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NAEP Technical DocumentationOverall descriptive statistics for item blocks as defined after scaling, grade 8 U.S. history national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001

Statistic	Item type	Block H3	Block H4	Block H5	Block H6	Block H7	Block H8	Block H9	Block H10	Block H11
Number of scaled items	Total	17	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	13
	Multiple choice	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	6
	Dichotomously scored constructed response	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2
	Polytomously scored constructed response	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5
Unweighted sample size		2,300	2,300	2,400	2,400	2,300	2,400	2,300	2,400	2,300
Weighted average item score		0.57	0.45	0.43	0.47	0.66	0.63	0.43	0.39	0.46
Weighted average polyserial		0.60	0.55	0.58	0.53	0.58	0.61	0.53	0.51	0.62
Weighted alpha reliability		0.76	0.77	0.76	0.73	0.75	0.78	0.68	0.64	0.76
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item1		0.97	0.97	0.90	0.97	0.94	0.98	0.98	0.89	1.00
1 The "Weighted proportion of students attempting last item" is equal to 1 - (Percent not responding to last item /100). NOTE: Item statistics in this table are described on the page Blocks of Items. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 U.S. History Assessment.

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