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NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT parameters for items in the grade 4 meaning vocabulary combined national and state assessment, by item and block: 2013
BlockItem1NAEP IDajbjcj
11 The table includes meaning vocabulary items from the half-blocks and the meaning vocabulary items embedded within the 25-minute reading comprehension blocks.
NOTE: For item j, aj represents the discriminatory power of the item, bj represents a location parameter related to item difficulty, and cj represents the guessing parameter.             
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 Reading Assessment.
R12R0689020.831.55.28
8R0689081.39-0.75.25
R22R0578020.94-0.29.26
8R0578080.760.55.19
R39R0687090.711.38.31
10R0687100.700.72.17
R43R0702031.02-0.65.22
9R0702090.94-0.05.20
R52R0585020.870.38.20
3R0585030.870.39.19
R65R0586050.980.46.17
10R0586101.19-0.13.23
R72R0588021.06-0.64.19
8 R0588081.280.76.27
R82R0591021.01-0.87.08
4R0591041.55-0.93.11
R96R0583061.350.87.30
8R0583081.740.21.18
R103R0693030.40-0.30.17
6R0693071.311.32.21
R141R0V20010.681.02.08
2R0V20020.71-0.43.18
3R0V20031.34-0.97.19
4R0V20041.600.03.19
5R0V20051.170.12.20
R151R0V01011.080.23.13
2R0V01021.671.30.34
3R0V01030.590.57.12
4R0V01041.41-0.59.12
5R0V01051.05-0.33.19
R161R0V02061.16-0.76.12
2R0V02071.55-0.50.15
3R0V02081.85-0.54.21
4R0V02091.17-0.08.19
5R0V02101.42-0.29.18
R171R0V03061.760.44.27
2R0V03071.710.08.16
3R0V03080.260.60.12
4R0V03091.35-0.10.20
5R0V03100.940.93.20

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