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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of items in scales as defined before scaling, U.S. history assessment, by grade: 2006

Grade	Total	Democracy1	Cultures2	Technology3	World role4
4	96	26	31	25	14
8	163	47	42	50	24
12	153	39	36	38	40
1 Change and Continuity in American Democracy: Ideas, Institutions, Practices, and Controversies. 2 The Gathering of Interactions of Peoples, Cultures, and Ideas. 3 Economic and Technological Changes and Their Relation to Society, Ideas, and the Environment. 4 The Changing Role of America in the World. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

Number of items in scale as defined after scaling, U.S. history assessment, by grade: 2006

Grade	Total	Democracy1	Cultures2	Technology3	World role4
4	96	26	31	25	14
8	163	47	42	50	24
12	153	39	36	38	40
1 Change and Continuity in American Democracy: Ideas, Institutions, Practices, and Controversies. 2 The Gathering of Interactions of Peoples, Cultures, and Ideas. 3 Economic and Technological Changes and Their Relation to Society, Ideas, and the Environment. 4 The Changing Role of America in the World. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

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