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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Initial Activities → Summaries of Item-Level Response Rates for NAEP Assessments → Summary Response Rates for the NAEP 2010 U.S. History National Assessment

NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Response Rates for the NAEP 2010 U.S. History National Assessment

Summary item response rates, U.S. history national assessment, by item type and grade: 2010
Grade Statistic Multiple-choice items Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 U.S. History Assessment.
4 Number of items 63 32
Average percent missing1 7.78 11.37
Minimum 0.73 1.48
Maximum 28.84 32.80
Average percent off-task2 0.61
Minimum 0.00
Maximum 1.94
Average weighted proportion correct 49.34 40.20
8 Number of items 118 1 47
Average percent missing1 2.01 11.81 8.61
Minimum 0.10 11.81 0.51
Maximum 10.26 11.81 19.13
Average percent off-task2 0.98 1.22
Minimum 0.98 0.00
Maximum 0.98 2.62
Average weighted proportion correct 52.11 38.19 32.68
12 Number of items 110 1 48
Average percent missing1 1.94 3.52 10.42
Minimum 0.21 3.52 0.87
Maximum 8.54 3.52 49.43
Average percent off-task2 0.49 1.11
Minimum 0.49 0.05
Maximum 0.49 6.37
Average weighted proportion correct 52.75 27.73 37.14

Last updated 06 January 2016 (GF)