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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Participation, Exclusion, and Accommodation Rates for the 2008 Arts Assessment

The following table displays the student-level participation, exclusion, and accomodation rates for the arts assessment. Various weights were used in the calculation of the rates, as indicated in the column headings of the table.

Student participation, exclusion, and accommodation rates, arts assessment, by school type: 2008
School type Music Visual Arts
Number of students sampled Weighted percent of students excluded Weighted student participation rates (percent) after makeups Weighted percent of students accommodated Number of students sampled Weighted percent of students excluded Weighted student participation rates (percent) after makeups Weighted percent of students accommodated
# Rounds to zero.
1 Includes national public, national private, Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) that are located in the United States.
NOTE: The numbers of students are rounded to nearest 100. 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), 2008 Arts Assessment.
National All1 4,600 1.71 93.32 8.44 4,600 1.96 92.34 9.68
Northeast All 700 0.86 93.45 10.75 700 1.64 93.62 12.38
Midwest All 1,000 1.85 93.29 9.49 1,000 1.75 92.12 8.89
South All 1,700 2.06 93.58 7.97 1,700 2.42 92.31 9.27
West All 1,200 1.67 92.85 6.46 1,200 1.70 91.69 9.15
National Public 4,000 1.84 93.09 8.90 4,000 2.14 92.25 9.91
National Private 500 # 96.98 2.62 500 # 93.58 7.11
Catholic 400 # 96.85 1.10 400 # 92.72 1.03
Non-Catholic 100 # 97.40 7.15 200 # 95.01 15.58


Last updated 27 September 2010 (GF)