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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Scales → Correlations Among NAEP Subject Area Subscales → Conditional Correlations and Variances of the Subscales, by Grade, Mathematics National Main Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [R3]): 2000
NAEP Technical DocumentationConditional correlations and variances of the subscales, by grade, mathematics national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000
Grade Scale Number sense, properties, and operations Measurement Geometry and spatial sense Data analysis, statistics, and probability Algebra and functions
4 Number sense, properties, and operations § § § § §
Measurement 0.93 § § § §
Geometry and spatial sense 0.94 0.90 § § §
Data analysis, statistics, and probability 0.96 0.90 0.92 § §
Algebra and functions 0.96 0.90 0.93 0.94 §
Residual variance 0.36 0.38 0.35 0.36 0.41
8 Number sense, properties, and operations § § § § §
Measurement 0.89 § § § §
Geometry and spatial sense 0.79 0.92 § § §
Data analysis, statistics, and probability 0.97 0.91 0.83 § §
Algebra and functions 0.91 0.90 0.86 0.93 §
Residual variance 0.35 0.36 0.39 0.34 0.32
12 Number sense, properties, and operations § § § § §
Measurement 0.94 § § § §
Geometry and spatial sense 0.90 0.92 § § §
Data analysis, statistics, and probability 0.90 0.88 0.88 § §
Algebra and functions 0.92 0.95 0.93 0.90 §
Residual variance 0.31 0.28 0.24 0.28 0.23
§This is a lower symmetrical triangular table.
NOTE: Values in the table are estimates conditioned on the set of principal components included in the models used to estimate group score distributions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.

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