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NAEP Technical DocumentationNormit estimates for Texas, grade 4 mathematics state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000

Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	0.18	0.056	0.069	0.291	5.438
LEP	Yes	-1.28	0.266	-1.811	-0.748	4.426
	No	0.37	0.035	0.305	0.444	3.243
SD	Yes	-0.20	0.081	-0.359	-0.037	0.927
	No	0.22	0.06	0.1	0.339	5.811
Year of birth	86	†	†	†	†	†
	87	-0.32	0	†	†	†
	88	-0.39	0.124	-0.632	-0.137	1.085
	89	0.16	0.058	0.038	0.271	2.433
	90	0.22	0.068	0.087	0.359	4.633
	91	1.50	0.298	0.905	2.098	1.611
	92	†	†	†	†	†
Type of location	Large city	0.18	0.112	-0.042	0.407	6.254
	Mid-size city	0.04	0.129	-0.214	0.3	6.108
	Urban fringe of large city	0.56	0.078	0.407	0.721	3.272
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.05	0.1	-0.153	0.248	1.981
	Large town	-0.57	0.05	-0.668	-0.47	0.028
	Small town	0.03	0.103	-0.173	0.237	2.844
	Rural	0.06	0.288	-0.513	0.639	10.847
Title 1	Yes	-0.11	0.079	-0.267	0.05	6.47
	No	0.52	0.102	0.315	0.722	9.026
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.58	0.046	0.489	0.673	2.666
	Reduced price lunch	0.15	0.085	-0.017	0.323	1.253
	Free lunch	-0.28	0.088	-0.457	-0.106	4.674
	Information not available	0.32	0.37	-0.424	1.056	5.576
	Refused	0.31	0.446	-0.581	1.202	2.326
	School not participating	†	†	†	†	†
MSA flag	No	0.08	0.086	-0.087	0.255	2.478
	Yes	0.20	0.065	0.068	0.327	6.034
I am good at math	Omit	-1.84	0.496	-2.835	-0.854	1.307
	Agree	0.44	0.05	0.344	0.544	3.096
	Undecided	0.08	0.066	-0.053	0.21	2.194
	Disagree	-0.23	0.069	-0.362	-0.087	1.598
Race	White	0.63	0.043	0.548	0.718	2.174
	Black	-0.08	0.073	-0.229	0.062	2.457
	Hispanic	-0.26	0.107	-0.472	-0.046	6.103
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.88	0.127	0.626	1.134	1.224
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.49	0.117	0.254	0.723	1.062
	Other	-0.08	0.395	-0.87	0.709	0.53
Sex	Male	0.21	0.059	0.093	0.328	2.794
	Female	0.15	0.058	0.035	0.269	3.247
† 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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