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NAEP Technical DocumentationCivics Assessment Subscale Composition for New and Previously Administered Blocks at Grade 8

Scale composition for new blocks as defined after scaling, grade 8 civics assessment, by item type: 2010

Scale	Multiple-choice items		Dichotomously scored constructed-response items		Polytomously scored constructed-response items
	Scaled	Dropped	Scaled	Dropped	Polytomous (uncollapsed)	Dichotomous collapsed	Polytomous collapsed	Dropped
NOTE: Single overall scale. "Dropped" denotes items that were deleted from the final scaling. "Collapsed" denotes items that had categories that were combined and recoded for scaling. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Civics Assessment.
Total	27	1	0	0	9	0	0	0

Scale composition for previously administered blocks as defined after scaling, grade 8 civics assessment, by item type: 2010

Scale	Multiple-choice items			Dichotomously scored constructed-response items			Polytomously scored constructed-response items
	Concurrent	Split	Dropped	Concurrent	Split	Dropped	Polytomous (uncollapsed)	Dichotomous collapsed	Polytomous collapsed	Split	Dropped
NOTE: Single overall scale. Contains two non-trend multiple-choice items. “Concurrent” denotes items that were scaled as the same items across assessment years.“Split” denotes items that were scaled as different items across assessment years. "Dropped" denotes items that were deleted from the final scaling. "Collapsed" denotes items that had categories that were combined and recoded for scaling. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Civics Assessment.
Total	89	0	3	0	0	0	19	2	2	0	0

Block composition by item type and block, grade 8 civics assessment: 2010

Block	Total number of items	Number of multiple-choice items	Number of constructed-response items
			2-category	3-category	4-category	5-category
NOTE: For a small number of constructed-response items, adjacent categories were combined. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Civics Assessment.
Total	152	120	0	24	8	0
C3	20	15	0	5	0	0
C4	18	14	0	2	2	0
C5	19	15	0	4	0	0
C6	19	14	0	3	2	0
C7	19	15	0	3	1	0
C8	19	16	0	2	1	0
C9	19	16	0	2	1	0
C10	19	15	0	3	1	0

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