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

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	0.35	0.035	0.275	0.415	2.383
LEP	Yes	-2.46	0.575	-3.608	-1.309	1.039
	No	0.37	0.03	0.312	0.431	1.848
SD	Yes	-0.37	0.095	-0.559	-0.181	1.163
	No	0.42	0.039	0.342	0.497	2.823
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	-1.23	0.221	-1.674	-0.79	0.485
	84	-1.24	0.25	-1.737	-0.739	1.387
	85	0.08	0.061	-0.046	0.197	1.578
	86	0.46	0.032	0.396	0.526	1.655
	87	0.18	0.238	-0.299	0.651	0.621
	88	0.03	0.891	-1.751	1.809	4.013
Type of location	Large city	†	†	†	†	†
	Mid-size city	-0.42	0.088	-0.596	-0.243	3.525
	Urban fringe of large city	0.66	0.062	0.531	0.78	2.448
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.48	0.046	0.388	0.571	1.545
	Large town	0.82	0.302	0.214	1.42	2.464
	Small town	†	†	†	†	†
	Rural	0.62	0.082	0.452	0.779	2.909
Title 1	Yes	-0.52	0.128	-0.777	-0.264	2.926
	No	0.42	0.046	0.325	0.507	3.896
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.62	0.034	0.552	0.689	1.954
	Reduced price lunch	-0.02	0.094	-0.207	0.168	0.951
	Free lunch	-0.66	0.09	-0.835	-0.476	2.406
	Information not available	0.10	0.172	-0.245	0.441	5.044
	Refused	-1.33	†	†	†	†
	School not participating	0.77	0.334	0.099	1.433	4.209
MSA flag	No	0.49	0.089	0.306	0.663	2.779
	Yes	0.32	0.039	0.244	0.402	2.501
Math course taken	Omit	-0.04	0.306	-0.654	0.57	1.101
	Eighth-grade mathematics	-0.17	0.057	-0.283	-0.053	2.901
	Pre-algebra	0.32	0.056	0.21	0.434	3.103
	Algebra I	1.15	0.042	1.067	1.235	1.343
	Geometry	0.73	0.418	-0.103	1.567	2.707
	Algebra II	0.04	0.22	-0.403	0.475	1.247
	Integrated or sequential math	0.38	0.328	-0.274	1.037	2.574
	Other mathematics class	-0.40	0.209	-0.816	0.018	1.628
Race	White	0.67	0.027	0.617	0.725	1.336
	Black	-0.54	0.046	-0.633	-0.449	0.897
	Hispanic	-0.54	0.121	-0.777	-0.293	3.424
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.54	0.145	0.253	0.832	0.993
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.19	0.229	-0.272	0.643	0.886
	Other	-0.30	0.286	-0.875	0.269	1.158
Sex	Male	0.41	0.042	0.328	0.497	1.779
	Female	0.27	0.046	0.179	0.362	2.002
† 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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