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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → Treatment of Items to Avoid Violations of Assumptions → Treatment of Items in NAEP Assessments → Treatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2010 Geography Scales

NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2010 Geography Scales

Items deleted from the final scaling, geography national assessment, by block and grade: 2010
Grade Block Scale NAEP ID Reason for decision
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Geography Assessment.
4 G5 Environment and society G009701 To match 2001 scaling
8 G5 Space and place G046901 Poor fit in 2010
12 G3 Environment and society G021201 To match 2001 scaling
G8 Space and place G025402 Showed local dependence, but could not be clustered in 2001
G9 Space and place G027101 To match 2001 scaling
G9 Space and place G026401 Showed local dependence in 2010, form cluster with G026402
G9 Space and place G026402 Showed local dependence in 2010, form cluster with G026401

Cluster items created for final scaling, geography national assessment, by block and grade: 2010
Grade Block Scale NAEP ID Reason for decision NAEP IDs of items contributing to cluster
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Geography Assessment.
4 G3 Space and place G0272CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G027201, G027301, G027401, G027501, G027601, G027701, G027801
G6 Space and place G0293CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G029301, G029401, G029501, G029601, G029701
G6 Space and place G0308CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G030801, G030901, G031001, G031101
8 G9 Environment and society G0203CL Items were locally dependent G020301, G020302
12 G4 Spatial dynamics and connections G0375CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G037501, G037601, G037701, G037801, G037901
G9 Space and place G0264CL Items were locally dependent in 2010 G026401, G026402

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, geography combined national and state main assessment, by block and grade: 2010
Grade Block Scale NAEP ID Reason for decision Disposition
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Geography Assessment.
4 G3 Spatial dynamics and connections G028501 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G4 Space and place G008001 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G4 Space and place G008201 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,1
G4 Space and place G008701 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G5 Spatial dynamics and connections G009402 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G5 Spatial dynamics and connections G009403 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G6 Space and place G0308CL To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
8 G4 Environment and society G033801 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G5 Space and place G050001 Poor fit in 2010 Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
G6 Spatial dynamics and connections G034801 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
G9 Environment and society G019003 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G9 Environment and society G019202 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G9 Environment and society G0203CL To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,2
G9 Space and place G019302 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
12 G7 Space and place G059001 Poor fit in 2010 Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
G8 Environment and society G025101 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
G8 Spatial dynamics and connections G025801 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G9 Space and place G026502 To match 2001 Scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G9 Space and place G026901 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G9 Space and place G026204 To match 2001 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1

Items scaled separately by assessment year for each grade, block, and scale, geography national assessment: 2010
Grade Block Scale NAEP ID Type
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Geography Assessment.
8 G3 Space and place G014501 Multiple choice
G4 Space and place G033901 Multiple choice
G6 Environment and society G035801 Multiple choice
G6 Spatial dynamics and connections G035401 Multiple choice
G9 Space and place G020401 Multiple choice
G9 Space and place G019002 Polytomously-scored constructed response
G9 Environment and society G0203CL Polytomously-scored constructed response
12 G4 Spatial dynamics and connections G038101 Polytomously-scored constructed response
G8 Environment and society G025701 Multiple choice
G9 Environment and society G026301 Polytomously-scored constructed response
Last updated 24 February 2016 (GF)
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