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NAEP Technical DocumentationIneligible Sampled Schools by Ineligibility Type

The following table shows the unweighted counts and percentages of NAEP 2005 state assessment schools that were eligible and ineligible, by reason for ineligibility.

Ineligible schools, state assessment, by grade and eligibility status: 2005
Ineligibility/eligibility status Fourth grade  Eighth grade 
Count of schools Percent of sample Count of schools Percent of sample
  Total 9,500 100.00 7,300 100.00
Eligible 9,000 94.57 6,700 92.47
Ineligible 520 5.43 550 7.43
Has sampled grade, no eligible students 80 0.82 60 0.84
Does not have sampled grade 110 1.20 190 2.61
Closed 220 2.32 110 1.56
Not a regular school 90 0.96 160 2.26
Other ineligible 10 0.11 10 0.18
Duplicate on sampling frame # 0.03 # 0.08
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Numbers are rounded to nearest ten or hundred. Percentage is calculated using unrounded numbers. 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.

Last updated 09 April 2009 (EH)

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