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NAEP Technical DocumentationSample Sizes for Frame and New-School Sample

The following table lists the number of sampled schools taken from the public school sampling frame (as constructed from the Common Core of Data) and the new-school sampling frame, for fourth and eighth grade, by participating jurisdiction.

Frame-based and new public school samples, by grade, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2005
Jurisdiction Fourth grade Eighth grade
Total
school sample
Frame
school sample
New-school sample Total
school sample
Frame
school sample
New-school sample
Total 9,520 9,400 130 7,250 7,080 170
Alabama 140 140 0 130 120 #
Alaska 190 190 0 130 130 0
Arizona 150 140 10 150 130 20
Arkansas 160 160 # 140 130 #
California–Los Angeles 80 80 0 80 80 0
California–San Diego 60 60 # 40 30 #
California–Balance 320 320 0 310 310 #
Colorado 150 150 # 130 120 10
Connecticut 140 140 # 110 110 #
Delaware 110 110 10 80 70 10
Florida 180 170 10 180 180 10
Georgia–Atlanta 70 70 # 20 20 #
Georgia–Balance 120 110 10 110 100 10
Hawaii 140 130 # 70 70 #
Idaho 170 170 # 110 110 #
Illinois--Chicago 100 100 0 100 100 #
Illinois--Balance 120 120 # 110 100 #
Indiana 140 140 0 110 110 #
Iowa 140 140 0 120 120 #
Kansas 150 150 0 120 120 0
Kentucky 150 150 0 120 120 0
Louisiana 150 150 # 140 140 #
Maine 220 220 # 140 140 #
Maryland 130 130 # 110 110 #
Massachusetts–Boston 80 80 # 40 40 10
Massachusetts–Balance 130 130 0 100 100 0
Michigan 160 150 # 120 120 #
Minnesota 150 150 # 140 140 10
Mississippi 130 130 0 120 120 0
Missouri 160 160 # 130 130 #
Montana 290 290 # 180 180 0
Nebraska 200 200 # 140 140 #
Nevada 120 120 # 90 80 10
New Hampshire 160 160 0 90 90 #
New Jersey 140 140 # 120 120 #
New Mexico 170 160 10 110 110 10
New York–New York City 90 90 # 90 80 10
New York–Balance 110 110 0 110 110 #
North Carolina–Charlotte 60 60 # 40 30 #
North Carolina–Balance 120 120 # 110 110 #
North Dakota 300 300 0 210 210 #
Ohio–Cleveland 70 70 10 60 50 10
Ohio–Balance 150 140 # 110 110 #
Oklahoma 190 180 0 150 150 0
Oregon 170 160 # 130 130 #
Pennsylvania 120 120 # 110 110 #
Rhode Island 150 150 # 60 60 #
South Carolina 120 120 # 110 110 #
South Dakota 360 350 10 230 220 20
Tennessee 140 140 # 120 120 0
Texas–Austin 60 60 0 20 20 0
Texas–Houston 100 90 # 50 50 #
Texas–Balance 240 240 10 230 230 #
Utah 130 130 0 100 100 0
Vermont 240 230 # 140 130 #
Virginia 130 130 # 110 110 0
Washington 150 150 # 120 120 0
West Virginia 200 200 0 120 120 0
Wisconsin 180 180 0 130 130 #
Wyoming 210 200 10 110 100 10
Other jurisdictions
Bureau of Indian Affairs 40 40 0 30 30 0
Department of Defense 140 130 # 80 80 0
District of Columbia 130 120 10 50 40 10
Puerto Rico 110 110 # 110 110 #
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005.

Last updated 20 August 2009 (GF)

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