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NAEP Technical DocumentationResponse, Exclusion, and Accommodation Rates for Grade 8 Reading Assessment in 2005

The following table displays the school- and student-level response and exclusion rates for the grade8reading 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 8 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	8,140	96.60	85.95	97.85	90.00	195,600	4.74	91.02	6.02
National all1	8,140	96.60	85.95	97.85	90.00	195,600	4.74	91.02	6.02
Northeast all	1,340	94.69	76.42	95.58	79.96	32,600	4.55	89.32	9.09
Midwest all	2,140	96.73	89.97	98.29	94.53	42,300	5.02	91.11	5.87
South all	2,550	97.42	86.56	98.65	90.85	67,500	5.44	91.66	5.27
West all	2,060	96.63	87.92	97.89	91.31	51,400	3.55	91.21	4.98
National public	7,030	99.48	99.21	99.48	99.21	185,700	5.15	90.77	6.41
Alabama	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	1.64	92.86	2.26
Alaska	130	99.45	96.07	99.45	96.07	3,100	1.82	91.19	8.89
Arizona	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,600	4.40	89.71	7.51
Arkansas	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	6.05	91.53	3.75
California	420	99.11	98.10	99.11	98.10	11,700	3.31	91.57	3.95
Colorado	130	98.01	99.25	98.01	99.25	3,000	3.66	89.90	7.87
Connecticut	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	3.12	90.09	9.16
Delaware	80	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	10.56	88.58	2.35
District of Columbia	50	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,600	7.66	85.23	8.69
Florida	180	99.97	96.22	99.97	96.22	4,800	5.13	90.38	11.83
Georgia	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	4,600	5.30	93.53	5.21
Hawaii	70	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	4.47	88.95	8.19
Idaho	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	2.92	92.97	3.71
Illinois	210	98.05	99.17	98.05	99.17	4,600	5.14	91.33	8.07
Indiana	110	98.12	98.96	98.12	98.96	3,200	4.33	92.16	8.09
Iowa	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	4.32	92.76	7.06
Kansas	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	4.36	93.33	7.17
Kentucky	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	7.08	92.79	3.35
Louisiana	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,900	8.26	90.15	6.59
Maine	140	98.06	99.53	98.06	99.53	3,000	6.52	89.02	8.05
Maryland	110	99.05	99.28	99.05	99.28	3,200	4.50	87.70	4.66
Massachusetts	150	96.92	93.80	96.92	93.80	4,400	6.61	91.04	10.07
Michigan	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	6.09	88.57	4.11
Minnesota	140	98.07	98.99	98.07	98.99	3,100	2.72	88.17	6.72
Mississippi	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	4.11	92.19	2.44
Missouri	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	8.08	91.09	5.14
Montana	180	98.31	96.31	98.31	96.31	3,100	4.64	91.92	6.75
Nebraska	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	3.65	92.30	7.49
Nevada	90	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,400	4.24	88.36	6.20
New Hampshire	90	95.74	98.51	95.74	98.51	2,900	2.48	89.08	10.15
New Jersey	120	99.11	98.39	99.11	98.39	3,100	4.78	90.53	10.38
New Mexico	110	99.76	98.49	99.76	98.49	3,300	7.65	91.37	6.84
New York	200	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	5,400	6.32	84.85	9.41
North Carolina	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	4,800	3.99	91.29	11.29
North Dakota	210	99.98	99.48	99.98	99.48	2,800	7.19	94.73	4.66
Ohio	170	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	4,400	6.79	90.19	4.91
Oklahoma	150	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	4.84	92.14	7.07
Oregon	130	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,000	4.37	91.00	5.73
Pennsylvania	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	3.38	91.77	10.29
Rhode Island	60	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	3.94	91.60	11.22
South Carolina	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	6.98	93.07	2.84
South Dakota	230	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	3.32	94.68	4.27
Tennessee	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	7.23	91.59	2.02
Texas	300	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	9,900	6.65	91.39	2.80
Utah	100	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,300	4.76	90.88	5.72
Vermont	140	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,700	4.43	91.92	8.70
Virginia	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,200	7.44	93.05	4.29
Washington	120	99.71	98.03	99.71	98.03	3,200	4.43	90.14	6.40
West Virginia	120	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	3,100	6.41	91.37	4.55
Wisconsin	130	96.16	95.83	96.16	95.83	3,000	6.01	91.45	7.78
Wyoming	110	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,400	2.79	91.50	8.40
Atlanta	20	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,300	3.66	90.17	4.88
Austin	20	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,600	12.13	89.48	2.17
Boston	40	99.48	97.06	99.48	97.06	1,500	6.47	91.24	9.57
Charlotte	40	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,800	2.63	90.53	8.90
Chicago	100	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,200	5.09	94.68	10.08
Cleveland	60	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,400	14.01	77.64	4.48
Houston	50	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,300	7.32	87.59	3.09
Los Angeles	80	98.73	95.62	98.73	95.62	2,300	4.67	88.80	3.89
New York City	90	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	2,300	4.70	83.81	11.11
San Diego	40	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	1,600	6.72	88.61	6.45
Charter schools	170	99.88	99.78	99.88	99.78	2,900	3.43	91.88	7.90
Bureau of Indian Affairs	30	98.39	98.50	98.39	98.50	500	3.65	94.73	13.45
DoDEA2	80	99.61	98.53	99.61	98.53	2,100	2.71	93.61	5.00
National private	1,000	66.80	65.18	80.98	75.57	7,300	0.42	94.12	1.82
Catholic	310	76.13	78.24	91.14	89.36	3,500	0.22	94.26	1.64
Non-Catholic private	690	57.12	57.17	70.43	67.11	3,800	0.63	93.91	2.02
Lutheran	110	87.84	85.85	95.12	90.81	800	0.13	94.15	0.83
Conservative Christian	150	65.05	55.60	77.80	66.72	900	0.43	92.86	0.55
Other private	430	48.57	52.27	63.08	62.55	2,200	0.79	94.43	2.83
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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