NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2011 Mathematics Scales

Cluster items created for final scaling, mathematics combined national and state assessments, by block and grade: 2011
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	NAEP IDs of items contributing to cluster
NOTE: Grade 12 was not assessed in mathematics in 2011. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Assessment.
4	M5	Number sense, properties, and operations	M2185CL	Multipart item	M218504, M218505
4	M11	Algebra	M1610CL	Multipart item	M161001, M161002
8	M7	Number sense, properties, and operations	M1685CL	Multipart item	M168501, M168502, M168503
	M8	Algebra	M1699CL	Multipart item	M169901, M169902, M169903, M169904
	M9	Measurement	M1657CL	Multipart item	M165701, M165702

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, mathematics combined national and state assessments, by block and grade: 2011
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	Disposition
NOTE: Grade 12 was not assessed in mathematics in 2011. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Assessment.
4	M5	Number sense, properties, and operations	M2185CL	Lack of fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes: 0,1,1,2,3
4	M6	Data Analysis and Probability	M136901	To match 2004 precalibration scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,1,1,2
8	M4	Algebra	M152602	To match 2006 precalibration scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes: 0,1,1,2,3
8	M6	Number sense, properties, and operations	M141301	To match 2004 precalibration scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,1,1,2

Last updated 06 January 2016 (GF)