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NAEP Technical DocumentationUnweighted Public School Participation

For fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade public schools, this table presents unweighted counts and response rates for eligible schools.

Unweighted school counts and response rates for public schools, national main assessment, by grade and Census region: 2003

Grade	Census region	Eligible school sample	Unweighted response rate
4	Total	6,970	99.6
	Northeast	1,220	99.6
	Midwest	1,800	99.6
	South	2,110	99.9
	West	1,840	99.3
8	Total	5,590	99.5
	Northeast	950	99.6
	Midwest	1,500	99.8
	South	1,740	99.5
	West	1,390	99.1
12	Total	120	94.9
	Northeast	20	100.0
	Midwest	30	100.0
	South	40	100.0
	West	30	77.8
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003.

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