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NAEP Technical DocumentationDistribution of the final student weights (FSTUWGT), grade 4 science state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000

Jurisdiction	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile	Maximum
Alabama	2,607	23.42	9.67	5.84	19.14	21.16	24.12	126
Arizona	2,271	30.73	10.63	13.01	23.89	27.75	34.65	103
Arkansas	2,250	15.65	4.61	9.20	13.08	14.62	16.08	53.85
California	1,814	259	94.98	136	206	228	274	777
Connecticut	2,667	15.60	3.99	9.88	13.76	14.42	16.15	42.96
Georgia	2,760	40.43	13.47	11.81	33.73	37.69	43.12	130
Hawaii	2,554	5.96	1.92	3.35	4.85	5.43	6.24	15.65
Idaho	1,779	10.33	3.95	5.65	7.70	9.11	12.48	38.02
Illinois	1,676	89.26	47.29	40.38	55.65	84.65	100	434
Indiana	1,869	41.02	17.57	21.52	30.94	35.67	43.44	187
Iowa	2,005	18.63	5.75	10.19	15.53	16.91	21.15	50.15
Kentucky	2,352	19.64	5.73	12.50	17.10	18.55	20.18	64.96
Louisiana	2,559	21.72	6.92	11.37	18.60	19.76	21.41	57.65
Maine	2,222	7.63	3.02	4.04	5.79	6.89	8.14	33.33
Maryland	2,800	23.72	6.84	10.89	20.31	21.95	24.84	70.71
Massachusetts	2,437	29.92	8.47	15.52	25.51	26.92	30.95	75.97
Michigan	1,978	64.28	23.78	34.40	48.11	59.98	71.64	309
Minnesota	1,933	35.37	14.72	5.99	27.75	30.46	37.91	120
Mississippi	2,847	14.44	2.99	8.44	12.79	13.84	15.62	35.50
Missouri	2,497	28.97	9.10	17.35	24.42	26.61	30.59	142
Montana	1,214	10.13	3.97	6.78	8.19	8.96	10.06	51.91
Nebraska	1,332	16.00	5.69	11.53	12.90	14.20	16.38	73.19
Nevada	2,710	9.91	4.12	3.38	7.80	8.76	10.26	50.31
New Mexico	2,072	11.73	4.56	6.76	8.82	9.84	13.44	34.81
New York	1,898	116	41.88	56.23	95.21	110	126	471
North Carolina	2,599	36.70	10.81	8.35	31.71	34.17	39.39	103
North Dakota	2,432	3.32	1.14	2.09	2.63	2.84	3.61	11.97
Ohio	2,022	65.88	14.20	45.92	55.19	64.11	70.97	146
Oklahoma	2,534	18.59	6.03	11.68	15.74	16.80	18.80	58.94
Oregon	1,707	24.03	9.14	10.60	19.10	22.50	26.00	95.71
Rhode Island	2,587	4.70	1.46	2.42	3.98	4.20	4.80	12.04
South Carolina	2,579	18.54	6.04	6.25	15.64	17.24	19.26	54.73
Tennessee	2,555	27.62	10.58	8.69	23.51	26.22	28.49	148
Texas	2,349	120	39.86	29.29	94.40	108	124	325
Utah	2,755	12.49	3.69	5.86	10.71	11.85	13.20	33.93
Vermont	1,305	6.13	2.92	2.51	4.60	5.19	6.33	32.31
Virginia	2,631	32.17	12.34	15.95	27.13	29.39	32.75	159
West Virginia	2,657	8.13	2.88	3.61	7.03	7.37	7.97	44.11
Wisconsin	1,511	39.07	13.98	19.64	30.52	36.76	42.35	110
Wyoming	1,800	3.95	1.66	1.73	3.42	3.54	3.71	20.53
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	496	2.34	0.58	2.03	2.08	2.18	2.27	4.13
DDESS1	1,357	2.20	0.36	2.00	2.08	2.12	2.14	3.74
DoDDS2	2,877	2.23	0.47	1.95	2.08	2.11	2.17	5.15
Guam	1,050	2.64	1.07	1.99	2.14	2.24	2.42	7.41
Virgin Islands	699	2.26	0.87	1.62	1.98	2.09	2.19	10.14
1 Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. 2 Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.

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