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NAEP Technical DocumentationNormit estimates for California, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	-0.16	0.049	-0.253	-0.057	3.256
LEP	Yes	-0.86	0.086	-0.909	-0.464	1.084
	No	-0.02	0.046	-0.114	0.07	2.765
SD	Yes	-1.01	0.156	-1.317	-0.693	0.951
	No	-0.11	0.05	-0.21	0.011	3.365
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	†	†	†	†	†
	84	-0.61	0.73	-2.073	0.847	0.782
	85	-0.33	0.068	-0.465	-0.191	1.274
	86	-0.11	0.055	-0.219	-0.002	3.242
	87	0.31	0.532	-0.751	1.376	0.902
	88	†	†	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	-0.48	0.074	-0.629	-0.333	2.309
	Mid-size city	-0.21	0.122	-0.45	0.039	3.273
	Urban fringe of large city	-0.05	0.078	-0.207	0.105	3.411
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.16	0.097	-0.04	0.349	1.289
	Large town	†	†	†	†	†
	Small town	0.27	0.074	0.121	0.415	0.36
	Rural	-0.17	0.133	-0.432	0.098	0.465
Title 1	Yes	-0.70	0.059	-0.819	-0.583	2.327
	No	0.13	0.061	0.011	0.256	3.425
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.13	0.078	-0.028	0.283	4.564
	Reduced price lunch	-0.38	0.091	-0.56	-0.195	0.987
	Free lunch	-0.73	0.045	-0.82	-0.638	1.011
	Information not available	0.21	0.134	-0.06	0.474	1.611
	Refused	0.03	0.785	-1.542	1.595	18.043
	School not participating	-0.02	0.554	-1.123	1.093	0.738
MSA flag	No	0.08	0.209	-0.341	0.493	3.429
	Yes	-0.16	0.051	-0.262	-0.06	3.28
Math course taken	Omit	-1.55	0.14	-1.832	-1.274	0.336
	Eighth-grade mathematics	-0.58	0.069	-0.723	-0.446	2.792
	Pre-algebra	-0.28	0.068	-0.42	-0.148	2.405
	Algebra I	0.40	0.096	0.206	0.588	4.516
	Geometry	0.40	0.266	-0.128	0.936	1.133
	Algebra II	0.38	0.324	-0.269	1.026	1.659
	Integrated or sequential math	1.06	0.308	0.441	1.673	2.205
	Other mathematics class	-0.98	0.159	-1.299	-0.664	1.122
Race	White	0.26	0.055	0.147	0.365	1.643
	Black	-0.66	0.091	-0.837	-0.473	1.371
	Hispanic	-0.55	0.064	-0.68	-0.425	2.738
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.32	0.116	0.09	0.556	2.522
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.02	0.27	-0.519	0.559	1.755
	Other	-1.21	†	†	†	†
Sex	Male	-0.15	0.058	-0.267	-0.033	2.061
	Female	-0.16	0.048	-0.257	-0.064	1.773
† 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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