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NAEP Technical DocumentationSchool Participation for the 2001 National Main Assessment

The table below provides a detailed breakdown of all schools contacted for the 2001 national main assessment by their participation status. It also includes the 1998 and 2000 participation rates, which are based on the same computations.

Overall, the 2001 before-substitution school participation rates were lower than school participation rates encountered in previous years. However, the after-substitution participation rates were higher than in previous years.

Unweighted summary of school participation experience, national main assessment: 2001

School participation	Grade 4	Grade 8	Grade 12
Total original sample	440	470	520
Out-of-scope1	20	50	60
District refused	20	20	30
District refused for this school only	10	10	20
School refused	50	40	80
Participating	340	340	350
Participation rate before substitution
2001 national main (percent)	82	82	75
2000 mathematics online (percent)	85	83	78
1998 national main (percent)	81	81	75
Participating replacement for refusals	20	30	30
Total participating schools	370	370	370
Participation rate after substitution (percent)	88	88	81
1 Does not have eligible grade; has eligible grade but no enrolled students; closed school; not a regular school. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001.

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