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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of items in scale as defined before scaling, writing combined national and state main assessment, by grade: 2007
Grade Writing scale
8 20
12 20
NOTE: The NAEP writing assessment is analyzed using a single scale.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Writing Assessment.


Number of items in scale as defined after scaling, writing combined national and state main assessment, by grade: 2007
Grade Writing scale
8 20
12 20
NOTE: The NAEP writing assessment is analyzed using a single scale.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Writing Assessment.

Last updated 20 March 2009 (JL)

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