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Technical Report 25: Where's Waldo? A Third Search for Students with Disabilities in State Accountability Reports

Appendix C

Participation Data for Students with Disabilities in Statewide Testing

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
AK

CAT/5/

Gr 4,8,11

24, 137

/91%

        

?/3.7%

(includes LEP)

  
CTa

CMT/

Gr 4,6,8

?/91.3%

?/60.3%

    

?/35.5%

    
MAb

MCAS/

Gr 4/

Lang. Arts

74,379*/

97.4%

11,759*/

94.1%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 4/

Math

75,143*/

98.4%

11,897*/

95.2%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 4/

Science

75,143*/

98.4%

11,897*/

95.2%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 8/

Lang. Arts

67,951*/

97.0%

10,149*/

93.6%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 8/

Math

68,441*/

97.7%

10,225*/

94.3%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 8/

Science

68,441*/

97.7%

10,193*/

94.0%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 10/

Lang. Arts

59,401*/

95.1%

7,614*/

91.9%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 10/

Math

59,901*/

95.9%

7,664*/

92.5%

          
 

MCAS/

Gr 10/

Science

59,901*/

95.9%

7,664*/

92.5%

          
MN

MCAs/

Gr 3/

Reading

60,577/?

  

6,696/

11.0%*

        
 

MCAs/

Gr 3/

Math

60,685/?

  

6,744/

11.1%*

        
 

MCAs/

Gr 5/

Reading

60,492/?

  

7,794/

12.9%*

        

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
MN

MCAs/

Gr 5/

Math

60,362/?

  

7,790/

12.9%*

        
 

MCAs/

Gr 5/

Writing

60,364/?

  

7,607/

12.6%*

        
 

BST/

Gr 8/

Reading

64,403/?

  

7,530/

11.7%*

        
 

BST/

Gr 8/

Math

64,397/?

  

7,523/

11.7%*

        
NH

3rd Gr Eng./ Lang. Arts (ELA)

16,641/

96%

  

?/10%

    

535/3%

  
 

3rd Gr Math

16,289/

98%

  

?/12%

    

279/2%

  
 

6th Gr ELA

15,784/

97%

  

?/12%

    

340/2%

  
 

6th Gr Math

15,894/

98%

  

?/13%

    

258/2%

  
 

6th Gr Science

15,893/

98%

  

?/13%

    

238/1%

  
 

6th Gr Social Studies

15,865/

98%

  

?/13%

    

240/1%

  
 

10th Gr ELA

13,038/94%

  

?/8%

    

163/1%

  
 

10th Gr Math

13,116/

95%

  

?/8%

    

155/1%

  
 

10th Gr Science

13.055/

94%

  

?/8%

    

152/1%

  
 

10th Gr Social Studies

12,955/

93%

  

?/8%

    

152/1%

  
NV

4th Gr

*19,994/?

  

*1025 (IEP + 504)/5.1%

  

*427/?

    
 

8th Gr

*19,642/?

  

*1059 (IEP + 504)/5.4%

  

*641/?

    
 

10th Gr

*18,284/?

  

*862 (IEP + 504)/4.7%

  

*222/?

    

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
NJ

EWT Read./

Gr 8

86,335 c

9,895

  

39/?

      
 

EWT Math/

Gr 8

86,335 c

9,878

  

43/?

      
 

EWT Writ./

Gr 8

86,335 c

9,823

  

38/?

      
 

HSPT Read./

Gr 11

  

5,748

  

13/?

      
 

HSPT Math/

Gr 11

  

5,671

  

14/?

      
 

HSPT Writ./

Gr 11

  

5,637

  

13/?

      
NY

PEP/

Gr 3/ Read.

177,873/?

23,296/? d

    

3,102/

11.8%

  

?/9.5%
 

PEP/

Gr 3/

Math

184,557/?

24,178/? d

    

2,310/

8.7%

  

?/9.7%
 

PEP/

Gr 5/

Writing

165,866/?

24,422/? d

    

1,860/

7.1%

  

?/9.9%
 

PEP/

Gr 6/

Reading

168,298/?

23,947/? c

    

1,617/

6.3%

  

?/11.3%
 

PEP/

Gr 6

/Math

172,108/?

24,059/?d

    

1,253/

5.0%

  

?/12.7%
 

RCT/

Reading

  

13,846/?

          
 

RCT/

Gr

Math

  

23,132/?

          
 

RCT/

Writing

  

11,129/?

          
 

RCT/

Science

  

22,497/?

          
 

RCT/

Global Studies

  

15,905/?

          
 

RCT/

U.S.

History & Gov’t.

  

9,592/?

          

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
NY

Regents Exam/

English

Gen. Ed.

146,108/

77.4%

5,904/

32.6%

          
 

Regents

Exam/

Seq. Math I

Gen. Ed.

182,264/

96.6%

8,665/

47.8%

          
 

Intro. to Occup.

Educ.

Gen Ed.

55,249/?

10,615/?

          
NC

End-of-Grade Tests/

Gr 3

95,356/?

  

11,263/

11.8%

  

*2540/?

    
 

EOG Tests/

Gr 4

91,868/?

  

10,976/

12.0%

  

*2696/?

    
 

EOG Tests/

Gr 5

90,773/?

  

10,562/

11.7%

  

*2749/?

    
 

EOG Tests/

Gr 6

91,667/?

  

10,464/

11.4%

  

*2332/?

    
 

EOG Tests/

Gr 7

89,515/?

  

9,536/

10.7%

  

*1929/?

    
 

EOG Tests/

Gr 8

87,317/?

  

8,462/

9.7%

  

*2016/?

    
 

End-of-Course

Tests/

Eng. I

89,500/?

  

6,550/

7.4%

  

*/154?

    
 

EOC/

Alg. I

83,777/?

  

3,781/

4.5%

  

*34/?

    
 

EOC/

Biology

78,723/?

  

4,548/

5.8%

  

*79/?

   
 

EOC/US

History

68,613/?

  

3,448/

5.1%

  

*73/?

    
 

EOC/ELP

82,611/?

  

5,573/

6.8%

  

*157/?

    
SC MAT/7

Gr 4/ Read.

47,396/?

2,456/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 4/ Math

47,725/?

2,530/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 4/

Lang.

47,320/?

2,437/?

    

e

    

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
SC MAT/7

Gr 4/

3 R’s Battery

47,154/?

2,397/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 5/

Read.

46,230/?

1,836/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 5/

Math

46,534/?

1,881/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 5/

Lang.

46,135/?

1,821/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 5/

3 R’s Battery

45,956/?

1,777/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr7/

Read.

48,282/?

1,167/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 7/

Math

48,323/?

1,189/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 7/

Lang.

48,206/?

1,163/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 7/

3 R’s Battery

47,868/?

1,123/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 9/ Read.

51,894/?

1,095/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 9/

Math

51,461/?

1,062/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 9/

Lang.

51,655/?

1,065/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 9/

3 R’s Battery

50,552/?

1,014/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 11/ Read.

33,952/?

304/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 11/

Math

33,778/?

300/?

    

e

    

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
SC MAT/7

Gr 11/ Lang.

33,810/?

298/?

    

e

    
  MAT/7

Gr 11/

3 R’s Battery

32,907/?

283/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 3/

Read.

50,283/?

5,673/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 8/

Read.

47,393/?

3,759/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 10/ Read.

40,710/?

2,168/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 3/

Math

50,654/?

6,015/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 8/

Math

47,379/?

3,783/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/Gr 10/ Math

40,755/?

2,160/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 6/

Writing

47,748/?

3,904/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 8/

Writing

47,096/?

3,699/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 10/ Writing

40,520/?

2,143/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 3/

Science

50,176/?

5,647/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 6/

Science

47,781/?

3,901/?

    

e

    
  BSAP/

Gr 8/

Science

47,071/?

3,636/?

    

e

    
  CSAB/

Gr Kind.

53,640/?

4,349/?

    

e

    
TX TAAS/

Gr 3/

Math

f

24,553/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 3/

Read.

f

21,105/?

    

g

    

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
TX TAAS/

Gr 4/

Math

f

25,902/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr. 4/

Read.

f

22,566/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 4

Writing

f

21,241/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 5/

Math

f

26,594/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 5

Read.

f

24,052/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 6/

Math

f

26,079/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 6/

Read.

f

24,516/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 7/

Math

f

24, 598/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 7/

Read.

f

24,183/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 8/

Math

f

25,153/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 8/

Read.

f

23,421/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 8/

Writing

f

22,338/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 8 Science

f

23,631/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 8/

Social St

f

23,818/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 10/

Math

f

14, 542/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 10/

Read.

f

14, 637/?

    

g

    

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
TX TAAS/

Gr 10/

Writing

f

14, 494/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 11/

Math

f

5, 107/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 11/

Read.

f

3,302/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 11/

Writing

f

3,337/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 12/

Math

f

1,490/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 12

Read.

f

786/?

    

g

    
  TAAS/

Gr 12/

Writing

f

846/?

    

g

    
  EOC/

Gr 8-12

Biology I

Not SpEd

204,148/

92.0%

14,454/

72.0%

    

2,919/

14.0%

    
  EOC/

Gr 7-12

Algebra I

Not

SpEd

244,693/

92.0%

15,380/

74.0%

    

3,573/

18.0%

    
VT VT Assess. Eng/

Lang

Arts/

Gr 4

  

7,525/

96.8%*

    

157/?

    
  VT

Assess.

Eng/

Lang

Arts/

Gr 8

  

7,828/

96.6%*

    

125/?

    
  VT Assess.

Eng/

Lang Arts/

Gr 10

  

6,850/

92.9%*

    

150/?

    
VA SAT/9/

Gr 4

85,434/

96%

        

?/65% of those not tested

  

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
VA SAT/9/

Gr 6

82,588/

96%

        

?/68% of those not tested

  
  SAT/9/

Gr 9

85,527/

93%

        

?/31% of those not tested

  
  VLPT/

Gr 6/

Read.

81,258/?

7,488/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 6/

Math

81,396/?

7,663/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 6/

Writing

80,632/?

7,285/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 7/

Read.

9,995/?

3,596/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 7/

Math

9,491/?

3,527/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 7/

Writing

9,793/?

3,657/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 8/

Read.

5,203/?

2,214/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 8/

Math

5,342/?

2,094/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 8/

Writing

4,677/?

2,178/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 9/

Read.

2,287/?

869/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 9/

Math

2,316/?

774/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 9/

Writing

2,232/?

858/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 10/

Read.

1,323/?

385/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 10/

Math

1,396/?

401/?

          

 

State

Test

All Students Partic. in Testing (No./%)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of SWD)

SWD Partic. in Testing (No./% of total tested)

Student Coded both as SWD and LEP (No./% of All)

SWD Excluded or Exempted (No./% of SWD)

SWD Excluded Or Exempted (No./% of Total Students)

No./% Student Enroll. in Grade But Not Tested: Absent
VA VLPT/

Gr 10/

Writing

1,198/?

378/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 11/

Read.

995/?

207/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 11/

Math

903/?

208/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 11/

Writing

921/?

228/?

          
  VLPT/Gr 12/

Read.

346/?

92/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 12/

Math

333/?

90/?

          
  VLPT/

Gr 12/

Writing

365/?

95/?

          
WVh SAT/9

Gr 3-11

Basic Skills

191,862/891% S, 9% NS

32,237/

53% S,

47% NS

    

5,983/

16%

    

 

* Calculations were conducted with existing data in public reports.

**Blank spaces indicate no information was available or couldn’t be determined from the information given.

a DE only provides the % of special education students who tested with accommodations.

b MA also provides the # of students with special needs tested under nonroutine conditions in the Grade 3 ITBS Reading test. A total number of students with disabilities tested is not given.

c Include regular, special education, limited English proficient students, and voided student answer folders.

d A percentage of students with disabilities participating in the individual content exams of the PEP was not given. However, an average percentage of students with disabilities participating in the PEP tests in 1996-97 was: 92%. More recent data include an average of 95% participation of students with disabilities in the 1997-1998 PEP tests.

e 15, 714 students with documented disabilities and IEPs were exempt from the MAT/7 and 10,307 students were exempt from the BSAP. Exemption data by students with disabilities was not available by grade and subject area. The participation rate for students with disabilities for grades 3 – 11 on both the MAT/7 and BSAP was 5.6% (of total student population).

f TX does give an overall participation rate for all students tested on the TAAS (91.1%) as well as an overall participation for all students with disabilities (8.7% of all students were students with disabilities or 178,145 answer documents were submitted).

g TX does provide exemption data of students with disabilities, but does not disaggregate by content area of a particular grade – only reports exemption of students with disabilities of all tests given in a grade. The rate of students with disabilities exempted from all TAAS tests by their Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committees was 5.2% or 106,529 answer documents were exempted.

h WV only provides the percentage of participation of students under standard (S) or nonstandard (NS) conditions for the SAT/9. WV includes lost score sheets in its calculation of the percentage of special education students with no test results.

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