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Education Research Report: Measuring NAEP Inclusion Rates of Students With Disabilities,

Education Research Report: Measuring NAEP Inclusion Rates of Students With Disabilities,:

Measuring NAEP Inclusion Rates of Students With Disabilities,

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The report Measuring Status and Change In NAEP Inclusion Rates of Students With Disabilities, Results 2007-09 has been released. This report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) contains the findings of a study on the status of inclusion and changes in inclusion rates for the 50 states and the District of Columbia in 4th- and 8th-grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics assessments.

The decision about whether a student with disabilities is included in NAEP is made by the school personnel most knowledgeable about the student. The percentage of students with disabilities who are not English