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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2015 Reading Scales

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, reading combined national and state assessment, by grade, subscale, and block: 2015
GradeSubscaleBlockItemReason for decisionDisposition
8InformationR7R058805Poor fitCollapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
InformationR8R079703Poor fitCollapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
12InformationR8R062308Poor fitCollapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
InformationR7R062203Poor fitCollapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
InformationR13R079111Poor fitCollapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
NOTE: There was no recoding of polytomous items for scaling at grade 4.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment.

Items scaled separately, reading combined national and state assessment, by grade, subscale, and block: 2015
GradeSubscaleBlockItemType
8LiteraryR9R060507Polytomously scored constructed-response
InformationR12R061007Polytomously scored constructed-response
12LiteraryR1R059605Polytomously scored constructed-response
LiteraryR2R069806Polytomously scored constructed-response
LiteraryR5R061604Polytomously scored constructed-response
LiteraryR6R078905Polytomously scored constructed-response
InformationR3R060108Polytomously scored constructed-response
InformationR7R062210Polytomously scored constructed-response
InformationR8R062308Polytomously scored constructed-response
InformationR10R062705Polytomously scored constructed-response
InformationR13R079111Polytomously scored constructed-response
NOTE: There was no recoding of polytomous items for scaling at grade 4.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment.

Last updated 17 November 2021 (ML)