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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary item response rates,  reading combined national and state assessment, by item type and grade: 2013
Grade Statistic Multiple-choice items Dichotomous items Polytomous items
† Not applicable.
1 Missing responses include the categories "omitted" and "not-reached."
2 An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 Reading Assessment.
4 Number of items 67 6 25
Average percent missing1  5.39 11.43 10.31
Minimum .54 1.40 2.54
Maximum 23.80 25.80 21.05
Average percent off-task2  .34 .34
Minimum .16 .10
Maximum .79 1.03
Average weighted proportion correct 63.91 52.10 42.96
8 Number of items 79 9 43
Average percent missing1  1.98 3.10 5.54
Minimum .16 .68 98
Maximum 9.48 7.57 19.77
Average percent off-task2  .16 .27
Minimum .10 .09
Maximum .29 .61
Average weighted proportion correct 75.67 69.88 53.40
12 Number of items 78 9 44
Average percent missing1  1.42 3.89 6.97
Minimum .19 .67 1.26
Maximum 5.48 8.78 19.02
Average percent off-task2  .45 .61
Minimum .20 .22
Maximum .97 1.42
Average weighted proportion correct 71.85 60.48 51.54

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