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

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	0.52	0.03	0.463	0.583	1.679
LEP	Yes	-0.65	0.11	-0.909	-0.464	0.157
	No	0.53	0.029	0.476	0.591	1.547
SD	Yes	-0.43	0.135	-0.698	-0.158	1.252
	No	0.58	0.029	0.521	0.638	1.635
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	-0.37	†	†	†	†
	84	-0.16	0.157	-0.468	0.158	0.988
	85	0.46	0.042	0.379	0.547	1.497
	86	0.61	0.038	0.534	0.684	1.395
	87	1.14	0	†	†	†
	88	1.24	0	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	†	†	†	†	†
	Mid-size city	0.60	0.039	0.524	0.679	0.827
	Urban fringe of large city	†	†	†	†	†
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.59	0.046	0.501	0.685	0.146
	Large town	0.64	0.091	0.455	0.817	1.035
	Small town	0.59	0.036	0.52	0.662	0.928
	Rural	0.38	0.079	0.222	0.537	2.701
Title 1	Yes	-0.19	0.089	-0.369	-0.015	1.758
	No	0.62	0.031	0.554	0.677	1.667
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.66	0.032	0.595	0.725	1.105
	Reduced price lunch	0.32	0.078	0.168	0.48	0.947
	Free lunch	0.16	0.073	0.013	0.305	1.8
	Information not available	0.66	0.052	0.561	0.768	0.788
	Refused	0.62	0.147	0.323	0.909	2.85
	School not participating	0.21	0.208	-0.201	0.629	1.474
MSA flag	No	0.50	0.045	0.409	0.591	2.278
	Yes	0.57	0.036	0.495	0.639	0.969
Math course taken	Omit	0.53	0.066	0.397	0.661	0.457
	Eighth-grade mathematics	0.30	0.059	0.184	0.421	2.963
	Pre-algebra	0.40	0.044	0.316	0.493	1.695
	Algebra I	1.23	0.054	1.122	1.337	1.183
	Geometry	1.63	0.423	0.784	2.474	0.756
	Algebra II	0.54	0.33	-0.122	1.198	1.355
	Integrated or sequential math	0.70	0.097	0.504	0.89	1.28
	Other mathematics class	-0.40	0.148	-0.696	-0.102	1.121
Race	White	0.62	0.028	0.561	0.673	1.325
	Black	0.20	0.261	-0.324	0.719	1.208
	Hispanic	0.24	0.127	-0.014	0.495	1.505
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.55	0.13	0.292	0.811	0.929
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	-0.33	0.109	-0.548	-0.114	1.776
	Other	0.73	†	†	†	†
Sex	Male	0.53	0.039	0.456	0.613	1.351
	Female	0.51	0.045	0.42	0.601	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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