NAEP Weighting Procedures - Distribution of the Final Student Weights (FSTUWGT), Grade 8 Science State Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [R3]): By Jurisdiction, 2000

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NAEP Technical DocumentationDistribution of the final student weights (FSTUWGT), grade 8 science state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Jurisdiction	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile	Maximum
Alabama	2,459	21.29	6.98	7.01	18.34	19.99	22.56	67.60
Arizona	1,865	32.48	12.70	15.44	25.90	29.64	35.97	119
Arkansas	2,192	15.36	5.30	5.70	12.47	14.18	16.33	49.12
California	1,766	244	116	100	170	219	262	170
Connecticut	2,649	15.13	5.19	8.10	12.77	13.60	15.14	51.13
Georgia	2,633	38.99	14.45	15.77	32.12	36.66	40.45	179
Hawaii	2,342	5.49	2.86	2.05	4.13	5.11	5.85	30.46
Idaho	2,034	8.49	4.10	3.11	5.86	8.22	9.35	42.15
Illinois	1,862	77.56	36.03	29.56	52.17	66.16	90.70	324
Indiana	1,934	36.51	12.54	20.07	29.72	33.71	37.94	137
Kentucky	2,425	18.31	5.34	8.14	16.26	17.33	18.76	57.77
Louisiana	2,429	21.02	6.96	10.43	17.70	19.59	21.28	68.04
Maine	2,290	7.66	2.60	4.33	6.30	6.85	8.46	28.70
Maryland	2,473	25.15	8.51	14.89	21.61	23.23	25.58	134
Massachusetts	2,448	28.43	10.39	13.72	23.23	24.99	28.52	81.73
Michigan	2,100	60.54	22.51	10.93	45.23	54.63	73.11	234
Minnesota	1,487	40.10	14.03	16.83	30.59	39.09	44.52	117
Mississippi	2,578	14.45	3.53	8.82	12.69	13.75	15.18	52.28
Missouri	2,445	27.22	8.98	9.03	23.01	25.94	28.83	127
Montana	1,761	6.99	3.06	3.84	4.73	6.35	8.35	30.25
Nebraska	1,903	11.45	4.90	4.53	9.56	10.52	11.78	41.25
Nevada	2,800	8.27	3.10	5.24	6.48	7.24	8.57	37.19
New Mexico	2,064	11.51	5.17	5.39	8.64	9.96	12.41	48.43
New York	1,778	113	35.68	64.12	96.31	103	117	402
North Carolina	2,533	35.37	11.20	19.88	30.16	32.82	35.42	95.82
North Dakota	2,238	3.89	1.56	1.97	2.88	3.27	4.44	13.62
Ohio	2,216	61.54	22.42	28.96	52.15	57.17	62.49	298
Oklahoma	2,571	17.72	5.22	8.35	15.47	16.74	18.05	51.09
Oregon	1,822	22.08	7.83	5.49	17.52	20.76	24.47	68.13
Rhode Island	2,516	4.59	1.79	2.11	3.52	4.02	5.07	19.10
South Carolina	2,412	20.11	5.88	10.24	16.92	18.87	21.35	59.76
Tennessee	2,308	27.21	9.05	12.00	21.90	25.32	28.62	76.19
Texas	2,428	127	46.65	67.02	100	111	129	465
Utah	2,511	14.10	4.74	2.26	12.16	13.62	15.20	52.26
Vermont	2,047	3.95	1.86	1.98	2.95	3.44	4.04	18.91
Virginia	2,598	32.10	9.04	17.91	28.16	30.48	33.06	94.12
West Virginia	2,617	8.39	2.56	4.13	7.01	7.81	8.72	22.47
Wisconsin	1,934	33.47	11.86	19.62	26.32	30.23	37.23	139
Wyoming	2,586	2.88	1.19	1.95	2.13	2.38	3.51	13.87
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	479	2.32	0.56	2.00	2.02	2.04	2.46	4.48
DDESS¹	712	2.26	0.43	1.95	2.02	2.13	2.23	3.64
DoDDS²	2,016	2.21	0.39	1.92	2.09	2.11	2.19	4.84
Guam	975	2.44	0.66	2.15	2.18	2.18	2.28	5.72
¹ Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. ² Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.

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