What are the contributions of changes in students with disabilities versus LEP students to the changes in exclusion?
The exclusion of students with disabilities from state NAEP did increase in a number of jurisdictions during the 1990s. SD exclusion percentages were significantly higher in 1998 than in 1994 for 10 of the 36 jurisdictions in both assessments and showed decreases in two jurisdictions. Increases in LEP exclusion percentages occurred in fewer jurisdictions and tended to be smaller than SD exclusion increases. Between 1994 and 1998 LEP exclusion rates increased by a statistically significant margin in 5 of the 36 jurisdictions. Most of these increases, though statistically significant, were fairly small in magnitude. In addition, one jurisdiction showed a decrease in the LEP exclusion rate. • What is the statistical relationship between changes in exclusion rates and gains in reading scores? In general, there was a moderate positive correlation between changes in average state NAEP scores and changes in the percentages of students excluded. In other words, jurisdictions with larger increa
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