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NAEP Technical DocumentationScale composition for previously administered blocks as defined after scaling, grade 8 civics national assessment, by item type: 2014
ScaleMultiple-choice itemsDichotomously scored constructed-response itemsPolytomously scored constructed-response items
ConcurrentSplitDroppedConcurrentSplitDroppedPolytomous (uncollapsed)Dichotomous collapsedPolytomous collapsedSplitDropped
NOTE: Single overall scale. All items were trend in 2014. "Concurrent" denotes items that were scaled as the same items across assessment years. "Split" denotes items that were scaled as different items in each assessment year. "Dropped" denotes items that were deleted from the final scaling. "Collapsed" denotes items that had categories that were combined and recoded for scaling. The number of polytomously scored constructed-response items is equal to the total number in the first three columns under Polytomously scored constructed-response items. The sum of the uncollapsed and collapsed columns is equal to the total number of previously administered polytomously scored constructed-response items. 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.
Total11163000301160

 

Block composition as defined before scaling, grade 8 civics national assessment, by item type and block: 2014
BlockTotal number of itemsNumber of multiple-choice itemsNumber of constructed-response items
2-category3-category4-category5-category
NOTE: For a small number of constructed-response items, adjacent categories were combined. 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.
Total
15212002570
C320150500
C418140310
C519150400
C619140320
C719150310
C819160210
C919160210
C1019150310


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