NAEP Technical DocumentationWeighted Student Response Rates and Exclusion Rates for the 2007 State Writing Assessment

The following table presents the overall weighted student response rates and exclusion rates for the writing assessment. The weighted response rates utilize the student base weights and indicate the weighted percentage of assessed students among all students to be assessed. The exclusion rates give the weighted percentage of excluded students with disabilities (SD) or students who are English language learners (ELL) among all absent, assessed, and excluded students. Note that the table only includes those jurisdictions participating in the writing assessment.

Weighted student response rates and exclusion rates, grade 8 state writing assessment, by jurisdiction: 2007
Jurisdiction	Weighted student response rates (percent)	Weighted percent of all students who are SD and excluded	Weighted percent of all students who are ELL and excluded
Total	92.03	2.81	0.90
Alabama	92.72	2.02	0.20
Arizona	91.01	2.47	1.35
Arkansas	91.55	1.62	0.35
California–Los Angeles	90.98	1.79	1.52
California–San Diego	92.73	2.89	1.47
California	91.74	1.47	1.18
Colorado	91.97	2.03	0.92
Connecticut	91.25	1.49	0.54
Delaware	92.43	4.90	0.86
Florida	90.86	1.67	1.28
Georgia–Atlanta	90.95	1.56	0.00
Georgia	93.20	2.05	0.09
Hawaii	92.17	0.87	0.38
Idaho	94.35	1.12	0.75
Illinois–Chicago	94.71	3.38	2.80
Illinois	93.11	2.34	0.93
Indiana	92.17	2.72	0.51
Iowa	93.29	1.79	0.26
Kansas	93.17	3.18	0.51
Kentucky	93.17	5.91	0.24
Louisiana	92.43	2.11	0.25
Maine	92.03	4.30	0.52
Massachusetts–Boston	91.38	4.57	3.12
Massachusetts	91.11	5.51	1.12
Michigan	91.60	3.68	0.41
Minnesota	91.30	1.52	0.80
Mississippi	93.31	1.73	0.08
Missouri	93.86	2.23	0.13
Montana	91.94	1.83	0.24
Nevada	87.43	1.79	1.78
New Hampshire	91.04	3.10	0.38
New Jersey	91.97	1.56	1.21
New Mexico	89.83	2.76	2.81
New York–New York	88.08	1.15	1.82
New York	90.08	2.13	1.02
North Carolina–Charlotte	90.12	1.91	1.38
North Carolina	91.66	1.81	0.49
North Dakota	94.46	5.22	0.42
Ohio–Cleveland	87.31	9.95	1.61
Ohio	92.35	3.99	0.22
Oklahoma	91.75	3.54	0.46
Pennsylvania	91.96	3.33	0.50
Rhode Island	90.98	1.37	1.41
South Carolina	93.23	2.84	0.39
Tennessee	93.44	3.35	0.16
Texas–Austin	92.39	4.11	2.90
Texas–Houston	91.52	5.24	3.88
Texas	93.45	5.74	2.11
Utah	91.38	1.99	1.05
Vermont	93.68	3.89	0.09
Virginia	93.40	5.11	1.20
Washington	91.13	3.40	1.23
West Virginia	93.15	1.28	0.07
Wisconsin	92.22	3.46	1.23
Wyoming	91.76	2.57	0.29
Other jurisdictions
Department of Defense	92.47	0.93	1.34
NOTE: SD = Students with disabilities; ELL = English language learners. Row totals may not sum to 100% due to overlap between SD and ELL students. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 State Writing Assessment.

Last updated 24 November 2009 (JL)

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