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NAEP Analysis and ScalingScale Linking and Transformation to the Reporting MetricTransformation Constants for NAEP Assessments → Coefficients of Linear Transformation of the Subscales from the Individual State Calibrating Scale Units to the Combined State Calibrating Scale Units, Science State Assessment, by Grade: 2015

NAEP Technical DocumentationCoefficients of Linear Transformation of the Subscales from the Individual State Calibrating Scale Units to the Combined State Calibrating Scale Units, Science State Assessment, by Grade: 2015

Coefficients of linear transformation of the individual state calibrating scale units to the combined state calibrating scale units, science state assessment, by grade: 2015
GradeAB
40.99#
80.980.01
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: In 2015, the grade 12 science assessment was national only. Transformed scale scores below 0 were reset to values of 0, and any transformed scale scores greater than 300 were set to values of 300.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Science Assessment.

Coefficients of linear transformation of the subscales from the individual state calibrating scale units to the combined state calibrating scale units, science state assessment, by subscale and grade: 2015
GradeSubscaleAB
4Physical science0.960.01
Earth and space sciences0.970.01
Life science0.97#
8Physical science0.950.01
Earth and space sciences0.960.01
Life science0.950.01
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: In 2015, the grade 12 science assessment was national only. Transformed scale scores below 0 were reset to values of 0, and any transformed scale scores greater than 300 were set to values of 300.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Science Assessment.

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