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NAEP Technical DocumentationNormit estimates for Maryland, grade 4 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall		0.05	0.036	-0.021	0.123	3.017
LEP	Yes	0.28	0.499	-0.715	1.281	1.124
	No	0.05	0.036	-0.022	0.122	2.998
SD	Yes	-0.52	0.144	-0.806	-0.231	0.954
	No	0.07	0.034	0.005	0.141	2.679
Year of birth	86	-0.78	0	†	†	†
	87	†	†	†	†	†
	88	-1.07	0.215	-1.502	-0.642	0.967
	89	-0.27	0.077	-0.423	-0.116	1.287
	90	0.10	0.035	0.025	0.167	2.673
	91	0.16	0.309	-0.459	0.778	0.911
	92	†	†	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	-0.88	0.104	-1.084	-0.668	4.374
	Mid-size city	0.36	0.124	0.109	0.605	2.357
	Urban fringe of large city	0.18	0.041	0.097	0.26	2.719
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.41	0	0.408	0.408	0
	Large town	†	†	†	†	†
	Small town	-0.20	0.044	-0.285	-0.111	0.128
	Rural	0.23	0.116	0	0.465	5.316
Title 1	Yes	-0.46	0.077	-0.615	-0.308	4.093
	No	0.23	0.053	0.124	0.337	5.233
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.37	0.042	0.289	0.458	2.705
	Undecided	-0.15	0.065	-0.277	-0.017	1.133
	Disagree	-0.58	0.053	-0.685	-0.472	2.109
	Information not available	-0.35	0.266	-0.882	0.183	4.618
	Refused	0.29	0.226	-0.161	0.743	1.729
	School not participating	†	†	†	†	†
MSA flag	No	0.03	0.114	-0.194	0.262	3.132
	Yes	0.05	0.039	-0.025	0.13	3.155
I am good at math	Omit	-1.31	0.174	-1.662	-0.966	1.252
	Reduced price lunch	0.27	0.039	0.195	0.349	2.218
	Free lunch	-0.10	0.046	-0.192	-0.01	1.507
	Disagree	-0.51	0.059	-0.626	-0.39	1.004
Race	White	0.49	0.045	0.403	0.582	2.731
	Black	-0.52	0.044	-0.61	-0.432	2.417
	Hispanic	-0.25	0.079	-0.411	-0.097	1.643
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.61	0.129	0.347	0.864	1.304
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	-0.48	0.164	-0.809	-0.154	1.252
	Other	0.41	0.456	-0.506	1.316	1.737
Sex	Male	0.10	0.045	0.008	0.189	2.205
	Female	0.01	0.038	-0.07	0.081	1.783
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Assessment.

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