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

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	-0.11	0.035	-0.178	-0.038	2.987
LEP	Yes	-2.44	1.297	-5.032	0.154	2.144
	No	-0.10	0.035	-0.173	-0.034	2.988
SD	Yes	-0.99	0.086	-1.16	-0.817	1.144
	No	-0.02	0.033	-0.085	0.049	2.785
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	-0.84	0.164	-1.17	-0.514	0.866
	84	-0.87	0.095	-1.062	-0.682	1.4
	85	-0.28	0.044	-0.368	-0.192	1.496
	86	0.06	0.036	-0.008	0.134	2.112
	87	0.06	0.482	-0.9	1.027	1.217
	88	-0.80	0	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	†	†	†	†	†
	Mid-size city	-0.06	0.085	-0.232	0.11	3.602
	Urban fringe of large city	0.16	0.192	-0.227	0.542	2.534
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.04	0.053	-0.063	0.146	2.376
	Large town	†	†	†	†	†
	Small town	-0.29	0.054	-0.394	-0.179	1.825
	Rural	-0.26	0.08	-0.417	-0.096	3.08
Title 1	Yes	-0.37	0.088	-0.54	-0.19	4.93
	No	-0.04	0.041	-0.121	0.044	3.201
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.21	0.041	0.124	0.286	2.378
	Reduced price lunch	-0.18	0.066	-0.308	-0.044	1.013
	Free lunch	-0.55	0.046	-0.639	-0.456	2.278
	Information not available	-0.36	1.017	-2.395	1.672	13.365
	Refused	†	†	†	†	†
	School not participating	†	†	†	†	†
MSA flag	No	-0.31	0.054	-0.419	-0.202	2.718
	Yes	-0.02	0.047	-0.113	0.076	3.589
Math course taken	Omit	0.54	0.103	0.334	0.746	0.273
	Eighth-grade mathematics	-0.45	0.043	-0.539	-0.365	1.998
	Pre-algebra	-0.31	0.047	-0.4	-0.213	3.396
	Algebra I	0.68	0.057	0.561	0.791	2.218
	Geometry	-0.08	0.637	-1.352	1.196	3.677
	Algebra II	-0.58	0.271	-1.118	-0.035	1.544
	Integrated or sequential math	0.41	0.612	-0.812	1.633	1.702
	Other mathematics class	-0.56	0.172	-0.906	-0.219	1.081
Race	White	0.22	0.042	0.132	0.298	2.413
	Black	-0.52	0.034	-0.584	-0.447	1.683
	Hispanic	-0.64	0.109	-0.853	-0.419	1.177
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.04	0.268	-0.501	0.571	1.114
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	-0.26	0.323	-0.909	0.382	2.446
	Other	†	†	†	†	†
Sex	Male	-0.13	0.046	-0.22	-0.035	2.368
	Female	-0.09	0.033	-0.155	-0.022	1.497
† 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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