NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2014 Civics Scale

Items deleted from the final scaling, civics national assessment, by block and grade: 2014

Grade	Block	Item	Reason for decision
NOTE: Univariate scale. In 2014, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2014 Civics Assessment.
8	C4	P052001	To match 2010 scaling
	C5	P040905	To match 2010 scaling
	C7	P041109	To match 2010 scaling

 

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, civics national assessment, by block and grade: 2014

Grade	Block	Item	Reason for decision	Disposition
NOTE: Univariate scale. In 2014, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2014 Civics Assessment.
8	C4	P041202	To match 2010 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
	C10	P042155	To match 2010 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,1,2,2

 

Items scaled separately by assessment year, civics national assessment, by block and grade: 2014

Grade	Block	Item	Item type
NOTE: Univariate scale. In 2014, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2014 Civics Assessment.
8	C3	P042173	Multiple choice
	C4	P051201	Multiple choice
	C4	P054101	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	C5	P040903	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	C6	P049201	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	C7	P041106	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	C8	P041201	Multiple choice
	C9	P062802	Multiple choice
	C9	P041311	Multiple choice
	C9	P041315	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	C10	P042159	Multiple choice

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