NAEP Weighting Procedures - Normit Estimates for Connecticut, Grade 8 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2000

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Normit estimates for Connecticut, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Variable	Values	Estimate	Standard error	Lower	Upper	Design effect
Overall	†	0.40	0.034	0.332	0.47	2.439
LEP	Yes	-0.95	0.937	-0.909	-0.464	4.861
LEP	No	0.42	0.03	0.355	0.476	1.914
SD	Yes	-0.20	0.108	-0.411	0.019	1.178
SD	No	0.43	0.034	0.365	0.502	2.326
Year of birth	82	†	†	†	†	†
	83	-1.23	0.221	-1.674	-0.79	0.485
	84	-0.95	0.174	-1.298	-0.604	1.195
	85	0.16	0.062	0.039	0.289	1.837
	86	0.50	0.032	0.436	0.564	1.675
	87	0.18	0.238	-0.299	0.651	0.621
	88	0.03	0.891	-1.751	1.809	4.013
Type of location	Large city	†	†	†	†	†
	Mid-size city	-0.34	0.076	-0.492	-0.188	3.064
	Urban fringe of large city	0.74	0.053	0.635	0.846	1.871
	Urban fringe of mid-size city	0.51	0.044	0.424	0.598	1.43
	Large town	0.82	0.302	0.214	1.42	2.464
	Small town	†	†	†	†	†
	Rural	0.66	0.067	0.531	0.797	2.015
Title 1	Yes	-0.66	0.153	-0.961	-0.349	4.126
Title 1	No	0.50	0.042	0.416	0.585	3.71
School lunch	Student not eligible	0.67	0.031	0.607	0.73	1.611
	Reduced price lunch	-0.00	0.087	-0.176	0.171	0.811
	Free lunch	-0.52	0.086	-0.693	-0.347	3.334
	Information not available	0.15	0.193	-0.233	0.539	6.062
	Refused	-1.33	†	†	†	†
	School not participating	1.12	0.244	0.629	1.603	2.554
MSA flag	No	0.57	0.071	0.432	0.717	1.928
MSA flag	Yes	0.38	0.038	0.299	0.452	2.526
Math course taken	Omit	-0.04	0.306	-0.654	0.57	1.101
	Eighth-grade mathematics	-0.09	0.052	-0.193	0.017	2.729
	Pre-algebra	0.33	0.056	0.219	0.441	3.131
	Algebra I	1.16	0.047	1.068	1.258	1.711
	Geometry	0.28	0.594	-0.903	1.471	4.758
	Algebra II	0.22	0.2	-0.177	0.621	0.932
	Integrated or sequential math	0.31	0.323	-0.341	0.95	2.484
	Other mathematics class	-0.25	0.196	-0.643	0.14	1.415
Race	White	0.72	0.026	0.672	0.776	1.288
	Black	-0.52	0.051	-0.624	-0.42	1.092
	Hispanic	-0.42	0.058	-0.533	-0.301	1.088
	Asian/Pacific Islander	0.53	0.147	0.233	0.822	1.016
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.27	0.246	-0.227	0.756	0.825
	Other	-0.30	0.286	-0.875	0.269	1.158
Sex	Male	0.47	0.044	0.384	0.558	1.949
Sex	Female	0.33	0.039	0.249	0.405	1.604
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.

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