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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Scales → Scale Composition by Item Type for New and Trend Blocks → Geography Assessment Subscale Composition for New and Previously Administered Blocks at Grade 4

NAEP Technical DocumentationGeography Assessment Subscale Composition for New and Previously Administered Blocks at Grade 4

Subscale composition by item type for new blocks as defined after scaling, grade 4 geography assessment: 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: "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 Geography Assessment.
Total 20 0 2 0 8 0 0 0
Space and place 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
Environment and society 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Spatial dynamics and connections 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Subscale composition by item type for previously administered blocks as defined after scaling, grade 4 geography assessment: 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: “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 Geography Assessment.
Total 40 0 1 1 0 0 12 6 1 0 0
Space and place 17 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0
Environment and society 7 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Spatial dynamics and connections 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0

Block composition by item type and block, grade 4 geography 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 Geography Assessment.
Total 90 61 2 14 13 0
G3 15 10 0 2 3 0
G4 15 10 0 3 2 0
G5 15 11 0 3 1 0
G6 15 10 0 1 4 0
G7 14 10 1 1 2 0
G8 16 10 1 4 1 0

Last updated 07 January 2016 (GF)