NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2017 Mathematics Scales

Items deleted from the final scaling, mathematics combined national and state assessment, by grade, block, and subscale: 2017
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision
4	M3	M3689CL	Geometry	Poor model-data fit
	M7	M154901	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	Poor model-data fit
	M7	M156101	Geometry	Not scored correctly
	M8	M376301	Algebra	Poor model-data fit
	M8	M3786CL	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	Poor model-data fit
8	M5	M223001	Number properties and operations	Content issue from fresh eyes reviews
NOTE: In 2017, grade 12 was not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2017 Mathematics Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, mathematics combined national and state assessment, by grade, block, and subscale: 2017
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision	Items contributing to cluster
4	M1	M3688CL	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	Multipart item	M368AMS, M368BMS
	M1	M3729CL	Measurement	Multipart item	M372901, M372902
	M1	M3746CL	Geometry	Multipart item	M374601, M374602
	M2	M3718CL	Number properties and operations	Multipart item	M371AMS, M371BMS
	M3	M3689CL	Geometry	Multipart item	M368901, M368902
	M3	M3711CL	Measurement	Multipart item	M371101, M371102
	M3	M3715CL	Algebra	Multipart item	M371501, M371502
	M7	M2311CL	Algebra	Multipart item	M231101, M231102, M231103
	M8	M3783CL	Algebra	Multipart item	M378AMS, M378BMS
	M8	M3786CL	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	Multipart item	M378601, M378602
	M9	M3468CL	Algebra	Multipart item	M346801, M346802
8	M1	M3816CL	Measurement	Multipart item	M381603, M381604, M381605
	M2	M3840CL	Number properties and operations	Multipart item	M384001, M384002, M384003
	M3	M3859CL	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	Multipart item	M385901, M385902
	M4	M3519CL	Measurement	Multipart item	M351901, M351902
	M8	M3873CL	Geometry	Multipart item	M387303, M387304, M387305
	M9	M3566CL	Number properties and operations	Multipart item	M356601, M356602, M356603
NOTE: In 2017, grade 12 was not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2017 Mathematics Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, mathematics combined national and state assessment, by grade, block, and subscale: 2017
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision	Disposition
4	M1	M3685MS	Number properties and operations	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M1	M3706MS	Measurement	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M1	M3723MS	Number properties and operations	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M1	M3729CL	Measurement	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,2,3,3
	M2	M3691MS	Geometry	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M2	M3693MS	Number properties and operations	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M3	M3738MS	Number properties and operations	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M7	D1616MS	Number properties and operations	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M8	M3757MS	Algebra	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M8	M378401	Measurement	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
8	M1	M3832MS	Geometry	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M1	M384402	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
	M2	M379901	Number properties and operations	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M2	M3815MS	Algebra	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
	M3	M3825MS	Algebra	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M6	M104901	Algebra	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
	M8	M3873CL	Geometry	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,1,2,3
	M8	M3874MS	Algebra	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M8	M3899MS	Measurement	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
NOTE: In 2017, grade 12 was not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2017 Mathematics Assessment.

Last updated 11 May 2022 (SK)

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