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NAEP Weighting ProceduresWeighting Procedures and Variance Estimation for the 2001 National Main AssessmentComputation of School WeightsComputation of Poststratification AdjustmentsPoststratification Procedures → Poststratification Adjustments, Grade 4 Geography National Main Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2001
Poststratification adjustments, grade 4 geography national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
PS cell Race/ethnicity Region Age group Poststratification adjustment Control total Sum of pre-post weights
1 Black All U.S. Age 9 0.938 400,461 427,056
2 Black All U.S. Not age 9 1.221 214,629 175,749
3 Hispanic All U.S. Age 9 0.759 457,954 603,539
4 Hispanic All U.S. Not age 9 1.024 211,304 206,265
5 Other race/ethnicity All U.S. Age 9 0.785 157,982 201,265
6 Other race/ethnicity All U.S. Not age 9 1.006 63,787 63,407
7 Non-Hispanic White Northeast Census reg Age 9 1.224 407,644 333,091
8 Non-Hispanic White Northeast Census reg Not age 9 1.436 133,859 93,220
9 Non-Hispanic White Midwest Census reg Age 9 1.078 511,092 473,997
10 Non-Hispanic White Midwest Census reg Not age 9 1.439 221,672 154,062
11 Non-Hispanic White South Census reg Age 9 1.079 592,797 549,431
12 Non-Hispanic White South Census reg Not age 9 1.503 239,405 159,281
13 Non-Hispanic White West Census reg Age 9 1.242 380,061 306,101
14 Non-Hispanic White West Census reg Not age 9 1.209 111,455 92,181
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Last updated 19 August 2008 (DR)

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