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State Results for the NAEP 2000 Science Assessment

Note on accommodations and the exclusion of
special-needs students

The results presented here are based on test administration procedures that did not permit accommodations for special-needs students. A second set of results is available that includes the performance of special-needs students who were permitted accommodations.

In the sample that did not permit accommodations, special-needs students may have been excluded if their schools determined that they could not be assessed meaningfully without accommodations. In examining state and other jurisdiction results, it should be noted that the percentage of excluded students varies across states and across years.

See state and other jurisdiction exclusion rates at grade 4 or grade 8 in samples that did not permit accommodations.

The NAEP 2000 science assessment was administered to representative samples of fourth- and eighth-graders in participating states and other jurisdictions. NAEP began state-by-state science assessments of eighth-graders in 1996 and fourth-graders in 2000.

In 2000, 44 states and other jurisdictions at grade 4, and 42 at grade 8, participated in the science assessment and met student and school participation criteria for reporting results. Many of the states and jurisdictions that participated at grade 8 in 2000 participated in the 1996 NAEP science state-by-state assessment, allowing for the reporting of trends in student performance.

Major Findings

Explore the following state-level results for grade 4:


Explore the following state-level results for grade 8:


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Last updated 13 November 2001 (CLH)