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NAEP Technical DocumentationMathematics Assessment Subscale Composition for New and Previously Administered Blocks at Grade 12

Each mathematics assessment includes blocks of new items and blocks of items from previous assessments. For the new items and for the previously administered items in each mathematics scale, the number of multiple-choice, dichotomously scored constructed-response, and polytomously scored constructed-response items are provided at grade 12. The item counts are available for each scale as defined in the final Item Response Theory (IRT) scales.

 

Subscale composition for new blocks as defined after scaling, grade 12 mathematics combined national and state assessment, by item type and subscale: 2013
Subscale 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. Some items were administered previously under different contexts. In 2013, the measurement and geometry scales were combined at grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 Mathematics Assessment.
Total 40 0 4 0 10 0 0 0
Number properties and operations 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Measurement and geometry 13 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
Data analysis, statistics, and probability 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Algebra 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0

 

Subscale composition for previously administered blocks as defined after scaling, grade 12 mathematics combined national and state assessment, by item type and subscale: 2013
Subscale 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 in each assessment year. "Dropped" denotes items that were deleted from the final scaling. "Collapsed" denotes items that had categories that were combined and recoded for scaling. The number of concurrent polytomously scored constructed-response items is equal to the total number of previously administered polytomously scored constructed-response items minus the number of split polytomously scored constructed-response items. The sum of the uncollapsed and collapsed columns is equal to the total number of previously administered polytomously scored constructed-response items. In 2013, the measurement and geometry scales were combined at grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 Mathematics Assessment.
Total 89 1 1 13 0 0 33 0 0 0 0
Number properties and operations 13 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Measurement and geometry 20 1 1 4 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
Data analysis, statistics, and probability 22 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Algebra 34 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0

 

Block composition, grade 12 mathematics combined national and state assessment, by item type and block: 2013
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), 2013 Mathematics Assessment.
Total 191 131 17 30 3 10
M1 14 9 1 3 0 1
M2 14 10 0 3 0 1
M3 14 9 2 2 0 1
M4 14 8 1 5 0 0
M5 14 10 1 2 0 1
M6 14 10 1 2 0 1
M7 13 10 1 1 1 0
M8 13 8 1 3 0 1
M9 13 10 1 1 0 1
M10 13 8 0 4 0 1
M11 14 9 3 1 0 1
M12 14 10 2 1 1 0
M13 14 10 2 1 1 0
M14 13 10 1 1 0 1

Last updated 21 May 2017 (DC)