Some students selected for participation in the long-term trend assessments were identified as English language learners (ELL) or students with disabilities (SD). In previous long-term trend assessments, if it was decided that a student classified as SD or ELL could not meaningfully participate in the NAEP assessment, the student was, according to NAEP guidelines, excluded from the assessment. For each student selected to participate in NAEP who was identified as either SD or ELL, a member of the school staff most knowledgeable about the student completed an SD/ELL questionnaire. Students with disabilities were excluded from the assessment if an IEP (individualized education program) team or equivalent group determined that the student could not participate in assessments such as NAEP, if the student's IEP required that the student be tested with an accommodation or adaptation not permitted or available in NAEP, and the student could not demonstrate his/her knowledge of the assessment subject area with that accommodation or adaptation. A student who was identified as ELL and who was a native speaker of a language other than English was excluded if the student received instruction in the assessment's subject area (e.g., reading or mathematics) primarily in English for less than three school years, including the current year, or if the student could not demonstrate his or her knowledge of reading or mathematics in English without an accommodation or adaptation. In recent years, changes in policy and legislation pertaining to civil rights have resulted in assessment accommodations being permitted for SD and ELL students selected to participate in NAEP. Such accommodations enable students needing accommodations to participate in the NAEP assessments under modified conditions. Future NAEP long-term trend assessments, beginning with the 2004 modified trend assessments, will offer accommodations for these students. For consistency with trend assessments in past years however, accommodations were not offered to students in the 2004 bridge assessment samples. View the percentages of students identified, excluded, and assessed in the long-term trend mathematics assessment. Return to who took the long-term trend assessment.
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