 14 11 3 85 27 11 16 14 2 87 26 11 15 14 1 88
Utah 14 6 8 6 2 92 19 6 13 9 4 91 22 5 17 11 6 89
Vermont — — — — — — 15 5 10 4 6 89 18 6 12 4 7 86
Virginia 15 6 9 4 5 89 18 10 8 5 3 87 19 10 9 5 4 86
Washington 15 5 10 7 3 92 15 5 11 7 4 92 20 5 15 10 5 90
West Virginia 12 8 4 2 1 90 16 10 5 3 2 87 15 9 6 4 2 88
Wisconsin 16 8 8 5 3 89 19 8 10 5 5 87 19 6 13 4 9 85
Wyoming 14 3 10 6 4 93 17 3 15 7 7 90 18 2 16 7 10 88
Other Jurisdictions                                    
District of Columbia 16 9 8 5 3 89 19 8 11 5 5 86 18 6 12 3 9 86
DDESS 3 8 4 4 2 2 94 14 4 10 6 4 92 15 4 11 5 7 89
DoDDS 4 7 3 4 3 1 96 16 3 13 9 4 93 15 2 13 8 5 93
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— Not available.
# The estimate rounds to zero.
1 Students with disabilities. 
2 Limited-English-proficient students. 
3 Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. 
4 Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas). 
NOTE: State-level data were not collected in 2000.
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), 1998, 2002, and 2003 Reading Assessments.


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Last updated 30 October 2003 (SW)