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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Assessment IRT Parameters → Science Assessment IRT Parameters → IRT Parameters for Items in the Earth and Space Sciences Scale, Grade 8 Science Combined National and State Assessments, By Item and Block: 2011

NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT parameters for items in the earth and space sciences scale, grade 8 science combined national and state assessments, by item and block: 2011
Block Item NAEP ID aj bj cj dj1 dj2 dj3  dj4  dj5 
† Not applicable; c parameters are not estimated for generalized partial credit models, and d parameters are not estimated for two-parameter or three-parameter logistic models.
NOTE: For item j, aj represents the discriminatory power of the item, bj represents a location parameter related to item difficulty, cj represents the guessing parameter, and dji represents the category threshold parameter for category i. The c parameter value is exactly zero for items scaled with the two-parameter logistic model. For item j, dji may not sum to zero because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Science Assessments.
SC 1 K114201 0.51 -0.41 0.38
2 K114101 1.05 1.38 0.33
3 K113901 0.51 -0.17 0.99 -0.99
8 K113102 0.50 0.82 0.28
14 K113701 (2009) 0.47 0.40 0.24 0.19 -0.43
14 K113701 (2011) 0.44 0.93 0.63 0.64 -0.22 -1.05
16 K113301 0.84 0.90 0.35
SD 3 K122201 1.57 0.83 0.35
9 K122901 0.78 -0.49 0.20
12 K123001 0.68 0.29 0.20
15 K122602 0.43 1.15 -0.10 0.10
17 K122501 0.42 0.28 0.21
18 K121801 1.08 1.67 0.24
SE 1 K120701 1.26 0.42 0.54
4 K121701 0.56 2.71 0.31
5 K121301 0.55 2.01 -0.22 -0.05 0.27
6 K117601 0.93 1.60 0.33
7 K120801 1.08 0.95 0.19
8 K120802 0.32 1.69 0.04 -0.04
17 K121201 0.98 -0.33 0.22
SF 1 K125101 0.38 -1.32 0.23
7 K122101 0.40 1.32 0.63 1.43 0.12 -2.17
14 K125401 0.43 1.93 2.05 -2.05
15 K125402 0.47 0.44 0.57 -0.57
17 K124401 1.11 0.27 0.33
SG 1 K111301 1.25 1.16 0.31
4 K1107CL 0.54 -0.45 1.69 -0.03 -1.66
5 K114501 1.62 1.48 0.18
7 K110602 0.79 0.26 0.25
8 K110603 1.62 1.41 0.27
10 K110401 0.40 1.17 -0.44 0.65 -0.21
SH 2 K112501 0.40 0.57 0.26
4 K155501 0.99 0.40 0.13
5 K155502 1.26 0.38 0.18
12 K155701 0.53 1.93 0.53 -0.53
13 K155702 0.66 2.12 1.12 -1.12
SI 1 K115101 0.75 -0.27 0.26
3 K115201 0.68 0.79 0.18 0.81 -0.99
6 K156101 0.46 1.95 -1.89 1.83 0.06
7 K115501 1.70 1.55 0.17
13 K111401 1.14 1.50 0.31
14 K156201 1.23 0.74 0.42
SK 1 K119401 1.00 -0.15 0.33
5 K123601 0.35 -0.51 1.46 -3.37 2.09 -0.18
6 K111801 (2009) 1.46 0.27
6 K111801 (2011) 1.07 0.90 0.48 -0.48
7 K111802 0.98 0.82 0.02 -0.02
8 K111803 0.80 1.58 0.29 -0.29
9 K120101 1.33 1.17 0.12
14 K119902 0.41 1.81 1.92 -1.92
15 K120301 0.75 0.60 0.24
16 K119601 0.66 1.35 0.31
SL 1 K118001 0.76 -0.53 0.26
3 K156901 1.40 1.53 0.24
4 K118601 1.07 1.03 0.13
5 K124001 0.68 0.08 0.25
6 K116901 0.44 -0.47 -0.39 0.39
10 K124301 0.42 1.52 0.10
13 K118801 0.70 0.84 0.19
14 K157101 0.94 0.93 0.32
15 K115601 0.94 0.34 0.32
SJ 2 K111701 0.89 0.74 0.29
3 K123501 0.38 -0.90 0.17
4 K156301 0.87 1.44 0.20
8 K156601 0.85 -0.49 0.29
13 K116201 0.83 0.10 0.20
14 K116202 0.58 1.66 1.09 1.55 -2.64
15 K117301 1.08 1.01 0.28
16 K1159CL 0.61 1.63 2.09 0.43 -1.49 -1.03

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