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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Item Response Rates, by Item Type and Grade, Reading Vocabulary Assessment: 2009

Summary item response rates, by item type and grade, reading vocabulary assessment: 2009
Grade Statistic Multiple-choice items Dichotomous items Polytomous items
† Not applicable.
1 Missing responses includes the categories "omitted" and "not-reached."
2 An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question and is considered inappropriate.
3 The item counts include reading vocabulary items from both the half-blocks as well as the reading vocabulary items embedded within the 25-minute reading comprehension blocks. 
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Vocabulary Assessment.
4 Number of items3 40.00
Average percent missing1 6.08
Minimum 0.57
Maximum 20.70
Average percent off-task2
Minimum
Maximum
Average weighted proportion correct 59.85
8 Number of items3 55.00
Average percent missing1 1.27
Minimum 0.13
Maximum 4.88
Average percent off-task2
Minimum
Maximum
Average weighted proportion correct 72.41
12 Number of items3 47.00
Average percent missing1 1.14
Minimum 0.20
Maximum 5.59
Average percent off-task2
Minimum
Maximum
Average weighted proportion correct 69.34

Last updated 06 January 2016 (GF)