Students with disabilities and/or English language learners assessed with accommodations, by type of primary accommodation, grades 4 and 8 public and nonpublic schools: 1998–2005

The table below displays the percentages of SD and ELL students assessed with the variety of available accommodations. It should be noted that students assessed with accommodations typically received some combination of accommodations. The numbers and percentages presented in the table reflect only the primary accommodations provided. For example, students assessed in small groups (as compared with standard NAEP sessions of about 30 students) usually received extended time. In one-on-one administrations, students often received assistance in recording answers (e.g., use of a scribe or computer) and were afforded extra time. Extended time was considered the primary accommodations only when it was the sole accommodation provided.

Percentages of all assessed students with disabilities and/or English language learners assessed with accommodations, by type of primary accommodation, grades 4, 8 and 12 public and nonpublic schools: Various years, 1998–2005
	Grade 4					Grade 8				Grade 12
Accommodation	1998	2000	2002	2003	2005	1998	2002	2003	2005	1998	2002	2005
SD and/or ELL
Large-print book	#	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.14	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.01
Extended time	1.11	0.85	1.65	1.26	1.65	1.07	2.08	1.69	1.99	0.39	1.27	1.85
Small group	1.89	1.33	2.18	3.76	4.33	1.26	1.64	3.36	4.02	0.66	0.73	2.53
One-on-one	0.21	0.21	0.09	0.15	0.19	0.07	0.05	0.06	0.10	0.15	0.03	0.05
Scribe/computer	0.05	0.02	0.06	0.12	0.11	#	0.03	0.06	0.04	#	#	0.05
Breaks	—	—	—	—	0.04	—	—	—	0.03	—	—	0.01
Magnification	—	—	—	—	#	—	—	—	#	—	—	#
School staff administers	—	—	—	—	0.13	—	—	—	0.08	—	—	0.08
Other	0.09	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.05	#	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.07	0.03
SD only
Large-print book	#	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.14	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.01
Extended time	0.78	0.85	1.32	0.93	1.06	0.86	1.85	1.51	1.55	0.34	1.18	1.51
Small group	1.60	1.20	2.04	3.40	3.72	1.25	1.57	3.19	3.71	0.60	0.73	2.35
One-on-one	0.21	0.21	0.08	0.15	0.18	0.07	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.14	0.03	0.04
Scribe/computer	0.05	0.02	0.06	0.12	0.11	#	0.03	0.06	0.04	#	#	0.05
Breaks	—	—	—	—	0.03	—	—	—	0.03	—	—	0.01
Magnification	—	—	—	—	#	—	—	—	#	—	—	#
School staff administers	—	—	—	—	0.12	—	—	—	0.07	—	—	0.08
Other	0.09	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.05	#	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.07	0.03
ELL only
Large-print book	#	#	#	0.01	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Extended time	0.36	0.02	0.44	0.44	0.67	0.23	0.38	0.33	0.51	0.05	0.17	0.39
Small group	0.40	0.22	0.25	0.65	0.89	0.01	0.14	0.41	0.48	0.07	0.01	0.32
One-on-one	#	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	#	#	#	0.02	0.01	#	#
Scribe/computer	#	#	#	0.01	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Breaks	—	—	—	—	#	—	—	—	#	—	—	#
Magnification	—	—	—	—	#	—	—	—	#	—	—	#
School staff administers	—	—	—	—	0.02	—	—	—	#	—	—	#
Other	#	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	#	#	#	#	0.03	#	#
— Not available.
# The estimate rounds to less than 0.01.
NOTE: SD = students with disabilities. ELL = English language learners. Students identified as both SD and ELL were counted only once under the combined SD and/or ELL category, but were counted separately under the SD and ELL categories. Prior to 2005, students were identified as either ELL or non-ELL; in 2005, students were identified as ELL non-ELL, or formerly ELL.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1998–2005 Reading Assessments.

Last updated 13 December 2010 (RF)