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NAEP Technical DocumentationDistribution of the final student weights (FSTUWGT), grade 8 science state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000

Jurisdiction	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile	Maximum
Alabama	2,459	21.29	6.60	7.01	18.34	19.99	22.94	63.53
Arizona	1,876	32.29	11.82	15.44	25.90	29.68	35.97	112
Arkansas	2,215	15.20	4.67	5.70	12.47	14.22	16.59	41.21
California	1,755	246	122	100	170	219	260	183
Connecticut	2,642	15.17	5.47	8.10	12.76	13.60	15.14	71.03
Georgia	2,662	38.57	11.69	15.77	32.12	36.73	40.90	109
Hawaii	2,408	5.34	2.31	2.05	4.13	5.10	5.85	17.65
Idaho	2,028	8.52	4.05	3.11	5.86	8.22	9.35	34.26
Illinois	1,857	77.63	39.55	29.56	51.93	65.94	90.60	380
Indiana	1,940	36.40	12.12	20.07	29.72	33.71	37.94	116
Kentucky	2,436	18.22	4.91	8.14	16.26	17.33	18.76	55.08
Louisiana	2,449	20.85	6.10	10.43	17.72	19.65	21.39	64.05
Maine	2,276	7.70	2.81	4.33	6.30	6.83	8.46	30.37
Maryland	2,477	25.12	8.24	14.89	21.61	23.23	25.77	70.35
Massachusetts	2,452	28.37	11.29	13.72	23.23	24.98	28.52	143
Michigan	2,133	59.60	18.76	10.93	45.23	56.02	73.11	161
Minnesota	1,466	40.68	16.24	16.83	30.59	38.63	44.52	150
Mississippi	2,569	14.50	3.90	8.82	12.69	13.75	15.18	48.36
Missouri	2,422	27.47	9.86	9.03	23.01	25.94	28.81	102
Montana	1,770	6.96	2.96	3.84	4.73	6.35	8.51	23.03
Nebraska	1,951	11.16	3.76	4.53	9.56	10.57	11.92	42.28
Nevada	2,847	8.13	2.52	5.24	6.48	7.24	8.61	32.46
New Mexico	2,044	11.63	5.34	5.39	8.64	9.96	12.52	46.04
New York	1,755	115	41.46	64.12	96.01	102	115	384
North Carolina	2,522	35.52	11.78	19.88	30.16	32.82	35.42	103
North Dakota	2,254	3.86	1.61	1.97	2.88	3.27	4.44	16.58
Ohio	2,234	61.05	20.05	28.96	52.25	57.17	62.49	205
Oklahoma	2,568	17.74	5.24	8.35	15.48	16.74	18.05	68.33
Oregon	1,810	22.22	8.92	5.49	17.52	20.76	24.32	123
Rhode Island	2,493	4.64	1.85	2.11	3.52	4.02	5.08	18.24
South Carolina	2,404	20.18	6.35	10.24	16.92	18.87	21.30	57.46
Tennessee	2,314	27.14	8.74	12.00	21.90	25.44	28.81	87.41
Texas	2,425	127	47.29	67.02	100	111	129	516
Utah	2,529	14.00	4.36	2.26	12.17	13.62	15.20	41.49
Vermont	2,117	3.82	1.44	1.98	2.95	3.48	4.06	16.56
Virginia	2,589	32.22	9.70	17.91	27.95	30.47	33.06	104
West Virginia	2,591	8.47	2.84	4.13	7.01	7.81	8.72	30.57
Wisconsin	1,897	34.13	13.56	19.62	26.32	30.23	38.26	150
Wyoming	2,617	2.84	1.08	1.95	2.13	2.42	3.42	11.33
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	473	2.35	0.69	2.00	2.02	2.04	2.46	4.77
DDESS1	692	2.32	0.73	1.95	2.02	2.13	2.23	5.36
DoDDS2	1,999	2.23	0.53	1.92	2.09	2.11	2.19	5.77
Guam	973	2.45	0.68	2.15	2.18	2.18	2.28	5.02
Virgin Islands	688	2.22	0.16	1.97	2.13	2.16	2.40	2.60
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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