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Inclusion StudyActual inclusion rate, nation-based benchmark inclusion rate, and difference for students with disabilities who are not English language learners in reading at grade 4, by state: 2005, 2007, 2009

State 2005 2007 2009
Actual Benchmark Difference Actual Benchmark Difference Actual Benchmark Difference
Alabama 85.3 67.3 18.0 78.1 71.8 6.4 85.4 73.5 11.9
Alaska 84.5 68.3 16.2 80.9 71.1 9.8 86.1 70.0 16.1
Arizona 66.7 67.5 -0.8 74.9 73.5 1.4 75.9 69.3 6.6
Arkansas 53.3 61.6 -8.4 55.0 69.7 -14.7 90.7 71.4 19.3
California 74.9 71.0 3.9 77.3 74.7 2.7 75.2 73.8 1.5
Colorado 78.6 65.5 13.1 79.9 71.8 8.1 76.3 70.5 5.8
Connecticut 78.5 70.3 8.1 85.1 75.2 9.9 79.3 73.9 5.4
Delaware 28.6 58.1 -29.5 46.0 58.3 -12.3 51.9 57.8 -5.9
District of Columbia 57.7 56.4 1.3 28.6 60.1 -31.5 32.2 63.1 -31.0
Florida 76.0 69.2 6.8 77.3 74.0 3.3 84.2 77.1 7.1
Georgia 59.7 63.7 -4.0 43.4 65.9 -22.6 66.0 71.9 -5.9
Hawaii 82.5 70.4 12.1 77.1 72.9 4.3 86.9 70.5 16.5
Idaho 72.2 65.0 7.2 77.2 71.7 5.5 74.2 70.8 3.4
Illinois 65.3 65.3 0.1 67.5 70.8 -3.3 83.1 75.4 7.7
Indiana 75.2 66.0 9.2 77.6 72.1 5.5 74.3 76.2 -2.0
Iowa 65.2 63.1 2.1 71.2 68.9 2.3 73.0 71.8 1.3
Kansas 77.4 61.9 15.5 62.4 70.3 -7.9 68.9 70.2 -1.3
Kentucky 45.4 58.9 -13.5 53.1 66.0 -12.9 53.5 66.7 -13.2
Louisiana 41.2 65.6 -24.5 79.3 72.1 7.2 90.8 75.5 15.3
Maine 65.8 67.0 -1.2 69.5 70.4 -1.0 76.8 67.8 9.1
Maryland 63.3 68.0 -4.6 51.4 67.6 -16.2 40.2 63.5 -23.3
Massachusetts 67.2 65.2 2.0 72.1 66.6 5.4 77.4 69.4 8.0
Michigan 52.3 63.1 -10.9 68.2 70.2 -2.0 73.1 72.6 0.5
Minnesota 84.5 69.6 14.9 77.1 74.6 2.4 85.7 74.4 11.3
Mississippi 66.9 73.9 -7.0 77.6 75.7 1.9 86.2 76.9 9.3
Missouri 55.8 62.9 -7.1 78.9 74.7 4.2 78.2 72.4 5.8
Montana 61.1 59.3 1.8 64.8 66.5 -1.7 70.9 68.9 2.1
Nebraska 75.2 71.1 4.0 72.1 73.0 -0.9 79.5 77.3 2.2
Nevada 60.4 65.2 -4.7 70.1 70.1 0.0 73.9 71.4 2.5
New Hampshire 83.0 67.1 16.0 79.8 73.0 6.8 83.6 72.6 11.0
New Jersey 73.8 63.0 10.8 61.7 66.8 -5.1 55.6 68.0 -12.3
New Mexico 64.4 64.0 0.3 54.2 70.7 -16.5 68.2 71.3 -3.2
New York 74.5 69.5 5.0 72.5 72.0 0.5 78.7 72.0 6.7
North Carolina 83.2 67.6 15.6 87.6 75.1 12.5 87.0 75.3 11.7
North Dakota 64.7 63.4 1.4 46.2 64.5 -18.3 57.5 73.2 -15.7
Ohio 40.8 54.1 -13.3 50.6 61.3 -10.6 58.9 67.5 -8.5
Oklahoma 72.5 64.0 8.6 58.8 70.1 -11.3 57.6 72.8 -15.2
Oregon 69.4 68.6 0.8 74.3 70.0 4.3 81.6 74.0 7.7
Pennsylvania 73.3 65.4 7.8 72.0 70.2 1.9 82.6 73.5 9.1
Rhode Island 88.0 70.7 17.3 82.9 73.9 9.0 83.4 73.3 10.0
South Carolina 61.1 69.2 -8.2 73.7 72.2 1.6 69.6 73.3 -3.7
South Dakota 71.4 65.6 5.8 66.2 72.0 -5.8 60.5 70.0 -9.4
Tennessee 38.4 56.4 -18.0 37.0 59.8 -22.8 38.2 61.3 -23.1
Texas 58.5 72.2 -13.8 51.7 71.2 -19.5 56.7 68.7 -12.1
Utah 72.0 67.4 4.6 62.8 71.0 -8.2 62.3 72.0 -9.7
Vermont 68.4 61.9 6.5 67.0 65.8 1.2 83.1 70.5 12.7
Virginia 36.8 58.4 -21.6 55.5 68.3 -12.8 73.4 68.5 4.9
Washington 76.8 65.5 11.4 72.5 71.1 1.4 78.1 72.3 5.8
West Virginia 69.1 68.1 0.9 91.0 73.7 17.4 87.6 74.3 13.3
Wisconsin 71.7 61.9 9.8 72.4 72.0 0.4 77.6 71.9 5.7
Wyoming 90.4 68.3 22.2 78.6 69.9 8.7 89.7 73.8 15.9
NOTE: The difference in this table (the actual inclusion rate minus the nation-based benchmark inclusion rate) is also used in the report as the status measure.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005, 2007, and 2009 Reading Assessments.

Last updated 26 August 2011 (EP)