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NAEP Technical DocumentationUnweighted Private School Participation

For fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade private schools, this table presents unweighted counts and response rates for eligible schools. These data are shown by school affiliation, which was the primary stratum variable for private schools.

Unweighted school counts and response rates for private schools, national main assessment, by grade and private school stratum: 2003

Grade	Private school stratum	Eligible school sample	Unweighted response rate
4	Total	700	76.6
	Catholic	230	91.5
	Lutheran	100	89.0
	Conservative Christian	110	69.3
	Other1	250	60.9
8	Total	740	75.2
	Catholic	250	86.1
	Lutheran	110	93.6
	Conservative Christian	120	77.1
	Other1	260	56.2
12	Total	30	58.1
	Catholic	10	33.3
	Lutheran	0	0.0
	Conservative Christian	10	100.0
	Other1	20	60.0
1 Other private and unknown. 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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