Briefing and Discussion: Assessment of English Language Learners

In 2010, the Governing Board adopted a policy for enhancing the inclusiveness of NAEP by testing more English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. Through this policy, the Governing Board intended not only to make NAEP more inclusive but also to make inclusion and accommodation practices more consistent across states and TUDA participants. Further, the policy called for NCES to report which states meet, and fail to meet, the Board's inclusion targets of assessing at least 85 percent of students with disabilities (SD) and English language learners (ELL).