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NAEP Technical DocumentationPrivate School Response Rates for Science

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

NAEP science operational study response rates for sampled private schools, by grade and school type: 2005

Grade	Private School Type	Response Category	Sample count	Unweighted percentage	Enrollment weighted percentage
			4	All private	Total Eligible	710	100.00	100.00
Respondents	450	64.31			66.09
Nonrespondents	250	35.69			33.91
Roman Catholic	Total Eligible	240		100.00	100.00
	Respondents	190		78.84	78.09
	Nonrespondents	50		21.16	21.91
Non-Catholic	Total Eligible	470		100.00	100.00
	Respondents	260		56.77	53.33
	Nonrespondents	200		43.23	46.67
8	All private	Total Eligible	680	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	440	64.28	65.97
		Nonrespondents	240	35.72	34.03
	Roman Catholic	Total Eligible	250	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	190	77.02	75.61
		Nonrespondents	60	22.98	24.39
	Non-Catholic	Total Eligible	440	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	250	57.01	55.67
		Nonrespondents	190	42.99	44.33
12	All private	Total Eligible	380	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	190	48.56	46.73
		Nonrespondents	200	51.44	53.27
	Roman Catholic	Total Eligible	80	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	40	51.95	49.66
		Nonrespondents	40	48.05	50.34
	Non-Catholic	Total Eligible	200	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	150	74.36	43.51
		Nonrespondents	50	25.64	56.49
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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