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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 2001 National Geography Scales (Accommodations Permitted)

Treatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2001 National Geography Scales (Accommodations Permitted)

The following items are provided.

Items Deleted From the Final Scaling
Cluster Items Created for Final Scaling
Recoding of Polytomous Item Categories for Scaling

Items deleted from the final scaling, by grade and scale, geography assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Reason for decision
4 Environment and society G5 G009701 To match 1994 scaling
8 Space and place G5 G017201 To match 1994 scaling
12 Space and place G5 G017201 To match 1994 scaling
G9 G027101 To match 1994 scaling
G8 G025402 Poor Fit
Environment and society G3 G021201 To match 1994 scaling
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Cluster items created for final scaling, by grade and scale, geography assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Reason for decision NAEP IDs for items contributing to cluster
4 Space and place G3 G0272CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G027201, G027301, G027401, G027501, G027601, G027701, G027801
G6 G0293CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G029301, G029401, G029501, G029601, G029701
G0308CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G030801, G030901, G031001, G031101
8 Environment and society G9 G0203CL Dependency1 G020301, G020302
12 Spatial dynamics and connections G4 G0375CL Clustered prior to scaling at request of test developer G037501, G037601, G037701, G037801, G037901
1 Items were locally dependent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and scale, geography assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade1 Scale Block NAEP ID Reason for decision Disposition
4 Space and place G4 G008001 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G008201 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,1
G008701 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G6 G0308CL Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
G7 G031801 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G8 G012201 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
Spatial dynamics and connections G3 G028501 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G5 G009402 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G009403 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
4 (8) Spatial dynamics and connections G8 G012503 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G012902 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
8 Space and place G5 G016201 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G9 G019302 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
Environment and society G4 G033801 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G9 G019003 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G019202 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G0203CL Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,2
Spatial dynamics and connections G5 G017101 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
G6 G034801 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
8 (4) Spatial dynamics and connections G8 G012503 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
G012902 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
8 (12) Spatial dynamics and connections G5 G016502 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
12 Space and place G9 G026502 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G026901 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
G026204 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
Environment and society G8 G025101 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
G5 G016701 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
Spatial dynamics and connections G8 G025801 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
12 (8) Spatial dynamics and connections G5 G016502 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
1 When an item was also administered at another grade, that grade is shown in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Last updated 16 July 2008 (DR)

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