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Percentage of students with disabilities and/or limited-English-proficient students identified, excluded, and assessed, when accommodations were permitted, grade 8 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) 14 4 10 7 3 93 18 6 12 8 4 90 19 5 13 8 5 90
Alabama 12 6 6 5 # 93 14 2 12 11 1 97 14 3 11 9 2 95
Alaska — — — — — — — — — — — — 25 2 23 15 7 91
Arizona 17 5 12 10 1 93 21 5 16 14 2 93 25 6 19 15 3 90
Arkansas 12 5 6 5 1 94 15 5 10 9 2 93 16 5 11 7 4 91
California 23 4 19 17 2 94 26 4 23 21 2 94 29 4 25 22 3 94
Colorado 14 4 10 7 3 93 — — — — — — 15 3 11 6 6 91
Connecticut 15 6 9 7 3 91 17 4 12 6 6 90 16 4 12 5 7 90
Delaware 14 2 13 10 2 96 15 6 9 2 6 88 17 9 8 3 5 86
Florida 17 5 12 9 3 92 21 6 15 8 8 86 23 6 17 6 12 83
Georgia 12 4 8 5 3 93 13 4 8 5 3 93 12 3 9 5 5 93
Hawaii 15 5 10 7 3 92 20 5 15 10 5 90 21 5 16 9 7 88
Idaho — — — — — — 14 4 10 8 2 94 17 4 13 12 1 95
Illinois 12 4 8 6 3 93 16 4 13 7 6 90 17 5 11 5 7 88
Indiana — — — — — — 14 4 11 7 3 93 16 4 12 7 5 91
Iowa — — — — — — — — — — — — 17 5 12 5 7 89
Kansas 12 4 8 6 2 95 16 5 11 6 5 90 16 4 12 3 9 87
Kentucky 10 3 6 4 3 94 12 7 5 4 1 92 14 7 7 5 1 91
Louisiana 14 5 9 4 5 90 16 10 6 3 3 87 15 6 9 3 6 88
Maine 14 5 9 6 3 92 17 4 13 8 6 90 17 5 12 6 6 89
Maryland 12 3 9 3 5 92 15 4 10 8 2 93 15 3 12 7 5 92
Massachusetts 17 4 12 8 5 91 20 6 14 6 8 86 18 4 14 5 9 86
Michigan — — — — — — 13 7 6 4 2 91 13 6 7 4 3 91
Minnesota 13 1 12 9 3 96 15 3 12 9 3 94 17 3 14 8 5 91
Mississippi 11 6 5 4 1 94 10 5 5 3 1 93 9 5 4 3 1 94
Missouri 13 4 9 6 3 93 15 8 8 4 4 88 17 8 8 3 5 87
Montana 11 4 8 6 1 95 13 4 9 7 2 94 16 5 11 6 5 90
Nebraska — — — — — — 17 7 10 7 2 91 18 5 13 8 4 90
Nevada 15 6 9 8 2 92 20 6 14 12 2 92 18 4 14 9 5 91
New Hampshire — — — — — — — — — — — — 19 3 16 6 9 87
New Jersey — — — — — — — — — — — — 18 3 15 3 12 85
New Mexico 22 8 14 10 4 88 31 8 23 17 5 86 31 8 23 14 9 83
New York 16 8 8 3 5 88 20 9 11 4 7 83 19 7 12 3 9 84
North Carolina 14 6 8 3 5 89 18 9 9 3 6 85 18 7 11 3 8 85
North Dakota — — — — — — 15 4 11 8 2 93 16 4 11 8 4 92
Ohio — — — — — — 12 7 5 4 1 91 13 6 7 3 4 90
Oklahoma 13 9 4 4 1 90 17 4 13 10 4 92 18 4 14 9 5 91
Oregon 14 4 10 6 4 92 18 5 13 10 3 92 20 6 14 11 4 91
Pennsylvania — — — — — — 15 3 12 4 8 89 16 2 14 4 10 88
Rhode Island 16 6 10 9 1 92 20 5 15 8 7 88 24 4 19 8 12 84
South Carolina 12 5 7 5 1 93 14 5 9 6 3 92 15 8 7 4 3 89
South Dakota — — — — — — — — — — — — 13 3 9 6 4 93
Tennessee 14 6 8 7 1 93 13 3 9 9 1 96 15 3 12 11 1 96
Texas 19 5 13 11 3 92 20 8 12 11 1 91 20 8 12 11 1 91
Utah 11 4 7 6 2 95 15 4 11 9 2 94 16 3 12 8 4 93
Vermont — — — — — — 18 5 13 8 6 89 18 4 13 7 6 89
Virginia 13 5 8 4 3 91 17 8 9 5 4 88 17 9 8 4 4 87
Washington 13 4 9 6 3 94 14 4 10 6 5 92 16 4 13 9 4 93
West Virginia 14 7 7 4 2 90 16 10 7 4 2 88 18 9 9 4 4 87
Wisconsin 14 5 9 5 4 91 16 7 9 4 5 88 16 5 11 3 8 86
Wyoming 10 2 8 7 1 96 14 3 11 6 6 91 16 2 13 6 8 90
Other Jurisdictions                                    
District of Columbia 14 5 9 6 3 92 21 7 13 5 8 84 20 8 12 4 8 84
DDESS 3  10 2 9 5 4 95 13 3 10 5 5 92 17 3 14 5 9 88
DoDDS 4  8 1 7 5 2 97 10 2 8 6 3 96 9 1 8 3 5 94
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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 1992, 1994, or 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)