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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2014 Geography Subscales

Items deleted from the final scaling, geography national assessment, by block, subscale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Block	Subscale	Item	Reason for decision
NOTE: 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 Geography Assessment.
8	G5	Space and place	G046901	Poor fit
	G7	Space and place	G052101	Poor fit

Cluster items created for final scaling, geography national assessment, by block, subscale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Block	Subscale	Item	Reason for decision	Items contributing to cluster
NOTE: 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 Geography Assessment.
8	G9	Environment and society	G0203CL	Items were locally dependent	G020301, G020302

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, geography national assessment, by block, subscale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Block	Subscale	Item	Reason for decision	Disposition
NOTE: 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 Geography Assessment.
8	G5	Space and place	G050001	To match 2010 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,1,2,2
	G7	Spatial dynamics and connections	G053601	Poor fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2, becomes: 0,1,1
	G8	Space and place	G049001	Poor fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
	G9	Environment and society	G019202	To match 2010 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1

Items scaled separately by assessment year, geography national assessment, by block, subscale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Block	Subscale	Item	Item type
NOTE: 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 Geography Assessment.
8	G5	Space and place	G050001	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G7	Space and place	G052101	Multiple choice
	G7	Space and place	G049001	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G9	Space and place	G019302	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G4	Environment and society	G033801	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G9	Environment and society	G019003	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G9	Environment and society	G0203CL	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G5	Spatial dynamics and connections	G051101	Multiple choice
	G6	Spatial dynamics and connections	G034801	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G7	Spatial dynamics and connections	G053601	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	G8	Spatial dynamics and connections	G049601	Multiple choice

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