NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Response and Exclusion Rates for the 2018 Civics Assessment

The following table presents the weighted student response and exclusion rates for the 2018 civics assessment. The exclusion rates give the percentage excluded, among all eligible (i.e., assessed, absent, or excluded) students. Excluded students must necessarily be either students with disabilities (SD) or English learners (EL). The response rates indicate the percentage of students assessed among those who it was intended would take the assessment from within the participating schools. Thus, students who were excluded are not included in the denominators of the response rates.

Weighted student response and exclusion rates for public and private schools, civics assessment at grade 8, by school type, geographic region, and affiliation: 2018
School type and geographic region/affiliation	Weighted student response rates (percent)	Weighted percent of all eligible students who are SD and excluded	Weighted percent of all eligible students who are EL and excluded
National all¹	92.01	1.42	0.56
National public	91.96	1.54	0.60
Northeast public	89.34	1.30	0.95
Midwest public	92.44	1.30	0.41
South public	92.61	2.08	0.49
West public	92.50	1.07	0.70
National private	92.93	0.03	0.03
Catholic	94.64	0.08	0.08
Non-Catholic	90.60	0.00	0.00
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. SD = students with disabilities; EL = English learners. 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.

Last updated 08 December 2022 (PG)

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