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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 12 U.S. History National Main Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [R3]): 2001
Poststratification adjustments, grade 12 U.S. history national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
PS cell Race/ethnicity Region Age group Poststratification adjustment Control total Sum of pre-post weights
1 Black All U.S. Age 17 or less 1.156 329,648 285,257
2 Hispanic All U.S. Age 17 or less 1.043 291,173 279,161
3 Other race/ethnicity All U.S. Age 17 or less 0.825 140,244 169,944
4 Non-Hispanic White Northeast Census reg Age 17 or less 1.050 345,633 329,250
5 Non-Hispanic White Midwest Census reg Age 17 or less 1.157 540,658 467,467
6 Non-Hispanic White South Census reg Age 17 or less 1.251 557,308 445,322
7 Non-Hispanic White West Census reg Age 17 or less 1.402 326,702 232,993
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 U.S. History Assessment.
Last updated 19 August 2008 (DR)

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