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NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT parameters, age 17 mathematics long-term trend assessment, by item and block: 2008
Block Item NAEP ID aj bj cj
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. The c parameter value is exactly zero for items scaled with the two-parameter logistic model.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Mathematics Long-Term Trend Assessment.
M1 1 N306801 1.31 -0.10 0.36
2 N306901 0.81 -0.46 0.10
3 N307001 1.38 -0.03 0.11
4 N307101 1.01 -1.23 0.22
5 N307201 1.16 -0.93 0.17
6 N307301 0.77 -0.91
7 N307401 0.49 -1.85 0.17
8 N307501 1.26 -0.56 0.27
9 N307601 0.86 -1.30 0.21
10 N307701 1.52 0.86
11 N307801 1.37 -1.07 0.27
12 N307901 1.80 -0.04 0.26
13 N308001 1.49 -0.33 0.15
14 N308101 0.91 0.80
15 N300801 1.35 -0.97 0.14
16 N300901 1.45 -0.52 0.18
17 N301001 1.04 -0.11 0.19
18 N301101 0.65 -1.47 0.24
19 N301201 0.90 -0.98 0.31
20 N308201 1.40 -0.11 0.10
21 N308301 1.13 -0.37 0.13
22 N308401 2.20 0.91 0.15
23 N308501 0.82 -0.42
M2 1 N308601 1.15 -0.12 0.28
3 N308801 1.33 -0.12 0.31
4 N308901 1.10 -1.36
5 N309001 0.85 -0.46 0.36
6 N309101 0.73 -2.00 0.22
7 N309201 0.74 -1.98 0.22
8 N309301 0.73 -0.72
9 N309401 0.53 -1.37 0.11
10 N309501 0.74 -1.32 0.15
11 N309601 1.54 -0.60 0.17
12 N309701 1.42 1.08 0.19
13 N309801 1.32 -0.64 0.27
14 N309901 1.12 1.21
15 N302701 0.91 -1.18 0.18
16 N302801 0.92 -0.97 0.42
17 N302901 0.90 -2.13
18 N303001 1.17 1.77 0.34
19 N303101 0.94 -0.49 0.25
20 N310001 1.96 0.87 0.21
21 N310101 0.80 -0.82 0.33
22 N310201 0.90 -0.64
23 N310301 0.36 -0.32 0.14
M3 1 N326501 1.18 -1.46 0.19
2 N326601 0.79 -2.55
3 N326701 1.51 -0.50 0.25
4 N326801 0.82 -0.96
5 N326901 0.95 -0.15 0.09
6 N327001 1.19 -0.11 0.07
7 N327101 1.41 -0.03
8 N327201 1.15 -0.80 0.27
9 N327301 0.89 -1.42 0.21
10 N327302 0.56 -1.50 0.20
11 N327401 1.08 -0.94 0.25
12 N327501 1.21 -1.24 0.33
13 N327601 1.09 0.37 0.24
14 N327701 1.85 0.84 0.15
15 N325101 0.75 -1.30 0.17
16 N325201 0.45 -1.09 0.21
17 N325301 0.78 -2.08
18 N325401 0.99 -0.80 0.33
19 N325501 1.65 0.36 0.09
20 N325601 0.53 -1.93
21 N325701 1.77 0.71
22 N327801 1.13 -0.49 0.22
23 N327901 1.15 -0.65 0.31
24 N328001 0.60 2.32 0.24
25 N328101 0.61 -1.01 0.23
26 N328201 0.95 0.12 0.22
27 N328301 0.93 0.81 0.10
28 N328401 0.71 1.56 0.29
29 N328501 0.44 0.80 0.17
M4 1 N314301 0.89 -2.77 0.21
2 N314901 0.55 -1.58 0.24
3 N320701 0.57 -2.01 0.24
4 N320801 0.84 -1.47 0.29
5 N320802 0.73 -1.23 0.35
6 N315801 1.07 -1.35 0.12
7 N320901 0.88 -1.42 0.23
8 N314101 1.19 -0.89 0.22
9 N317701 1.15 -1.03 0.20
10 N317901 0.67 -2.08 0.14
11 N318001 0.60 -2.18 0.13
12 N318301 0.45 -1.64 0.14
13 N318101 0.99 1.10 0.38
14 N318201 0.50 -1.49 0.11
15 N318401 0.68 -0.10 0.10
16 N321001 0.77 -0.64
17 N321101 1.11 -0.33
18 N321201 1.17 -1.00 0.23
19 N315901 0.86 -1.34 0.14
20 N316201 0.98 -1.15 0.19
21 N311701 0.58 -1.59 0.27
22 N311702 1.29 1.35 0.21
23 N315501 0.81 -0.79
24 N315401 1.73 -0.22 0.36
25 N317801 1.55 -0.30 0.14
26 N316101 0.87 -0.56 0.28
27 N321301 0.85 -0.99 0.10
28 N317401 1.08 -0.41 0.31
29 N321401 1.36 0.19
30 N318601 1.41 -0.17 0.16
31 N321501 1.93 1.33 0.29
32 N321601 1.95 1.36 0.27
33 N321701 1.96 0.18 0.22
34 N321801 1.30 0.84 0.06
35 N321901 0.80 1.54
M5 1 N303601 1.43 -1.09 0.28
2 N303701 1.20 -0.98 0.38
3 N303801 0.98 -0.32
4 N303901 1.35 -1.01 0.14
5 N304001 0.72 -0.70 0.09
6 N304101 0.78 -0.69
7 N304201 0.74 -2.23
8 N304301 1.32 -0.23 0.15
9 N288201 1.52 -0.81 0.30
10 N304401 1.65 0.52 0.10
11 N304501 0.91 -1.20 0.11
12 N304601 1.18 0.44
13 N304701 0.68 0.27 0.17
14 N304801 0.99 -0.45 0.40
15 N297101 1.05 -0.31 0.11
16 N297201 1.41 -0.37 0.17
17 N297301 1.36 -0.12 0.10
18 N297401 1.36 0.50 0.15
19 N297501 1.29 0.31 0.30
20 N297601 2.28 0.13 0.37
21 N304901 1.07 0.79
22 N305001 0.74 -0.51 0.30
23 N305101 0.92 0.80 0.37
M6 1 N305201 0.88 -0.67 0.16
2 N305301 1.08 -0.74 0.36
3 N305401 1.28 -1.32 0.22
4 N305501 0.90 -0.18
5 N305601 1.00 -0.50 0.28
6 N305701 1.23 -0.47 0.24
7 N305801 0.65 -1.99
8 N305901 1.47 0.85 0.24
9 N290301 1.77 -0.63 0.12
10 N306001 0.73 -1.93 0.19
11 N306101 1.39 0.79 0.27
12 N306201 1.03 0.52
13 N306301 0.52 -0.02 0.12
14 N306401 0.85 -0.40
15 N298901 1.72 0.55 0.33
16 N299001 0.78 -1.20
17 N299101 0.75 -3.18 0.18
18 N299201 1.13 -1.05 0.15
19 N299301 2.26 -0.22 0.13
21 N306501 1.10 -0.09 0.22
22 N306601 0.86 -0.93 0.27
23 N306701 1.72 1.21 0.34

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