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NAEP Analysis and ScalingScale Linking and Transformation to the Reporting MetricComparisons of Distributions of Linking Samples for NAEP Assessments → Comparison of Means and Percentiles of 2011 Scores and 2011 Transformed Provisional Scores, Grade 4 Reading Combined National and State Assessment, by Scale: 2013

Original estimates are based on previous assessment data and previous assessment scaling results, transformed to the reporting metric using the transformation identified during the analysis of the previous assessment data. Provisional estimates are based on previous assessment data and current assessment scaling results. These are on the theta metric specified by the scaling program. The original and provisional estimates for the linking sample are used to find the transformation constants necessary to place the current assessment scale scores on the scale used to report previous assessment scale scores. The transformed provisional estimates are based on previous assessment data and current assessment scaling results, transformed to the reporting metric using the transformation constants calculated from the original and provisional estimates for the linking sample. If the transformation constants are correct, the original and transformed provisional means should be the same.

NAEP Technical DocumentationComparison of means and percentiles of 2011 scores and 2011 transformed provisional scores, grade 4 reading combined national and state assessment, by scale: 2013
Scale Statistics Original 2011 estimate 2011-transformed provisional estimate Difference between the provisional estimate and the original estimate
# Rounds to zero.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 Reading Assessment.
Composite scale Mean 221.21 221.21 #
10th percentile 174.36 173.37 -0.99
25th percentile 199.55 198.82 -0.73
50th percentile 224.15 224.15 0.00
75th percentile 245.99 246.45 0.46
90th percentile 264.28 265.10 0.82
Literary Mean 223.00 223.00 #
10th percentile 175.14 174.84 -0.30
25th percentile 200.89 200.45 -0.44
50th percentile 225.81 225.84 0.03
75th percentile 248.26 248.42 0.16
90th percentile 267.20 267.41 0.21
Information Mean 219.43 219.43 #
10th percentile 171.18 170.69 -0.49
25th percentile 197.00 196.48 -0.52
50th percentile 222.41 222.38 -0.03
75th percentile 244.88 245.12 0.24
90th percentile 263.94 264.20 0.26

Last updated 21 May 2017 (DC)