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NAEP Technical DocumentationIneligible Schools in the 2003 State Assessment

The following table shows the count and percentage of 2003 state assessment schools that are eligible and ineligible. The table also breaks down ineligible schools by their reason for ineligibility.

Number of ineligible sampled schools, by grade and ineligibility status, state assessment: 2003
Eligibility status Grade 4 Grade 8
Number of
schools
Percent of
sample
Number of
schools
Percent of
sample
Total sampled schools 7,620 100.0 6,270 100.0
Closed 108 1.4 84 1.3
Not a regular school 71 0.9 126 2.0
Does not offer sampled grade 159 2.1 209 3.3
No eligible students in sampled grade 36 0.5 55 0.9
Duplicate on sampling frame 3 0.0 1 0.0
Other ineligible 4 0.1 5 0.1
Eligible schools 7,240 95.0 5,790 92.4
Note: Details 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.

Last updated 27 June 2008 (RF)

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