NAEP Technical DocumentationSchool Response Rates for the 2012 Economics Assessment

The following table presents counts of eligible sampled schools and participating schools, as well as weighted school response rates, for the 2012 economics assessment. The weighted school response rates estimate the proportion of the student population that is represented by the participating school sample prior to substitution.

School response counts and rates for public and private schools before substitution, grade 12 economics assessment, by school type, and geographic region: 2012
School type and geographic region	Number of sampled eligible schools	Number of participating schools	Weighted school participation rate prior to substitution (percent)
NOTE: National all includes national public, national private, Bureau of Indian Education, and Department of Defense Education Activity schools located in the United States. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2012 Economics Assessment.
National all	560	464	87.13
National public	486	413	88.22
Northeast public	72	71	98.17
Midwest public	99	96	97.13
South public	182	123	73.16
West public	133	123	93.42
National private	74	51	73.98
Catholic	21	18	85.96
Non-Catholic private	53	33	62.81

Last updated 26 February 2016 (GF)

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