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NAEP Technical DocumentationFrame and New School Sample Sizes for the 2007 State Assessment

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. For states that include Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts, the balance of the state is shown, excluding the schools in the TUDA district.

Frame-based and new public school samples, state assessment, by grade and jurisdiction: 2007
Jurisdiction Fourth grade Eighth grade
Total school sample Frame school sample New-school sample Total school sample Frame school sample New-school sample
Total 8,100 7,990 110 7,220 7,040 180
Alabama 120 120 # 120 120 0
Alaska 200 200 # 140 140 #
Arizona 130 130 0 140 140 #
Arkansas 130 130 0 130 130 #
California?Los Angeles 80 80 # 70 70 0
California?San Diego 60 60 # 40 30 #
California?Balance 190 190 0 210 210 #
Colorado 120 120 # 130 120 #
Connecticut 110 110 0 110 110 #
Delaware 100 100 # 60 50 #
Florida 170 170 10 180 180 #
Georgia?Atlanta 50 50 0 20 20 #
Georgia?Balance 100 100 # 100 100 #
Hawaii 120 120 # 70 70 #
Idaho 140 130 10 110 110 10
Illinois?Chicago 90 90 # 110 110 #
Illinois?Balance 100 100 # 100 100 #
Indiana 120 120 0 110 110 #
Iowa 140 140 # 140 140 #
Kansas 150 150 0 150 150 0
Kentucky 120 120 # 120 120 #
Louisiana 120 120 # 150 140 10
Maine 160 160 # 140 140 0
Maryland 120 110 # 110 110 #
Massachusetts?Boston 70 70 0 40 40 #
Massachusetts?Balance 110 110 0 110 110 #
Michigan 130 130 # 130 130 #
Minnesota 150 150 0 160 160 0
Mississippi 120 110 # 120 120 0
Missouri 130 130 0 140 130 #
Montana 210 200 # 190 190 0
Nebraska 200 200 # 140 140 0
Nevada 110 110 # 80 80 #
New Hampshire 130 130 0 90 90 0
New Jersey 120 120 # 120 120 #
New Mexico 130 130 # 120 110 #
New York?New York City 80 80 # 90 80 #
New York?Balance 70 70 0 80 80 #
North Carolina?Charlotte 50 50 # 40 30 #
North Carolina?Balance 120 120 # 120 120 #
North Dakota 220 220 0 210 200 10
Ohio?Cleveland 60 60 # 100 50 50
Ohio?Balance 120 120 # 120 120 #
Oklahoma 140 140 0 150 150 0
Oregon 150 150 0 130 120 #
Pennsylvania 120 120 0 120 110 #
Rhode Island 120 120 0 60 60 #
South Carolina 110 110 0 110 110 #
South Dakota 210 200 # 160 150 #
Tennessee 120 120 # 120 120 #
Texas?Austin 60 50 # 20 20 0
Texas?Houston 90 80 # 50 50 0
Texas?Balance 170 160 10 180 170 10
Utah 110 110 # 110 110 #
Vermont 200 120 # 130 130 #
Virginia 110 110 # 110 110 #
Washington 140 140 # 150 140 #
West Virginia 150 150 # 120 120 #
Wisconsin 130 130 0 130 130 #
Wyoming 200 190 10 100 90 10
Other jurisdictions
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) 140 140 # 120 120 #
Department of Defense 130 130 # 70 70 10
District of Columbia 130 120 10 60 50 10
Puerto Rico 110 110 0 110 110 0
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Counts of schools are rounded to the nearest ten. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007.

Last updated 15 December 2009 (JL)