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NAEP Technical DocumentationResponse, Exclusion, and Accommodation Rates for Age 13 Reading Assessment in 2004

The following table displays the school- and student-level response and exclusion rates for the age 13 reading assessment. Various weights were used in the calculation of the rates, as indicated in the column headings of the table.

Response, exclusion, and accommodation rates, age 13 reading assessment, by school type and geographic region: 2004

School type and geographic region	Number of schools in the original sample	School participation rates (percent) before substitution (weighted by base weight and enrollment)	School participation rates (percent) before substitution (weighted by base weight only)	School participation rates (percent) after substitution (weighted by base weight and enrollment)	School participation rates (percent) after substitution (weighted by base weight only)	Number of students sampled, rounded	Weighted percent of students excluded	Weighted student participation rates (percent) after make-ups	Weighted percent of assessed students accommodated
All	640	82.45	75.17	87.10	80.44	9,700	4.88	92.35	3.69
Northeast	130	81.82	68.64	87.19	75.08	1,900	5.41	90.85	5.75
Southeast	150	75.16	68.45	77.89	76.42	1,900	5.51	92.48	2.75
Central	200	91.28	86.38	93.02	88.05	3,600	5.18	94.35	3.83
West	160	76.31	73.83	86.34	80.00	2,300	3.46	90.35	2.57
Public all	360	83.91	79.63	88.18	83.30	8,000	5.34	92.18	3.94
Northeast	60	84.22	87.51	89.56	92.02	1,500	6.27	90.40	6.13
Southeast	90	76.02	70.62	77.62	76.47	1,400	6.14	92.69	3.03
Central	120	93.28	89.42	94.48	89.92	3,100	5.62	94.17	4.13
West	90	76.56	70.92	86.82	75.90	2,000	3.58	90.08	2.70
Private all	280	68.86	68.76	77.15	76.41	1,800	0.64	94.08	1.43
Catholic	110	84.27	86.29	91.53	92.23	1,100	0.39	94.81	0.71
Lutheran	20	92.62	94.21	100.00	100.00	100	0.81	89.15	0.00
Conservative Christian	40	74.83	80.93	80.86	85.96	200	1.50	95.16	0.35
Other	110	36.81	45.16	47.92	55.42	300	0.52	92.88	3.83
NOTE: Numbers of schools are rounded to nearest ten, and numbers of students are rounded to nearest hundred. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2004 Reading Assessment.

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