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NAEP Technical DocumentationOverall descriptive statistics for items as defined after scaling (univariate scale), grade 8 science combined national and state main assessment: 2009

Statistic	Item type	Block S3	Block S4	Block S5	Block S6	Block S7	Block S8	Block S9	Block S10	Block S11	Block S12
† Not applicable. 1 The "Weighted proportion of students attempting last item" is equal to 1 - (Percent not responding to last item /100). NOTE: Univariate scale. Item statistics in this table are described on the page Blocks of Items. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.
Number of scaled items	Total	15	18	18	17	15	18	13	17	16	15
	Multiple choice	10	13	13	11	9	13	7	10	9	9
	Dichtomously scored constructed response	†	†	†	†	†	1	†	2	†	2
	Polytomously scored constructed response	5	5	5	6	6	4	6	5	7	4
Unweighted sample size	†	30,400	30,400	30,300	30,300	30,100	30,200	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,100
Weighted average item score	†	0.55	0.48	0.47	0.48	0.41	0.46	0.41	0.53	0.41	0.45
Weighted average polyserial	†	0.52	0.52	0.51	0.51	0.54	0.54	0.58	0.57	0.54	0.57
Weighted alpha reliability	†	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.73	0.74	0.71	0.77	0.73	0.74
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item1	†	0.89	0.83	0.88	0.90	0.77	0.90	0.94	0.80	0.76	0.84

Overall descriptive statistics for items as defined after scaling (content area scale), grade 8 science combined national and state main assessment: 2009

Statistic	Item type	Block S3	Block S4	Block S5	Block S6	Block S7	Block S8	Block S9	Block S10	Block S11	Block S12
† Not applicable. 1 The "Weighted proportion of students attempting last item" is equal to 1 - (Percent not responding to last item /100). NOTE: Item statistics in this table are described on the page Blocks of Items. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.
Number of scaled items	Total	16	18	18	17	15	18	13	17	16	15
	Multiple choice	11	13	13	11	9	13	7	10	9	9
	Dichtomously scored constructed response	†	†	†	†	†	1	†	†	1	2
	Polytomously scored constructed response	5	5	5	6	6	4	6	7	6	4
Unweighted sample size	†	30,400	30,400	30,300	30,300	30,100	30,200	30,100	30,100	30,000	30,100
Weighted average item score	†	0.54	0.49	0.46	0.47	0.41	0.46	0.41	0.50	0.42	0.45
Weighted average polyserial	†	0.50	0.52	0.51	0.51	0.54	0.54	0.58	0.55	0.54	0.57
Weighted alpha reliability	†	0.72	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.73	0.74	0.71	0.78	0.73	0.74
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item1	†	0.89	0.83	0.88	0.91	0.77	0.90	0.94	0.80	0.76	0.84

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