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NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT parameters for items in the grade 8 meaning vocabulary combined national and state assessment, by item and block: 2013
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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.

R12R0596020.54-0.64.14
8R0596080.73-0.55.18
R28R0698080.76-1.40.13
9R0698090.93-1.10.12
R32R0601020.84-0.17.32
9R0601090.800.83.19
R42R0603020.81-0.72.17
8R0603080.660.57.19
R52R0585021.14-0.84.20
3R0585030.71-1.37.11
R65R0586050.77-1.10.09
10R0586101.17-1.37.16
R72R0588021.51-1.66.21
8R0588081.07-0.77.23
R82R0591021.04-1.84.08
4R0591041.46-1.88.10
R99R0605100.69-1.80.16
10R0605110.85-1.41.10
R119R0696101.20-0.90.27
10R0696110.98-0.66.12
R128R0610080.98-0.25.17
9R0610091.30-1.14.14
R133R0697030.50-0.49.16
4R0697041.15-1.93.17
R141R0V04011.221.10.21
2R0V04021.14-1.16.13
3R0V04030.800.17.17
4R0V04040.420.19.16
5R0V04050.580.41.11
6R0V04060.750.89.24
R151R0V05060.99-0.36.10
2R0V05070.540.51.11
3R0V05080.95-0.90.14
4R0V05090.39-0.78.12
5R0V05101.860.97.21
R161R0V02061.20-1.65.14
2R0V02072.05-1.50.14
3R0V02081.93-1.52.14
4R0V02091.27-1.39.10
5R0V02102.01-1.38.12
R171R0V03061.42-1.22.20
2R0V03071.45-1.30.11
3R0V03080.41-0.25.19
4R0V03091.48-1.08.19
5R0V03101.07-0.69.12
R181R0V17011.28-1.73.16
2R0V17021.030.28.11
3R0V17031.31-0.93.13
4R0V17040.77-0.29.19
5R0V17050.96-1.39.14
6R0V17060.52-0.99.14
R191R0V07080.82-0.94.16
2R0V07090.75-1.66.17
3R0V07100.830.05.16
4R0V07110.95-0.25.17
5R0V07131.42-1.98.15

Last updated 21 May 2017 (DC)