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NAEP Technical DocumentationSchool Response Rates for the 2006 U.S. History Assessment

The following table shows school response rates for the 2006 U.S. history assessment by grade and school type (public, Catholic, non-Catholic private). Results are shown both before and after the substitute schools were recruited for originally sampled nonresponding schools. The table includes unweighted counts and percentages and weighted percentages using the school base weight multiplied by the estimated grade enrollment.

School response rates before and after substitution for public and private schools, U.S. history assessment, by school type and grade: 2006

Grade	School type	Response category	Before substitution			After substitution
			Sample count	Unweighted percentage	Weighted percentage (by base weight and enrollment)	Sample count	Unweighted percentage	Weighted percentage (by base weight and enrollment)
4	National public	Total eligible	310	100.00	100.00	310	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	290	92.65	93.35	290	93.29	94.20
		Nonrespondents	20	7.35	6.65	20	6.71	5.80
	National private	Total eligible	60	100.00	100.00	60	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	30	56.67	69.97	40	60.00	76.57
		Nonrespondents	30	43.33	30.03	20	40.00	23.43
	Catholic	Total eligible	30	100.00	100.00	30	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	20	88.46	94.52	20	88.46	94.52
		Nonrespondents	#	11.54	5.48	#	11.54	5.48
	Non-Catholic private	Total eligible	30	100.00	100.00	30	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	10	32.35	49.16	10	38.24	61.35
		Nonrespondents	20	67.65	50.84	20	61.76	38.65
8	National public	Total eligible	410	100.00	100.00	410	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	390	93.22	93.53	390	93.95	94.29
		Nonrespondents	30	6.78	6.47	30	6.05	5.71
	National private	Total eligible	90	100.00	100.00	90	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	50	58.43	63.10	60	71.91	78.33
		Nonrespondents	40	41.57	36.90	30	28.09	21.67
	Catholic	Total eligible	50	100.00	100.00	50	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	40	78.26	82.14	40	86.96	91.30
		Nonrespondents	10	21.74	17.86	10	13.04	8.70
	Non-Catholic private	Total eligible	40	100.00	100.00	40	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	20	37.21	42.99	20	55.81	64.62
		Nonrespondents	30	62.79	57.01	20	44.19	35.38
12	National public	Total eligible	600	100.00	100.00	600	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	490	81.29	83.23	510	84.77	86.64
		Nonrespondents	110	18.71	16.77	90	15.23	13.36
	National private	Total eligible	110	100.00	100.00	110	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	50	44.74	45.99	60	54.39	55.98
		Nonrespondents	60	55.26	54.01	50	45.61	44.02
	Catholic	Total eligible	40	100.00	100.00	40	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	30	62.79	54.64	30	72.09	62.23
		Nonrespondents	20	37.21	45.36	10	27.91	37.77
	Non-Catholic private	Total eligible	70	100.00	100.00	70	100.00	100.00
		Respondents	20	33.80	36.61	30	43.66	49.20
		Nonrespondents	50	66.20	63.39	40	56.34	50.80
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Sample counts of schools are rounded to nearest 10. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

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