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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2000 National Reading Scales (Accommodations Permitted)

The following items are provided.

Recoding of Polytomous Item Categories for Scaling
Items Scaled Separately by Assessment Years

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and scale, reading assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000

Grade	Scale	Block	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	Disposition
4	Reading for literary experience	R4	R012111	Poor fit	Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 become 0, 0, 1, 2
	Reading to gain information	R8	R015707	Poor fit	Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 become 0, 1, 2, 2
			R015709	Poor fit	Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2 become 0, 1, 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.

Items scaled separately by assessment years, by grade and scale, reading national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000

Grade	Scale	Block	NAEP ID	Type
4	Reading for literary experience	R9	R015803	Short constructed-response
			R015806	Short constructed-response
			R015807	Short constructed-response
	Reading to gain information	R8	R015702	Short constructed-response
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.

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