NAEP Technical DocumentationEffect of Sparse State Sample Option on Jurisdictions in the 2000 State Assessment

Eligible jurisdictions for the NAEP Sparse State Sample Option in the 2000 state assessment included:

Grade 4: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Grade 8: Alaska, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota.

Of the 26 jurisdictions eligible for the option among fourth-grade schools, 14 jurisdictions exercised the option. Of the 8 jurisdictions eligible for the option among eighth-grade schools, 4 jurisdictions exercised the option. Note that Alaska requested the Sparse State Sample Option for the 2000 state assessment, but later chose not to participate in the assessment.

The table below shows the effects of the Sparse State Sample Option on sample sizes in those 2000 state assessment jurisdictions that exercised the option.

Effect of sparse state sample option on jurisdictions, by grade, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Grade	Jurisdiction	Original school sample	Reduced school sample	Reduced student sample as percentage of original student sample
4	Idaho	131	115	88
	Illinois	123	115	94
	Kansas	149	115	77
	Michigan	121	115	95
	Minnesota	132	115	87
	Missouri	126	115	91
	Montana	199	115	57
	Nebraska	213	115	54
	New Mexico	123	115	94
	Ohio	121	115	95
	Oregon	128	115	90
	Vermont	173	115	69
	Wisconsin	130	115	88
	Wyoming	175	115	67
8	Kansas	124	115	93
	Minnesota	126	115	91
	Montana	133	115	91
	Nebraska	147	115	81
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000.

Last updated 17 June 2008 (MH)

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