Who Took the NAEP Mathematics Assessment?The NAEP 2009 mathematics assessment was conducted throughout the nation and states at grades 4 and 8. Approximately 168,800 grade 4 students and 161,700 grade 8 students took the assessment. The NAEP program does not, and is not designed to, report on the performance of individual students. Instead, groups of the student population from representative national samples are assessed. For example, NAEP reports results for male and female students, Black students and White students, and students in different regions of the country. Samples are selected using a complex sampling design. AccommodationsAccommodations for students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL) have been permitted for a representative sample of students beginning with the 1996 mathematics assessment. (English language learners were previously referred to as limited English proficient (LEP).) See additional information about the percentages of students with disabilities and English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed. See the types of accommodations permitted for students with disabilities and English language learners at the national level.
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