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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Initial Activities → Summaries of Response Rates for NAEP Assessments → Summary Response Rates for the NAEP 2001 Geography National Main Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [R3])

Summary Response Rates for the NAEP 2001 Geography National Main Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [R3])

The tables below provide relevant summary statistics for the 2001 geography national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001.

Number of items, by item type and grade, geography national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade Multiple-choice items Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
4 63 17 24
8 85 0 39
12 86 5 36
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Average percentage missing, by item type and grade, geography national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade Statistic Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
4 Average percentage missing 6.30 21.13 12.81
Minimum 0.73 10.59 2.05
Maximum 38.00 48.59 30.78
8 Average percentage missing 2.65 9.20
Minimum 0.15 0.70
Maximum 27.15 30.43
12 Average percentage missing 4.46 4.54 14.24
Minimum 0.41 4.14 3.53
Maximum 40.36 5.48 45.18
† Not applicable
NOTE: Missing responses includes the categories "omitted" and "not-reached".
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Average percentage off-task, by item type and grade, geography national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade Statistic Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
4 Average percentage off-task 0.02 0.20
Minimum 0.00 0.00
Maximum 0.08 2.11
8 Average percentage off-task 0.18
Minimum 0.00
Maximum 0.66
12 Average percentage off-task 0.03 0.62
Minimum 0.00 0.00
Maximum 0.03 2.33
† Not applicable.
NOTE: An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question and is considered inappropriate.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Average weighted percentage correct, by item type and grade, geography national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
Grade Multiple-choice items Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
4 54.40 43.57 40.50
8 55.60 38.41
12 57.87 53.06 34.40
† Not applicable
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 19 February 2008 (TS)

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