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NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT parameters for items in the reading to perform a task scale, grade 8 reading combined national and state main assessment, by item and block: 2007
Block Item NAEP ID aj bj cj dj1 dj2 dj3
† Not applicable; c parameters are not estimated for generalized partial credit models, and d parameters are not estimated for two-parameter or three-parameter logistic models.
NOTE: For item j, aj represents the discriminatory power of the item, bj represents a location parameter related to item difficulty, cj represents the guessing parameter, and dji represents the category threshold parameter for category i. The c parameter value is exactly zero for items scaled with the two-parameter logistic model. For item j, dji may not sum to zero because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Reading Assessment.
R10 1 R013401 1.09 0.20 0.20
2 R013402 0.94 -0.16
3 R013403 0.44 0.53 -2.24 2.24
4 R013404 1.04 -0.41 0.32
5 R013405 0.96 -0.22
6 R013406 0.60 0.52
7 R013407 0.67 -0.07
8 R013408 0.56 -0.24 0.18
9 R013409 0.75 -0.21
10 R013410 1.02 -0.18 0.37
11 R013411 0.47 -1.06
12 R013413 0.46 0.09
R11 1 R013001 0.74 -1.15
2 R013002 1.67 -0.63 0.20
3 R013003 0.94 -0.57
4 R013004 0.31 1.05 -0.14 0.14
5 R013005 0.72 -1.04
6 R013006 1.09 -0.27 0.26
7 R013007 0.53 -1.78
8 R013008 0.65 0.25
9 R013009 0.86 -1.08
10 R013010 0.84 -1.01
11 R013011 0.53 -0.47
12 R013012 0.93 -0.32 0.23
R15 1 R028301 0.77 -1.92 0.17
2 R028401 0.41 -1.23 -0.01 0.01
3 R028501 0.55 -1.32 0.74 -0.74
4 R029501 1.33 -0.37 0.23
5 R029701 1.02 -1.89 0.24
6 R028801 0.28 -1.70 1.63 -1.24 -0.38
7 R029001 0.82 -1.12 0.34
8 R029901 0.93 -0.09 0.23
9 R029601 0.34 -1.80 1.21 -1.21
10 R029801 0.95 -1.86 0.24

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