Analysis Steps Used to Generate National Estimates for Progress Categories, Summary Statements, and Results FFY2019

National estimates were computed using three methods:

  1. Computing the average of all states included, weighted by child count
  2. Computing the average of all states included, unweighted
  3. Computing the average of only states that met all data quality criteria, weighted by child count

Analysis Steps Used to Generate National Estimates for Progress Categories, Summary Statements, and Results FFY2019