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NAEP Technical DocumentationResponse, Exclusion, and Accommodation Rates for Age 17 Reading Bridge Assessment in 2004

The following table displays the school- and student-level response and exclusion rates for age 17 reading bridge assessment. Various weights were used in the calculation of the rates, as indicated in the column headings of the table.

Response, exclusion, and accommodation rates, age 17 reading bridge assessment, by school type and geographic region: 2004

School type and geographic region	Number of schools in the original sample	School participation rates (percent) before substitution (weighted by base weight and enrollment)	School participation rates (percent) before substitution (weighted by base weight only)	School participation rates (percent) after substitution (weighted by base weight and enrollment)	School participation rates (percent) after substitution (weighted by base weight only)	Number of students sampled (rounded)	Weighted percent of students excluded	Weighted student participation rates (percent) after make-ups	Weighted percent of assessed students accommodated
All	500	73.44	69.23	79.39	73.60	6,800	6.68	75.47	—
Northeast	100	70.90	73.25	77.49	77.83	1,300	10.29	72.14	—
Southeast	110	70.65	59.79	78.76	66.93	1,500	7.89	76.15	—
Central	160	89.03	79.01	89.03	79.01	2,400	5.69	85.86	—
West	130	58.70	64.10	69.76	70.39	1,600	4.04	60.96	—
Public all	350	76.09	77.37	82.32	82.15	5,900	7.22	75.23	—
Northeast	60	74.67	85.29	81.43	88.67	1,000	11.29	71.22	—
Southeast	80	73.07	68.82	81.85	77.70	1,300	8.68	75.61	—
Central	110	93.10	90.51	93.10	90.51	2,100	6.13	85.89	—
West	100	59.62	67.44	70.79	74.15	1,400	4.36	61.09	—
Private all	160	44.85	37.10	47.91	40.02	900	1.03	79.99	—
Catholic	50	58.84	59.90	61.71	61.95	600	0.99	79.12	—
Lutheran	10	51.54	44.94	51.54	44.94	100	0.00	100.00	—
Conservative Christian	30	42.92	42.47	49.14	46.75	100	0.00	87.69	—
Other	70	24.46	20.75	26.96	23.26	100	2.35	75.71	—
— Not available. NOTE: Numbers of schools are rounded to nearest ten, and numbers of students are rounded to nearest hundred. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2004 Reading Bridge Assessment.

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