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NAEP Technical DocumentationWeighted Student Response and Exclusion Rates for the 2019 Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Public School National Science Assessments, Digitally Based Assessment
The following table presents weighted student response and exclusion rates, by census region, for fourth- and eighth-grade public school students in the national science digitally based assessment (DBA) samples. Separate exclusion rates are provided for students with disabilities (SD) and English learners (EL).
A weighted student response rate indicates the percentage of the student population that is directly represented by the assessed students from within participating schools. A weighted exclusion rate indicates the percentage of students in the population that would be excluded from the assessment.
| Census region | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted student response rates (percent) | Weighted percentage of all students who are SD and excluded | Weighted percentage of all students who are EL and excluded | Weighted student response rates (percent) | Weighted percentage of all students who are SD and excluded | Weighted percentage of all students who are EL and excluded | |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 National Science Assessment. | ||||||
| National | 93.45 | 1.37 | 0.57 | 90.42 | 1.28 | 0.47 |
| Northeast | 91.94 | 1.27 | 0.77 | 86.26 | 1.39 | 0.75 |
| Midwest | 94.30 | 1.22 | 0.23 | 91.99 | 1.25 | 0.24 |
| South | 93.73 | 1.43 | 0.56 | 91.68 | 1.39 | 0.50 |
| West | 93.26 | 1.45 | 0.74 | 89.50 | 1.05 | 0.45 |
Last updated 24 August 2023 (ML)