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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Scale Linking and Transformation to the Reporting Metric → The Transformation Equation → Comparisons of Distributions of Linking Samples for NAEP Assessments → Comparison Means and Percentiles of 1996 Scores and 1996 Transformed Provisional Scores, Grade 4 Mathematics Assessment: 2000
NAEP Technical DocumentationComparison means and percentiles of 1996 scores and 1996 transformed provisional scores, grade 4 mathematics assessment: 2000
Scale Statistic Original 1996 estimate 1996 transformed provisional estimate Difference between the provisional estimate and the original estimate
Composite scale Mean 223.91 223.91 0.00
10th percentile 182.11 181.61 -0.50
25th percentile 203.56 203.23 -0.33
50th percentile 225.83 225.99 0.16
75th percentile 245.57 246.02 0.45
90th percentile 262.48 262.52 0.04
Number sense, properties, and operations Mean 221.09 221.09 0.00
10th percentile 175.95 175.65 -0.30
25th percentile 198.67 198.42 -0.25
50th percentile 222.84 223.11 0.27
75th percentile 244.77 245.11 0.34
90th percentile 263.85 263.30 -0.55
Measurement Mean 225.82 225.82 0.00
10th percentile 179.95 180.27 0.32
25th percentile 203.52 203.57 0.05
50th percentile 227.97 228.07 0.09
75th percentile 249.78 249.58 -0.19
90th percentile 267.72 268.06 0.33
Geometry and spatial sense Mean 225.01 225.01 0.00
10th percentile 185.16 184.80 -0.36
25th percentile 205.69 205.63 -0.05
50th percentile 226.62 227.15 0.53
75th percentile 245.83 245.95 0.12
90th percentile 262.01 261.73 -0.28
Data analysis, statistics, and probability Mean 224.61 224.61 0.00
10th percentile 181.81 181.96 0.15
25th percentile 204.02 204.05 0.03
50th percentile 226.84 226.96 0.11
75th percentile 247.11 247.26 0.16
90th percentile 263.78 263.29 -0.50
Algebra and functions Mean 227.35 227.35 0.00
10th percentile 186.87 186.75 -0.11
25th percentile 207.51 207.46 -0.04
50th percentile 228.91 229.02 0.10
75th percentile 248.46 248.60 0.14
90th percentile 265.19 264.99 -0.20
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.

Last updated 24 March 2008 (GF)

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