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NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT Parameters for Items in the Grade 12 Vocabulary National Assessment, by Item and Block: 2015

IRT parameters for items in the grade 12 vocabulary national assessment, by item and block: 2015
BlockItemNAEP ID aj bj cj
R12R0596020.71-0.880.20
8R0596080.75-1.050.21
R2
8R0698081.08-1.340.19
9R0698090.81-1.420.18
R32R0601020.91-0.850.24
9R0601090.85-0.210.19
R42R0800020.86-0.260.19
8R0800080.880.970.26
R51R0616011.29-1.280.17
3R0616031.14-1.560.17
R66R0789060.98-0.050.17
9R0789091.21-0.330.19
R74R0622040.75-1.220.21
8R0622080.46-0.550.22
R85R0623051.36-0.720.17
9R0623101.18-0.240.21
R93R0625111.25-0.350.22
9R0625100.68-0.340.19
R103R0627030.36-1.420.21
9R0627090.660.280.25
R112R0628020.940.230.21
11R0628111.330.290.20
R122R0631031.31-0.270.20
6R0631060.82-1.100.18
R134R0791041.531.090.21
8R0791081.100.120.19
9R0791090.92-1.380.21
R141R0V04012.110.210.28
2R0V04021.28-1.310.23
3R0V04030.82-0.460.17
4R0V04040.750.360.28
5R0V04050.75-0.200.14
6R0V04060.760.240.27
R151R0V05061.07-0.770.16
2R0V05070.520.600.19
3R0V05080.80-1.320.17
4R0V05090.62-0.490.21
5R0V05101.550.020.23
R161R0V15011.00-0.770.23
2R0V15020.97-0.780.16
3R0V15030.78-0.940.21
4R0V15040.88-0.120.14
5R0V15051.65-0.690.20
6R0V15061.63-0.510.20
R171R0V14010.87-0.160.19
2R0V14020.56-0.800.17
3R0V14031.00-0.560.14
4R0V14040.83-0.860.18
5R0V14071.100.960.20
NOTE: The vocabulary assessment includes multiple-choice items only. The table includes vocabulary items from the half-blocks and the vocabulary items embedded within the 25-minute reading comprehension blocks. For item j, aj represents the discriminatory power of the item, bj represents a location parameter related to item difficulty, and cj represents the guessing parameter.
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)