NAEP Sample Design → Sample Design for the 2000 Assessment → State Assessment Sample Design in 2000 → School Sample Selection for the 2000 State Assessment → School Sorting and Sample Selection in the 2000 State Assessment School Sorting and Sample Selection in the 2000 State AssessmentThe state NAEP school sampling frame undergoes a systematic sorting before school sampling begins. This sorting ensures that the sampled schools represent a variety of population subgroups. The sorting variables, listed in their hierarchical sort order, are as follows:
For each participating jurisdiction, a sample of schools comes from the sorted school sampling frame, and each school's probability of selection is proportional to its measure of size. The table below shows the mean, minimum, and maximum number of schools sampled by grade and school type within the 2000 state assessment's participating jurisdictions.
Last updated 17 June 2008 (MH) |