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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Response Rates for the NAEP 2008 Arts (Music) Assessment

Summary item response rates, arts (music) assessment, by item type and grade: 2008
Grade Statistic Multiple-choice items Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
† Not applicable.
1 Missing responses include the categories "omitted" and "not reached."
2 An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Arts (Music) Assessment.
8 Number of items 48.00 12.00 49.00
Average percent missing1 2.99 14.50 11.44
Minimum 0.24 1.61 0.24
Maximum 12.58 52.81 64.97
Average percent off-task2 2.84 0.99
Minimum 0.32 0.12
Maximum 13.91 3.99
Average weighted proportion correct 57.51 40.13 34.44

Last updated 01 November 2011 (JL)