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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2007 Writing Scale

Items scaled separately, writing combined national and state main assessment, by block and grade: 2007

Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Item type	Reason for decision
8	WW	Writing	W011002	Polytomously-scored constructed response	Performed differently
NOTE: The NAEP writing assessment uses a single scale. Grade 4 was not assessed in this assessment year. No items at grade 12 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), 2007 Writing Assessment.

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