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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2002 National Writing Scale

Items scaled separately, by grade, writing combined national and state main assessment: 2002

Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Item type
8	W3	Writing	W006402	Extended constructed response
12	W3	Writing	W008302	Extended constructed response
	W3	Writing	W009402	Extended constructed response
NOTE: The NAEP writing assessment uses a single scale. No items at grade 4 required this special treatment. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Writing Assessment.

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