NAEP Analysis and Scaling - Overall Descriptive Statistics for Item Blocks as Defined After Scaling, Grade 8 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2000

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NAEP Technical DocumentationOverall descriptive statistics for item blocks as defined after scaling, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Statistic	Item type	Block M3	Block M4	Block M5	Block M6	Block M7	Block M8	Block M9	Block M10	Block M11	Block M12	Block M13	Block M14	Block M15
Number of scaled items	Total	9	21	12	15	10	18	9	9	19	9	11	10	9
	Multiple choice	6	21	7	0	4	16	5	6	13	6	6	6	3
	Dichotomously scored constructed response	0	0	1	14	1	2	3	1	6	0	4	1	1
	Polytomously scored constructed response	3	0	4	1	5	0	1	2	0	3	1	3	5
Unweighted sample size		21,100	21,100	21,200	21,200	21,100	21,100	21,200	21,300	21,200	21,100	21,200	21,100	21,100
Weighted average item score		0.39	0.60	0.56	0.60	0.59	0.52	0.35	0.53	0.65	0.42	0.51	0.46	0.42
Weighted average polyserial		0.58	0.56	0.63	0.68	0.66	0.61	0.61	0.63	0.67	0.66	0.63	0.54	0.69
Weighted alpha reliability		0.53	0.77	0.71	0.81	0.70	0.79	0.60	0.64	0.82	0.63	0.69	0.59	0.72
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item¹		0.92	0.87	0.97	0.94	0.81	0.70	0.95	0.94	0.89	0.95	0.98	0.78	0.86
¹ The "Weighted proportion of students attempting last item" is equal to 1 - (Percent not responding to last item /100). NOTE: Item statistics in this table are described on the page Blocks of Items. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.

Last updated 11 July 2008 (DB)