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NAEP Technical DocumentationResponse, Exclusion, and Accommodation Rates for Grade 4 Reading Assessment in 2005

The following table displays the school- and student-level response and exclusion rates for the grade 4 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, grade 4 reading assessment, by school type and geographic region: 2005

School type and geographic region	Number of schools in the original sample, rounded	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	10,410	96.44	89.81	97.96	93.50	198,700	5.95	93.78	6.15
National all 1	10,410	96.44	89.81	97.96	93.50	198,700	5.95	93.78	6.15
Northeast all	1,790	94.36	83.18	96.09	87.95	33,200	4.91	92.83	9.50
Midwest all	2,660	96.45	91.81	98.21	95.21	42,300	5.87	94.22	5.67
South all	3,160	96.98	91.25	98.53	95.27	69,300	7.25	93.95	5.64
West all	2,710	97.14	90.65	98.21	93.31	51,700	4.82	93.82	4.92
National public	9,240	99.56	99.50	99.56	99.50	188,500	6.51	93.71	6.58
Alabama	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,500	1.85	93.99	3.13
Alaska	190	99.09	96.67	99.09	96.67	3,100	3.27	93.93	11.63
Arizona	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,400	6.40	93.59	6.57
Arkansas	160	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	7.92	94.31	3.40
California	470	99.60	99.33	99.60	99.33	12,500	5.03	93.69	3.19
Colorado	150	98.38	98.68	98.38	98.68	3,200	4.41	94.99	12.66
Connecticut	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	3.34	93.98	9.21
Delaware	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,000	12.83	92.26	2.67
District of Columbia	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,700	7.48	91.55	9.11
Florida	180	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	5,100	6.37	93.13	13.59
Georgia	190	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	4,900	5.95	94.45	3.68
Hawaii	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	2.91	95.12	8.20
Idaho	170	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	3.09	95.18	2.97
Illinois	220	96.81	97.06	96.81	97.06	4,700	7.28	94.38	5.95
Indiana	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,000	4.90	95.03	8.09
Iowa	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,400	5.86	95.00	8.81
Kansas	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,500	4.22	94.76	8.25
Kentucky	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	8.69	93.71	3.28
Louisiana	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	13.94	94.71	7.07
Maine	220	99.78	99.29	99.78	99.29	3,000	6.28	93.45	6.97
Maryland	130	99.03	99.41	99.03	99.41	3,100	6.30	94.42	5.02
Massachusetts	220	99.96	99.90	99.96	99.90	4,500	8.04	94.35	10.87
Michigan	160	98.98	99.42	98.98	99.42	3,200	7.22	93.14	4.56
Minnesota	150	97.05	97.74	97.05	97.74	3,000	2.90	93.35	7.88
Mississippi	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	4.32	94.40	1.99
Missouri	160	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	7.74	93.52	4.63
Montana	290	98.48	97.69	98.48	97.69	3,000	5.09	93.67	6.22
Nebraska	200	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,400	5.28	94.44	8.49
Nevada	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,500	6.81	92.49	5.13
New Hampshire	160	96.95	98.76	96.95	98.76	3,000	3.88	92.97	11.91
New Jersey	140	98.43	98.40	98.43	98.40	3,200	5.43	92.73	9.08
New Mexico	170	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	10.43	93.57	8.48
New York	200	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	5,800	5.71	90.44	12.58
North Carolina	180	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	4,800	3.90	93.77	13.48
North Dakota	300	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,500	5.43	95.27	4.24
Ohio	220	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	4,200	8.37	93.71	4.12
Oklahoma	180	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	5.79	94.99	8.59
Oregon	170	99.94	98.76	99.94	98.76	3,200	6.80	93.91	6.71
Pennsylvania	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,800	4.79	94.51	7.95
Rhode Island	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	3.57	93.13	13.15
South Carolina	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	6.64	93.85	2.96
South Dakota	360	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	4.90	95.39	4.73
Tennessee	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,500	7.26	94.51	2.40
Texas	400	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	10,200	10.74	93.76	2.89
Utah	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	4.43	92.99	6.28
Vermont	240	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,500	4.85	93.15	6.62
Virginia	130	99.45	99.13	99.45	99.13	3,200	12.24	94.19	4.02
Washington	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	4.20	93.97	7.93
West Virginia	200	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,000	5.30	94.28	3.57
Wisconsin	180	97.06	97.32	97.06	97.32	2,900	5.76	94.38	9.12
Wyoming	210	99.97	99.43	99.97	99.43	2,000	1.93	95.03	11.06
Atlanta	70	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,400	3.64	93.50	4.74
Austin	60	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,700	19.93	93.64	3.66
Boston	80	99.39	98.72	99.39	98.72	1,500	10.28	93.99	13.47
Charlotte	60	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,700	4.42	94.94	9.70
Chicago	100	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,400	8.57	94.77	5.78
Cleveland	70	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,400	12.31	87.74	4.13
Houston	100	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,400	23.36	94.84	2.33
Los Angeles	80	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,400	5.64	92.73	5.04
New York City	90	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,300	6.46	90.77	15.87
San Diego	60	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,700	5.54	92.00	6.15
Charter schools	180	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,700	5.01	93.33	4.59
Bureau of Indian Affairs	40	83.57	68.84	83.57	68.84	400	5.67	92.96	18.25
DoDEA2	140	99.70	99.22	99.70	99.22	3,000	3.99	92.55	5.59
National private	1,000	67.88	63.86	83.35	77.53	6,700	0.67	94.55	1.90
Catholic	300	78.56	78.40	93.33	91.91	3,100	0.50	95.28	1.81
Non-Catholic private	700	56.90	56.05	73.08	69.81	3,600	0.84	93.66	1.99
Lutheran	110	89.23	89.18	97.50	98.18	800	0.19	93.27	1.85
Conservative Christian	160	57.06	52.13	74.81	67.43	900	0.65	94.75	0.41
Other private	430	50.84	51.71	67.62	65.59	2,000	1.05	93.12	2.86
1 Includes national public, national private, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and DoDEA schools. 2 Department of Defense Education Activity. 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), 2005 Reading Assessment.

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