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NAEP Technical DocumentationSchool Response Rates for Science Bridge

The following table shows school response rates for the science bridge assessment for the private school samples, broken out by private school type for each grade.  The tables include unweighted counts and percentages and weighted percentages using the school base weight multiplied by the estimated grade enrollment.

NAEP science bridge study response rates of sampled schools, by grade and school type: 2005

Grade	Private school type	Response category	Sample count	Unweighted percentage	Enrollment weighted percentage
4	Conservative  Christian	Total eligible	30	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	10	42.86	61.68
		Nonrespondents	20	57.14	38.32
	Lutheran	Total eligible	10	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	10	100.00	100.00
		Nonrespondents	0	0.00	0.00
	Roman Catholic	Total eligible	50	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	30	53.19	60.66
		Nonrespondents	20	46.81	39.34
	Other private	Total eligible	80	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	40	40.45	60.25
		Nonrespondents	50	59.55	39.75
	Unknown affiliation	Total eligible	#	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	0	0.00	0.00
		Nonrespondents	#	100.00	100.00
	All private	Total eligible	170	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	80	46.24	68.48
		Nonrespondents	90	53.76	31.52
8	Conservative Christian	Total eligible	30	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	20	47.06	62.78
		Nonrespondents	20	52.94	37.22
	Lutheran	Total eligible	10	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	10	100.00	100.00
		Nonrespondents	0	0.00	0.00
	Roman Catholic	Total eligible	60	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	40	68.97	75.98
		Nonrespondents	20	31.03	24.02
	Other private	Total eligible	90	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	30	34.48	52.39
		Nonrespondents	60	65.52	47.61
	Unknown affiliation	Total eligible	10	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	#	40.00	76.16
		Nonrespondents	#	60.00	23.84
	All private	Total eligible	190	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	90	49.47	69.44
		Nonrespondents	96	50.53	30.56
12	Conservative Christian	Total eligible	50	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	10	24.49	54.75
		Nonrespondents	40	75.51	45.25
	Lutheran	Total eligible	10	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	#	57.14	70.64
		Nonrespondents	3	42.86	29.36
	Roman Catholic	Total eligible	60	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	30	43.75	46.73
		Nonrespondents	40	56.25	53.27
	Other private	Total eligible	120	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	20	19.66	35.58
		Nonrespondents	90	80.34	64.42
	Unknown affiliation	Total eligible	10	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	#	14.29	63.09
		Nonrespondents	10	85.71	36.91
	All private	Total eligible	240	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	70	27.87	45.56
		Nonrespondents	180	72.13	54.44
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Numbers in table have been rounded. Percentages are  calculated using unrounded numbers. 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), 2005.

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