NAEP Technical Documentation Total and Eligible Sampled Schools for the 2017 Public School National Writing Assessment

The following table presents unweighted counts and percentages of ineligible and eligible schools, by census region, in the fourth- and eighth-grade public school samples.

Eligibility status of sampled public schools, national writing assessment, by grade and census region: 2017
Census region	Eligibility status	Grade 4		Grade 8
Census region	Eligibility status	Unweighted count	Unweighted percentage	Unweighted count	Unweighted percentage
Total	Total	1,510	100.00	2,100	100.00
	Ineligible	30	1.85	50	2.43
	Eligible	1,490	98.15	2,050	97.57
Northeast	Total	210	100.00	300	100.00
	Ineligible	0	0.94	10	1.99
	Eligible	210	99.06	300	98.01
Midwest	Total	280	100.00	400	100.00
	Ineligible	10	2.53	10	3.27
	Eligible	270	97.47	390	96.73
South	Total	630	100.00	870	100.00
	Ineligible	20	2.38	20	2.54
	Eligible	610	97.62	840	97.46
West	Total	390	100.00	530	100.00
	Ineligible	0	1.02	10	1.88
	Eligible	390	98.98	520	98.12
NOTE: Numbers of schools are rounded to nearest ten. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Percentages are based on unrounded counts. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2017 National Writing Assessment.

Last updated 01 August 2022 (ML)

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