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Patterns in the Identification of and Outcomes for Children and Youth With Disabilities
NCEE 2010-4005
January 2010

Exhibit ES.10. Mean reading and mathematics scale scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students identified and not identified for services under IDEA (2003, 2005, and 2007)

Exhibit ES.10. Mean reading and mathematics scale scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students identified and not identified for services under IDEA (2003, 2005, and 2007)

Exhibit reads: In 2007, the mean reading scale score of fourth-grade students not identified for IDEA was 223 compared with 190 for students identified.

NOTE: The presented confidence intervals represent plus or minus 1.96 multiplied by the standard error.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003, 2005, and 2007, retrieved January 18, 2008, from NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/.