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NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT Parameters for Items in the Grade 8 Vocabulary National Assessment, by Item and Block: 2015

IRT parameters for items in the grade 8 vocabulary national assessment, by item and block: 2015
BlockItemNAEP ID aj bj cj
R12R0596020.62-0.680.18
8R0596080.75-0.510.20
R2
8R0698080.76-1.340.16
9R0698090.94-1.060.16
R32R0601020.59-0.560.20
9R0601090.880.810.21
R42R0800020.950.390.15
8R0800080.262.690.20
R52R0795020.68-2.110.17
5R0795060.74-0.740.19
R65R0586050.83-0.900.14
10R0586101.20-1.290.18
R72R0588021.44-1.670.17
8R0588080.95-0.910.19
R84R0797040.86-1.640.17
8R0797080.76-1.100.18
R99R060510
0.73-1.710.19
10R0605110.80-1.380.18
R119R0696101.04-1.060.22
10R0696111.02-0.650.15
R128R0610080.94-0.130.20
9R0610091.26-1.120.15
R133R0697030.54-0.380.18
4R0697041.21-1.910.17
R141R0V04011.231.060.23
2R0V04021.19-1.070.17
3R0V04030.670.130.16
4R0V04040.360.400.19
5R0V04050.630.560.15
6R0V04060.840.750.25
R151R0V05061.05-0.300.14
2R0V05070.590.760.19
3R0V05080.89-0.730.19
4R0V05090.47-0.530.15
5R0V05101.790.930.21
R161R0V02061.09-1.670.15
2R0V02071.80-1.540.13
3R0V02081.78-1.570.14
4R0V02091.23-1.290.15
5R0V02101.85-1.350.17
R171R0V03061.41-1.250.17
2R0V03071.25-1.230.11
3R0V03080.41-0.110.21
4R0V03091.56-1.040.21
5R0V03101.36-0.550.18
R181R0V17011.28-1.600.20
2R0V17020.840.290.18
3R0V17031.37-0.900.13
4R0V17040.80-0.160.27
5R0V17051.02-1.350.14
6R0V17060.64-0.790.16
R191R0V18010.440.010.23
2R0V18021.66-0.480.16
3R0V18030.570.790.14
4R0V18041.52-0.290.19
5R0V18050.77-0.600.23
6R0V18061.03-1.260.18
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 jaj 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)