NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Scales → Scale Composition by Item Type for New and Trend Blocks → Arts Assessment Subscale Composition for New and Previously Administered Blocks at Grade 8: 2008

NAEP Technical DocumentationArts Assessment Subscale Composition for New and Previously Administered Blocks at
Grade 8: 2008

Block composition, grade 8 arts national assessment, by item type and block: 2008

Block	Total number of items	Number of multiple-choice items	Number of constructed-response items
			2-category	3-category	4-category	5-category
NOTE:  For a small number of constructed-response items, adjacent categories were combined. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Arts Assessment.
Total	34	12	3	12	6	1
V3	6	2	0	1	2	1
V4	13	5	2	4	2	0
V5	9	3	1	4	1	0
V6	6	2	0	3	1	0

Subscale composition for new blocks as defined after scaling, grade 8 arts national assessment, by item type and subscale: 2008

Subscale	Multiple-choice items		Dichotomously scored constructed-response items		Polytomously scored constructed-response items
	Scaled	Dropped	Scaled	Dropped	Polytomous (uncollapsed)	Dichotomous collapsed	Polytomous collapsed	Dropped
1 Single overall scale. NOTE: "Dropped" denotes items that were deleted from the final scaling. "Collapsed" denotes items that had categories that were combined and recoded for scaling. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Arts Assessment.
Total	10	2	3	0	15	2	2	0
Responding 1	10	2	3	0	15	2	2	0

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