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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 4 → Normit Estimates for Texas, Grade 4 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2000
NAEP Technical DocumentationNormit estimates for Texas, grade 4 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Variable Values Estimate Standard error Lower Upper Design effect
Overall † 0.33 0.037 0.256 0.404 3.483
LEP Yes -0.44 0.161 -0.766 -0.122 2.478
No 0.38 0.035 0.312 0.451 3.053
SD Yes -0.24 0.183 -0.608 0.125 2.377
No 0.36 0.038 0.286 0.439 3.706
Year of birth 86 † † † † †
87 -0.32 0 † † †
88 -0.29 0.131 -0.547 -0.022 1.214
89 0.31 0.041 0.228 0.393 1.663
90 0.37 0.043 0.28 0.451 2.745
91 1.50 0.298 0.905 2.098 1.611
92 † † † † †
Type of location Large city 0.30 0.082 0.137 0.464 5.062
Mid-size city 0.28 0.093 0.091 0.464 4.283
Urban fringe of large city 0.57 0.066 0.433 0.696 2.395
Urban fringe of mid-size city 0.16 0.175 -0.188 0.511 6.211
Large town 0.50 0.002 0.493 0.503 0
Small town 0.09 0.102 -0.114 0.292 2.702
Rural 0.32 0.113 0.091 0.544 4.222
Title 1 Yes 0.04 0.049 -0.056 0.14 3.802
No 0.67 0.043 0.581 0.755 2.384
School lunch Student not eligible 0.64 0.042 0.556 0.726 2.439
Reduced price lunch 0.23 0.074 0.079 0.373 1.18
Free lunch -0.06 0.046 -0.154 0.029 2.319
Information not available 0.52 0.261 -0.002 1.04 4.469
Refused 0.45 0.468 -0.49 1.38 1.438
School not participating † † † † †
MSA flag No 0.20 0.079 0.037 0.352 2.788
Yes 0.35 0.042 0.27 0.437 3.643
† 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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