NAEP Technical DocumentationReading Assessment Estimation Variables for 2011

Variables used in the population structure model for the reading 2011 assessment are listed and described below.

Variables used for main effects and interactions in the population structure model:

HISPYES – School reported ethnicity - Hispanic. This variable has three levels: Yes, No, or Missing.

DSEX – School reported gender. This variable has three levels: Male, Female, or Missing.

DRACE10 – Student reported race. This variable has eight levels: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, More than one race, and Missing.

SRACE10 – School reported race. This variable has eight levels: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, 2 or more races, and missing.

SCHTYPE – Type of school. This variable has six levels: Public, Private, Catholic, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of Defense, and missing.

CENSREG – Regions as defined by the Census Bureau. This variable has six levels: Northwest, Midwest, South, West, DoDEA International, and missing.

UTOL4 – Type of location. This variable has five levels: City, Suburb, Town, Rural, and Missing.

LRGCTY – Large city. This variable has three levels: Large City, Not Large City, and Missing.

PARED – Parents education level. Information for this variable is collected from students at grades 8 and 12 only. It has six levels: Did not finish high school, Graduated high school, Some education after high school, Graduated college, Unknown, and Missing.

SLUNCH1 – School reported free or reduced-price school lunch. This variable has four levels: Eligible, Not eligible, Not available, and Missing.

ELL3 – English language learner. This variable has four levels: Yes, No, Formerly, and Missing.

SD3 – School-reported student with disability. This variable has four levels: Yes–IEP, Yes–504, No–not SD, and Missing.

ACCOM2 – Accommodations. This variable has three levels: Accommodated, Not accommodated, and Missing.

TUAFLG3 – Trial Urban Assessment. This variable has five levels: Not TUDA, Urban district, Second urban district in state, Third urban district in state, and Missing.

CHRTRPT – Charter school flag. This variable has three levels: Yes, No, and Missing

Two-way interactions included in the population structure model: For grade 4, all main effects listed above were used to examine two-way interactions with the exception of PARED. This information is not collected at grade 4. For grade 8, all main effects listed above were used to examine two-way interactions.

Main effects not used in interactions:

UTOL12 – Type of location. This variable has 13 levels: Large city, Midsize city, Small city, Large suburb, Midsize suburb, Small suburb, Fringe Town, Distant town, Remote town, Fringe rural, Distant rural, Remote rural, and Missing.

MODAGE – Modal age of sample. This variable has four levels: Below modal age, At modal age, Above modal age, and Missing.

SLUNCH – School lunch. This variable has seven levels: Not eligible, Reduced, Free, No information, Refusal, Not part, and Missing.

14 Additional Accommodations Variables – These variables (Read all in Spanish, Bilingual booklet, Bilingual dictionary, Read aloud, Braille, Large print, Magnification device, Scribe, Small group, One-on-one, School staff administers, Extra time, Breaks, Other) are from the front cover; each one is a separate background variable, scored as Yes or Missing.

CENSDIV – Census division. This This variable has 11 levels: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain, Pacific, DoDEA International, and Missing.

SENROLx – Number of enrolled students for each grade. This variable has six levels: five categories of enrollment sizes and missing.

PCTWHTC – Percentage of White students. This variable has six levels: 0, 1–5, 6–25, 26–50, 51+, and Missing.

PCTBLKC – Percentage of Black students. This variable has six levels: 0, 1–5, 6–25, 26–50, 51+, and Missing.

PCTHSPC – Percentage of Hispanic students. This variable has six levels: 0, 1–5, 6–25, 26–50, 51+, and Missing.

PCTASNC – Percentage of Asian students. This variable has six levels: 0, 1–5, 6–25, 26–50, 51+, and Missing.

PCTINDC – Percentage of American Indian students. This variable has six levels: 0, 1–5, 6–25, 26–-50, 51+, and Missing.

FIPS – Federal Information Processing Standards. This variable is defined for public school students in participating states.

FIPSAI – Federal Information Processing Standards; indicates if student is American Indian and in public or BIE school. This variable has 53 levels: 50 states, District of Columbia, DoDDS, and Missing.

DENSBIE – American Indian/Alaska Native population by type of school. This variable has four levels: Public-low density, Public-high density, BIE, and Missing.

RACEAI5 – Race/ethnicity as reported by student. This variable has five categories: American Indian/Alaska Native only, American Indian/Alaska Native and other, White, Hispanic, Other, and Missing.

SCHTBIE – School type. This variable has three levels: Other, Public/BIE, and Missing.

Other variables:

NIES Student (grades 4 and 8 only) – Does not include the open-ended items at the end regarding name of group and anything else to say. This variable has six levels: 0, 1–5, 6–25, 26–50, 51+, and missing.

NIES School (grades 4 and 8 only) – Does not include Title, Years held position, Years principal at school, Number of American Indian students in school, main ways involved in school, and anything to say.

NIES Teacher (grades 4 and 8 only) – Does not include Years taught at school, Classroom activities effective, name of group, and anything else to say, and Race/Ethnicity questions.

Students with disabilities (SD) questionnaire (532K PDF) – 16 questions

Last updated 24 February 2016 (GF)

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