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NAEP Weighting Procedures → Weighting Procedures for the 2000 State Assessment → Quality Control in the Weighting Process → Use of Normit Data to Check Standard Errors and Design Effects → State Assessment Normit Estimates for Grade 8 → Normit Estimates for Montana, Grade 8 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2000
NAEP Technical DocumentationNormit estimates for Montana, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Variable Values Estimate Standard error Lower Upper Design effect
Overall † 0.52 0.03 0.463 0.583 1.679
LEP Yes -0.65 0.11 -0.909 -0.464 0.157
No 0.53 0.029 0.476 0.591 1.547
SD Yes -0.43 0.135 -0.698 -0.158 1.252
No 0.58 0.029 0.521 0.638 1.635
Year of birth 82 † † † † †
83 -0.37 † † † †
84 -0.16 0.157 -0.468 0.158 0.988
85 0.46 0.042 0.379 0.547 1.497
86 0.61 0.038 0.534 0.684 1.395
87 1.14 0 † † †
88 1.24 0 † † †
Type of location Large city † † † † †
Mid-size city 0.60 0.039 0.524 0.679 0.827
Urban fringe of large city † † † † †
Urban fringe of mid-size city 0.59 0.046 0.501 0.685 0.146
Large town 0.64 0.091 0.455 0.817 1.035
Small town 0.59 0.036 0.52 0.662 0.928
Rural 0.38 0.079 0.222 0.537 2.701
Title 1 Yes -0.19 0.089 -0.369 -0.015 1.758
No 0.62 0.031 0.554 0.677 1.667
School lunch Student not eligible 0.66 0.032 0.595 0.725 1.105
Reduced price lunch 0.32 0.078 0.168 0.48 0.947
Free lunch 0.16 0.073 0.013 0.305 1.8
Information not available 0.66 0.052 0.561 0.768 0.788
Refused 0.62 0.147 0.323 0.909 2.85
School not participating 0.21 0.208 -0.201 0.629 1.474
MSA flag No 0.50 0.045 0.409 0.591 2.278
Yes 0.57 0.036 0.495 0.639 0.969
Math course taken Omit 0.53 0.066 0.397 0.661 0.457
Eighth-grade mathematics 0.30 0.059 0.184 0.421 2.963
Pre-algebra 0.40 0.044 0.316 0.493 1.695
Algebra I 1.23 0.054 1.122 1.337 1.183
Geometry 1.63 0.423 0.784 2.474 0.756
Algebra II 0.54 0.33 -0.122 1.198 1.355
Integrated or sequential math 0.70 0.097 0.504 0.89 1.28
Other mathematics class -0.40 0.148 -0.696 -0.102 1.121
Race White 0.62 0.028 0.561 0.673 1.325
Black 0.20 0.261 -0.324 0.719 1.208
Hispanic 0.24 0.127 -0.014 0.495 1.505
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.55 0.13 0.292 0.811 0.929
American Indian/Alaskan Native -0.33 0.109 -0.548 -0.114 1.776
Other 0.73 † † † †
Sex Male 0.53 0.039 0.456 0.613 1.351
Female 0.51 0.045 0.42 0.601 2.002
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.
Last updated 13 August 2008 (KL)

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