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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2014 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Scales

Items deleted from the final scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by assembly unit and grade: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Item	Reason for decision
8	T10	D0280CL	Poor fit
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 TEL Assessment.

Items deleted from the final scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by assembly unit, scale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Scale	Item	Reason for decision
8	T10	Information and communication technology	D0280CL	Poor fit
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 TEL Assessment.

Items deleted from the final scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by assembly unit, scale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Scale	Item	Reason for decision
8	T10	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0280CL	Poor fit
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 TEL Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by assembly unit and grade: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Item	Reason for decision	Items contributing to cluster
8	T14	D0100TL	Items were locally dependent	D0100CL and D0101CL
	T14	D0102TL	Items were locally dependent	D010201 and D010301
	T17	D0117TL	Items were locally dependent	D0117CL and D0119CL
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 TEL Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by assembly unit, scale, and grade: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Scale	Item	Reason for decision	Items contributing to cluster
8	T14	Understanding technological principles	D0100TL	Items were locally dependent	D0100CL and D0101CL
	T14	Communicating and collaborating	D0102TL	Items were locally dependent	D010201 and D010301
	T17	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0117TL	Items were locally dependent	D0117CL and D0119CL
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 TEL Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by grade, block, and scale: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Scale	Item	Reason for decision	Disposition
8	T1	Univariate	D0002CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T1	Univariate	D0229CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T3	Univariate	D0020CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T3	Univariate	D002601	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T6	Univariate	D0052CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T6	Univariate	D0054CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T10	Univariate	D0078CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T15	Univariate	D010801	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T17	Univariate	D0117TL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes: 0,0,1,1,2
8	T18	Univariate	D0219CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T18	Univariate	D0178CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T19	Univariate	D0128CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,0,0,1
8	T20	Univariate	D0174CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
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 TEL Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by grade, block, and scale: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Scale	Item	Reason for decision	Disposition
8	T1	Information and communication technology	D0002CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T1	Information and communication technology	D0229CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T3	Technology and society	D0020CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T3	Technology and society	D002601	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T6	Information and communication technology	D0052CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T6	Information and communication technology	D0054CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T10	Information and communication technology	D0078CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T15	Technology and society	D010801	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T17	Design and systems	D0117TL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes: 0,0,1,1,2
8	T18	Technology and society	D0219CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T18	Technology and society	D0178CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T19	Information and communication technology	D0128CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,0,0,1
8	T20	Technology and society	D0174CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
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 TEL Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by grade, block, and scale: 2014
Grade	Assembly unit	Scale	Item	Reason for decision	Disposition
8	T1	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0002CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T3	Understanding technological principles	D0020CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T3	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D002601	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T6	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0052CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T6	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0054CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T10	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0078CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
8	T15	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D010801	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T17	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0117TL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes: 0,0,1,1,2
8	T18	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0178CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,1,1
8	T19	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0128CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes: 0,0,0,1
8	T20	Developing solutions and achieving goals	D0174CL	Poor fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes: 0,0,1
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 TEL Assessment.

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