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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Response Rates for the NAEP 2007 Mathematics Combined National and State Main Assessments

The tables below provide relevant summary statistics for the 2007 mathematics combined national and state main assessments.

Number of items, mathematics combined national and state assessments, by item type and grade: 2007

Grade	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	115	18	34
8	128	17	27
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

Average percentage missing, mathematics combined national and state assessments, by item type and grade: 2007

Grade	Statistic	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	Average percentage missing	3.90	4.98	9.46
	Minimum	0.79	1.15	1.01
	Maximum	31.88	10.47	37.92
8	Average percentage missing	3.02	5.20	9.49
	Minimum	0.50	1.42	0.54
	Maximum	22.09	14.97	35.00
† This assessment used no dichotomous constructed-response items. NOTE: "Missing responses" includes the categories "omitted" and "not-reached". SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

Average percentage off-task, mathematics combined national and state assessments, by item type and grade: 2007

Grade	Statistic	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	Average percentage off-task	0.04	0.02
	Minimum	0.00	0.00
	Maximum	0.15	0.12
8	Average percentage off-task	0.08	0.05
	Minimum	0.01	0.01
	Maximum	0.43	0.13
NOTE: An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question and is considered inappropriate. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

Average weighted percentage correct, mathematics combined national and state assessments, by item type and grade: 2007

Grade	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	59.06	51.19	42.46
8	54.80	47.57	40.73
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

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