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NAEP Weighting Procedures → Weighting Procedures for the 2000 State Assessment → Raking of Weights → Final Weight Files → Distribution of the Final Student Weights (FSTUWGT), Grade 8 Science State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of the final student weights (FSTUWGT), grade 8 science state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Jurisdiction n Mean Standard deviation Minimum 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Maximum
Alabama 2,459 21.29 6.60 7.01 18.34 19.99 22.94 63.53
Arizona 1,876 32.29 11.82 15.44 25.90 29.68 35.97 112
Arkansas 2,215 15.20 4.67 5.70 12.47 14.22 16.59 41.21
California 1,755 246 122 100 170 219 260 183
Connecticut 2,642 15.17 5.47 8.10 12.76 13.60 15.14 71.03
Georgia 2,662 38.57 11.69 15.77 32.12 36.73 40.90 109
Hawaii 2,408 5.34 2.31 2.05 4.13 5.10 5.85 17.65
Idaho 2,028 8.52 4.05 3.11 5.86 8.22 9.35 34.26
Illinois 1,857 77.63 39.55 29.56 51.93 65.94 90.60 380
Indiana 1,940 36.40 12.12 20.07 29.72 33.71 37.94 116
Kentucky 2,436 18.22 4.91 8.14 16.26 17.33 18.76 55.08
Louisiana 2,449 20.85 6.10 10.43 17.72 19.65 21.39 64.05
Maine 2,276 7.70 2.81 4.33 6.30 6.83 8.46 30.37
Maryland 2,477 25.12 8.24 14.89 21.61 23.23 25.77 70.35
Massachusetts 2,452 28.37 11.29 13.72 23.23 24.98 28.52 143
Michigan 2,133 59.60 18.76 10.93 45.23 56.02 73.11 161
Minnesota 1,466 40.68 16.24 16.83 30.59 38.63 44.52 150
Mississippi 2,569 14.50 3.90 8.82 12.69 13.75 15.18 48.36
Missouri 2,422 27.47 9.86 9.03 23.01 25.94 28.81 102
Montana 1,770 6.96 2.96 3.84 4.73 6.35 8.51 23.03
Nebraska 1,951 11.16 3.76 4.53 9.56 10.57 11.92 42.28
Nevada 2,847 8.13 2.52 5.24 6.48 7.24 8.61 32.46
New Mexico 2,044 11.63 5.34 5.39 8.64 9.96 12.52 46.04
New York 1,755 115 41.46 64.12 96.01 102 115 384
North Carolina 2,522 35.52 11.78 19.88 30.16 32.82 35.42 103
North Dakota 2,254 3.86 1.61 1.97 2.88 3.27 4.44 16.58
Ohio 2,234 61.05 20.05 28.96 52.25 57.17 62.49 205
Oklahoma 2,568 17.74 5.24 8.35 15.48 16.74 18.05 68.33
Oregon 1,810 22.22 8.92 5.49 17.52 20.76 24.32 123
Rhode Island 2,493 4.64 1.85 2.11 3.52 4.02 5.08 18.24
South Carolina 2,404 20.18 6.35 10.24 16.92 18.87 21.30 57.46
Tennessee 2,314 27.14 8.74 12.00 21.90 25.44 28.81 87.41
Texas 2,425 127 47.29 67.02 100 111 129 516
Utah 2,529 14.00 4.36 2.26 12.17 13.62 15.20 41.49
Vermont 2,117 3.82 1.44 1.98 2.95 3.48 4.06 16.56
Virginia 2,589 32.22 9.70 17.91 27.95 30.47 33.06 104
West Virginia 2,591 8.47 2.84 4.13 7.01 7.81 8.72 30.57
Wisconsin 1,897 34.13 13.56 19.62 26.32 30.23 38.26 150
Wyoming 2,617 2.84 1.08 1.95 2.13 2.42 3.42 11.33
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa 473 2.35 0.69 2.00 2.02 2.04 2.46 4.77
DDESS1 692 2.32 0.73 1.95 2.02 2.13 2.23 5.36
DoDDS2 1,999 2.23 0.53 1.92 2.09 2.11 2.19 5.77
Guam 973 2.45 0.68 2.15 2.18 2.18 2.28 5.02
Virgin Islands 688 2.22 0.16 1.97 2.13 2.16 2.40 2.60
1 Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools.
2 Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.
Last updated 08 March 2008 (KL)

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