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The following table displays the school- and student-level response and exclusion rates for the grade 12 reading assessment. Various weights were used in the calculation of the rates, as indicated in the column headings of the table.
| School type and geographic region | Number of schools in the original sample, rounded | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National all1 | 1,310 | 82.01 | 76.05 | 87.27 | 82.56 | 19,700 | 3.79 | 67.46 | 4.43 |
| Northeast all | 230 | 80.09 | 65.80 | 82.72 | 69.14 | 3,200 | 3.96 | 63.84 | 6.62 |
| Midwest all | 280 | 87.55 | 84.90 | 91.98 | 90.57 | 4,200 | 3.33 | 68.03 | 5.27 |
| South all | 490 | 86.10 | 77.42 | 92.91 | 84.71 | 7,800 | 4.36 | 72.25 | 3.32 |
| West all | 310 | 72.01 | 71.15 | 77.93 | 79.75 | 4,400 | 3.26 | 61.75 | 3.33 |
| National public | 830 | 85.34 | 87.26 | 89.92 | 92.43 | 16,600 | 4.14 | 66.28 | 4.56 |
| National private | 480 | 46.73 | 47.71 | 59.22 | 57.67 | 3,000 | 0.26 | 83.40 | 2.93 |
| Catholic | 80 | 49.66 | 52.62 | 62.41 | 64.63 | 1,300 | 0.00 | 81.55 | 2.13 |
| Non-Catholic private | 400 | 43.51 | 46.68 | 55.71 | 56.20 | 1,700 | 0.55 | 85.70 | 3.81 |
| 1 Includes national public, national private, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) located in the United States. 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), 2005 Reading Assessment. |
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