NAEP Analysis and Scaling - Block-Level Descriptive Statistics by Public- and Nonpublic-School Sessions, as Defined After Scaling, Grade 8 Geography National Main Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2001

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NAEP Technical DocumentationBlock-level descriptive statistics by public- and nonpublic-school sessions, as defined after scaling, grade 8 geography national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Statistic	Type of school¹	Block G3	Block G4	Block G5	Block G6	Block G7	Block G8	Block G9
Number of scaled items	†	17	16	17	16	14	17	25
Unweighted sample size	Public	1,900	1,900	1,900	1,900	1,900	1,900	2,000
Unweighted sample size	Nonpublic	300	300	300	300	300	300	300
Weighted average item score	Public	0.49	0.52	0.49	0.40	0.44	0.67	0.50
Weighted average item score	Nonpublic	0.57	0.59	0.55	0.46	0.51	0.74	0.56
Weighted average polyserial	Public	0.57	0.50	0.61	0.49	0.58	0.61	0.53
Weighted average polyserial	Nonpublic	0.57	0.48	0.55	0.48	0.57	0.59	0.49
Weighted alpha reliability	Public	0.76	0.68	0.78	0.69	0.73	0.76	0.80
Weighted alpha reliability	Nonpublic	0.75	0.62	0.71	0.67	0.73	0.68	0.75
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item²	Public	0.98	0.96	0.96	0.91	0.73	0.93	0.99
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item²	Nonpublic	0.99	0.99	0.97	0.88	0.70	0.99	0.99
† Not applicable. ¹ Nonpublic-school sample includes only Catholic and private schools. ² 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), 2001 Geography Assessment.

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