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NAEP Technical DocumentationNormit estimates for California, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	-0.25	0.053	-0.353	-0.141	3.392
LEP	Yes	-1.14	0.109	-1.355	-0.918	1.489
	No	-0.06	0.052	-0.162	0.046	3.445
SD	Yes	-1.21	0.139	-1.492	-0.937	1.202
	No	-0.17	0.05	-0.264	-0.066	2.985
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	†	†	†	†	†
	84	-1.17	0.889	-2.947	0.608	0.868
	85	-0.39	0.076	-0.537	-0.233	1.352
	86	-0.21	0.059	-0.328	-0.093	3.431
	87	0.54	0.421	-0.304	1.378	0.819
	88	†	†	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	-0.56	0.1	-0.756	-0.355	3.26
	Mid-size city	-0.09	0.138	-0.369	0.181	4.088
	Urban fringe of large city	-0.15	0.089	-0.33	0.025	4.334
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	-0.22	0.252	-0.722	0.287	5.183
	Large town	†	†	†	†	†
	Small town	0.27	0.074	0.121	0.415	0.36
	Rural	-0.66	0.23	-1.115	-0.195	1.716
Title 1	Yes	-0.88	0.087	-1.052	-0.703	4.067
	No	0.11	0.071	-0.03	0.252	4.531
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.02	0.089	-0.157	0.2	5.659
	Reduced price lunch	-0.40	0.127	-0.653	-0.146	1.402
	Free lunch	-0.87	0.061	-0.989	-0.747	1.505
	Information not available	0.23	0.121	-0.014	0.47	1.344
	Refused	0.04	1.07	-2.097	2.18	23.876
	School not participating	0.85	1.413	-1.974	3.675	11.26
MSA flag	No	-0.12	0.406	-0.927	0.695	10.027
	Yes	-0.25	0.054	-0.359	-0.142	3.388
Math course taken	Omit	-1.55	0.14	-1.832	-1.274	0.336
	Eighth-grade mathematics	-0.61	0.074	-0.756	-0.459	2.662
	Pre-algebra	-0.35	0.085	-0.517	-0.178	3.091
	Algebra I	0.31	0.081	0.152	0.477	3.42
	Geometry	0.24	0.303	-0.371	0.841	1.105
	Algebra II	0.32	0.288	-0.255	0.897	0.98
	Integrated or sequential math	0.74	0.286	0.167	1.31	1.928
	Other mathematics class	-1.07	0.163	-1.397	-0.745	1.175
Race	White	0.25	0.061	0.127	0.373	2.014
	Black	-0.75	0.107	-0.959	-0.53	1.809
	Hispanic	-0.70	0.064	-0.826	-0.57	2.313
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.39	0.099	0.197	0.591	2.108
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	-0.51	0.293	-1.094	0.077	1.239
	Other	-1.64	0.177	-1.992	-1.285	0.964
Sex	Male	-0.24	0.066	-0.373	-0.109	2.491
	Female	-0.25	0.052	-0.355	-0.149	1.707
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.

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