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Students with disabilities and limited-English-proficient students identified, excluded, and assessed with accommodations as a percentage of all students, grades 4 and 8 in public schools: By urban district, 2002 and 2003

	Identified		Excluded		Assessed with accommodations
Grade 4	2002	2003	2002	2003	2002	2003
SD1 and/or LEP2 students
Nation (Public)	21	22	7	6	4	5
Large central city (Public)	28	30	8	8	4	5
Atlanta	8	9	2	2	1	3
Boston	—	33	—	9	—	11
Charlotte	—	21	—	5	—	11
Chicago	30	31	9	9	5	6
Cleveland	—	18	—	12	—	3
District of Columbia	19	18	8	6	5	9
Houston	43	42	17	24	1	1
Los Angeles	51	59	8	6	2	5
New York City	22	21	8	6	8	12
San Diego	—	42	—	5	—	4
SD students only
Nation (Public)	13	14	5	5	4	5
Large central city (Public)	12	13	5	5	3	5
Atlanta	5	8	1	2	1	3
Boston	—	19	—	4	—	10
Charlotte	—	16	—	4	—	8
Chicago	16	15	4	6	4	5
Cleveland	—	15	—	11	—	3
District of Columbia	14	13	7	5	4	6
Houston	12	18	4	9	1	1
Los Angeles	11	12	3	3	2	4
New York City	14	13	5	2	6	10
San Diego	—	13	—	3	—	2
LEP students only
Nation (Public)	9	10	2	2	1	1
Large central city (Public)	19	20	5	5	1	2
Atlanta	4	2	1	1	#	1
Boston	—	18	—	6	—	3
Charlotte	—	10	—	3	—	4
Chicago	19	21	7	6	2	1
Cleveland	—	3	—	2	—	1
District of Columbia	7	7	3	1	2	4
Houston	36	33	16	20	#	#
Los Angeles	46	56	6	5	1	3
New York City	11	11	6	5	3	3
San Diego	—	35	—	4	—	2
Grade 8
SD1 and/or LEP2 students
Nation (Public)	18	19	6	5	4	5
Large central city (Public)	23	24	6	6	4	5
Atlanta	6	12	2	4	1	4
Boston	—	31	—	9	—	11
Charlotte	—	16	—	4	—	7
Chicago	21	21	6	7	7	6
Cleveland	—	24	—	15	—	7
District of Columbia	21	20	7	8	8	8
Houston	27	27	7	10	#	#
Los Angeles	35	37	5	4	2	5
New York City	24	22	9	5	8	12
San Diego	—	29	—	3	—	3
SD students only
Nation (Public)	13	14	5	4	4	5
Large central city (Public)	13	14	4	4	3	5
Atlanta	5	11	1	3	1	3
Boston	—	20	—	5	—	9
Charlotte	—	13	—	3	—	7
Chicago	15	16	3	5	6	6
Cleveland	—	20	—	12	—	6
District of Columbia	16	16	6	6	7	7
Houston	15	18	5	7	#	#
Los Angeles	12	13	3	3	2	5
New York City	14	14	6	2	5	10
San Diego	—	11	—	1	—	3
LEP students only
Nation (Public)	6	6	2	2	1	1
Large central city (Public)	13	13	3	3	1	2
Atlanta	1	2	#	1	#	#
Boston	—	15	—	7	—	3
Charlotte	—	6	—	1	—	2
Chicago	8	7	4	3	1	1
Cleveland	—	6	—	5	—	1
District of Columbia	5	5	2	2	2	1
Houston	16	16	4	6	#	#
Los Angeles	30	33	5	3	1	3
New York City	13	11	5	4	4	4
San Diego	—	21	—	2	—	1

— Not available.
# The estimate rounds to zero.
¹ Students with disabilities.
² Limited-English-proficient students.
NOTE: Within each grade level, the combined SD/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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 and 2003 Trial Urban District Reading Assessments.

View the average reading scale score and achievement-level results, by students with disabilities or limited-English-proficient students, grades 4 and 8.

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Last updated 10 December 2003 (SW)