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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → Treatment of Items in NAEP to Avoid Violations of Assumptions → Treatment of Items in NAEP Assessments → Treatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2000 National Reading Scales (Accommodations Not Permitted)

Treatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2000 National Reading Scales (Accommodations Not Permitted)

The following items are provided.

Recoding of Polytomous Item Categories for Scaling
Items Scaled Separately by Assessment Years

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and scale, reading assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Reason for decision Disposition
4 Reading for literary experience R4 R012111 Poor fit Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 become 0, 0, 1, 2
Reading to gain information R8 R015707 Poor fit Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 become 0, 1, 2, 2
R015709 Poor fit Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2 become 0, 1, 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.
Items scaled separately by assessment years, by grade and scale, reading national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Type
4 Reading for literary experience R9 R015803 Short constructed-response
R015806 Short constructed-response
R015807 Short constructed-response
Reading to gain information R8 R015702 Short constructed-response
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.
Last updated 16 July 2008 (DR)

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