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State and District participation rates in writing

The student-weighted school participation rates are calculated based on the estimated number of students represented by the selected schools that participated in the assessment. The school-weighted school participation rates are calculated based on the estimated number of schools that participated.

Public school and student participation rates in NAEP writing at grade 8, by state: 2007
  School participationStudent participation
State/jurisdictionStudent-
weighted
percent
School-
weighted
percent
Number of
schools
participating
Student-
weighted
percent
Number of
students
assessed
     Nation (public) 100 100 6,310 92 135,100
Alabama 100 100 120 93 2,700
Arizona 100 100 130 91 2,600
Arkansas 100 100 120 92 2,400
California 100 100 310 92 8,100
Colorado 96 98 120 92 2,600
Connecticut 97 97 100 91 2,500
Delaware 100 100 50 92 2,600
Florida 100 100 160 91 3,900
Georgia 100 100 120 93 3,500
Hawaii 100 100 70 92 2,700
Idaho 99 99 110 94 2,800
Illinois 100 100 200 93 3,900
Indiana 100 100 110 92 2,600
Iowa 100 100 140 93 2,800
Kansas 100 100 150 93 2,700
Kentucky 100 100 110 93 2,500
Louisiana 100 100 110 92 2,300
Maine 96 98 130 92 2,500
Massachusetts 100 100 140 91 3,400
Michigan 100 100 120 92 2,500
Minnesota 98 99 140 91 2,800
Mississippi 100 100 110 93 2,600
Missouri 100 100 130 94 2,800
Montana 100 98 170 92 2,500
Nevada 100 100 80 87 2,500
New Hampshire 98 98 90 91 2,700
New Jersey 98 97 110 92 2,700
New Mexico 100 100 110 90 2,600
New York 100 100 160 90 3,600
North Carolina 100 100 150 92 4,000
North Dakota 99 98 180 94 2,100
Ohio 100 100 190 92 3,500
Oklahoma 100 100 150 92 2,500
Pennsylvania 100 100 110 92 2,700
Rhode Island 100 100 60 91 2,600
South Carolina 100 100 110 93 2,600
Tennessee 100 100 120 93 2,700
Texas 100 100 220 93 6,800
Utah 100 100 110 91 2,600
Vermont 100 100 120 94 2,000
Virginia 100 100 110 93 2,600
Washington 100 100 130 91 2,800
West Virginia 100 100 120 93 2,800
Wisconsin 98 98 130 92 2,600
Wyoming 100 100 80 92 1,800
Other jurisdictions          
   DoDEA1 100 98 70 92 1,600
1 Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools).
NOTE: The numbers of schools are rounded to the nearest ten, and the numbers of students are rounded to the nearest hundred. Substitutions of reserve schools for initially sampled schools were not needed in 2007 because school participation rates were high. Alaska, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon, and South Dakota did not participate in the 2007 NAEP writing assessment, but they were included in the nationally representative sample. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Writing Assessment.
Public school and student participation rates for Trial Urban District Assessment in NAEP writing at grade 8, by urban district: 2007
  School participation Student participation
District Student-
weighted
percent
Number of
schools
participating
Student-
weighted
percent
Number of
students
assessed
Atlanta 100 20 91 900
Austin 100 20 92 1,400
Boston 100 30 91 1,100
Charlotte 100 30 90 1,300
Chicago 100 100 95 1,700
Cleveland 100 80 87 1,100
Houston 100 50 92 1,900
Los Angeles 100 70 91 2,000
New York City 100 80 88 1,900
San Diego 100 30 93 1,400
NOTE: The numbers of schools are rounded to the nearest ten, and the numbers of students are rounded to the nearest hundred. Substitutions of reserve schools for initially sampled schools were not needed in 2007 because school participation rates were high. The percentages for school-weighted and student-weighted school participation are both at 100 percent for the participating districts in 2007.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Writing Assessment.

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