NAEP - TUDA Reading Mathematics 2005: Reading Participation Tables

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Urban District Participation Rates in Reading

The table below shows the percentage of sampled students and the number of students who participated in the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) in 2005 for each district. Between 100 and 99 percent of sampled schools participated. Approximately 50 to100 schools were sampled in each district. For more information, see About Urban Districts.

GRADES 4 and 8

Student sample and participation rates, grades 4 and 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005
	Student sample		Student participation
District	Sample size	Target population	Percent of students who participated	Number of students assessed
Grade 4
Atlanta	1,200	6,000	93	1,200
Austin	1,500	7,000	94	1,200
Boston	1,300	5,000	94	1,200
Charlotte	1,500	9,000	95	1,500
Chicago	2,100	36,000	95	1,900
Cleveland	1,100	7,000	88	900
District of Columbia	2,300	6,000	92	2,100
Houston	2,200	18,000	95	1,700
Los Angeles	2,200	63,000	93	2,100
New York City	2,100	81,000	91	1,900
San Diego	1,400	12,000	92	1,300
Grade 8
Atlanta	1,100	4,000	90	1,000
Austin	1,300	6,000	89	1,200
Boston	1,200	5,000	91	1,100
Charlotte	1,500	8,000	91	1,400
Chicago	2,100	35,000	95	1,900
Cleveland	1,000	5,000	78	800
District of Columbia	2,100	3,000	85	1,900
Houston	1,900	14,000	88	1,700
Los Angeles	1,900	50,000	89	1,800
New York City	1,800	70,000	84	1,700
San Diego	1,400	10,000	89	1,300
NOTE: The numerator of this rate is the estimated number of students represented by the initially selected schools that participated in the assessment. The denominator is the estimated number of students represented by the initially selected schools that had eligible students enrolled.