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NAEP Technical DocumentationSchool Nonresponse Adjustment

			Development of Initial School Nonresponse Cells Final School Nonresponse Cells School Nonresponse Adjustment Factor Calculation

The school nonresponse adjustment procedure inflates the weights of cooperating schools to account for eligible noncooperating schools for which no substitutes participated. Nonresponse cells are defined within jurisdiction for public schools and nationally for private schools. 

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