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

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall		0.18	0.057	0.068	0.294	4.872
LEP	Yes	-1.12	0.49	-0.909	-0.464	3.65
	No	0.21	0.049	0.116	0.311	3.726
SD	Yes	-0.91	0.706	-2.317	0.505	5.835
	No	0.20	0.053	0.09	0.302	4.304
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	0.08	0.253	-0.421	0.59	0.664
	84	-0.46	0.127	-0.712	-0.206	0.736
	85	-0.11	0.096	-0.297	0.087	2.037
	86	0.27	0.051	0.165	0.369	3.428
	87	0.38	0.253	-0.122	0.888	0.947
	88	†	†	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	-0.26	0.128	-0.514	-0.003	9.611
	Mid-size city	0.12	0.226	-0.329	0.576	3.659
	Urban fringe of large city	0.39	0.055	0.277	0.497	1.642
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.60	0.075	0.452	0.753	1.271
	Large town	†	†	†	†	†
	Small town	0.37	0.004	0.365	0.382	0.001
	Rural	0.54	0.111	0.318	0.763	3.586
Title 1	Yes	-0.44	0.117	-0.67	-0.201	5.811
	No	0.36	0.054	0.256	0.472	3.74
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.46	0.059	0.337	0.573	2.573
	Reduced price lunch	0.15	0.09	-0.026	0.332	1.293
	Free lunch	-0.33	0.116	-0.557	-0.092	6.555
	Information not available	0.43	0.129	0.176	0.692	2.463
	Refused	0.10	0.368	-0.639	0.831	3.423
	School not participating	1.02	†	†	†	†
MSA flag	No	0.33	0.126	0.08	0.583	2.948
	Yes	0.17	0.062	0.044	0.293	5.263
Math course taken	Omit	0.99	1.589	-2.192	4.162	4.125
	Eighth-grade mathematics	-0.02	0.051	-0.121	0.083	3.468
	Pre-algebra	0.08	0.091	-0.104	0.259	1.637
	Algebra I	0.70	0.185	0.329	1.069	1.947
	Geometry	-0.40	0.15	-0.7	-0.102	0.189
	Algebra II	-0.35	0.267	-0.889	0.18	1.177
	Integrated or sequential math	1.04	0.076	0.888	1.19	1.885
	Other mathematics class	-0.15	0.306	-0.762	0.461	2.32
Race	White	0.55	0.035	0.478	0.619	1.305
	Black	-0.34	0.108	-0.552	-0.121	4.83
	Hispanic	-0.33	0.122	-0.572	-0.083	4.763
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.45	0.136	0.181	0.727	1.207
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	-0.17	0.225	-0.618	0.284	1.108
	Other	0.46	0	0.462	0.462	†
Sex	Male	0.25	0.057	0.139	0.366	2.232
	Female	0.12	0.065	-0.009	0.249	3.448
† 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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