NAEP Technical DocumentationSchool Response Rates for the 2018 U.S. History Assessment

The following table presents counts of eligible sampled schools and participating schools, as well as weighted school response rates, for the 2018 U.S. history assessment. The weighted school response rates estimate the proportion of the student population that is represented by the participating school sample prior to substitution.

School response counts and rates for public and private schools before substitution, U.S. history assessment at grade 8, by school type, geographic region, and affiliation: 2018

School type and geographic region/affiliation	Number of eligible sampled schools	Number of participating schools	Weighted school response rate prior to substitution (percent)
National all1	1,030	800	81.82
National public	760	640	84.44
Northeast public	110	100	94.60
Midwest public	150	110	71.19
South public	310	260	86.13
West public	200	170	86.37
National private	270	150	48.66
Catholic	80	70	85.85
Non-Catholic	190	80	27.28
1Includes national public, national private, Bureau of Indian Education, and Department of Defense Education Activity schools located in the United States. NOTE: National public includes students from public schools only. It includes charter schools, but excludes Bureau of Indian Education schools and Department of Defense Education Activity schools. It is used when comparing national data to those of states, urban districts, or regions. School counts are rounded to nearest ten. Detail may not sum to totals because of 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), 2018 Social Sciences Assessment.

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