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NAEP Technical DocumentationConditional correlations and variances of the subscales, by grade, mathematics national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 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	0.94	§	§	§	§
	Geometry and spatial sense	0.94	0.91	§	§	§
	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	0.96	0.91	0.91	§	§
	Algebra and functions	0.96	0.92	0.93	0.95	§
	Residual variance	0.34	0.36	0.35	0.30	0.37
8	Number sense, properties, and operations	§	§	§	§	§
	Measurement	0.88	§	§	§	§
	Geometry and spatial sense	0.79	0.92	§	§	§
	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	0.96	0.90	0.83	§	§
	Algebra and functions	0.91	0.90	0.87	0.93	§
	Residual variance	0.36	0.37	0.41	0.33	0.33
12	Number sense, properties, and operations	§	§	§	§	§
	Measurement	0.94	§	§	§	§
	Geometry and spatial sense	0.89	0.93	§	§	§
	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	0.90	0.89	0.87	§	§
	Algebra and functions	0.92	0.96	0.93	0.88	§
	Residual variance	0.32	0.27	0.25	0.29	0.24
§This is a lower triangular symmetrical 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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