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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2001 National U.S. History Scales (Accommodations Not 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 Scaled Separately by Assessment Years

Items deleted from the final scaling, by grade and scale, U.S. history assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade Scale Block1 NAEP ID Reason for decision
12 The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas 1994 H053801 To match 1994 scaling
1 When an item was used in scaling, but was not administered during the current assessment year, the year that it was administered appears instead of the block identification.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 U.S. History Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, by grade and scale, U.S. history assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade1 Scale Block NAEP ID Reason for decision NAEP IDs for items contributing to Cluster
4 Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies H3 H0286CL Dependency H028601, H028602
8(12) The changing role of America in the world H10 H0429CL Dependency H042901, H042902
12 The changing role of America in the world H7 H0510CL Dependency H051001, H051002
Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H11 H0642CL Dependency H064201, H064301
12(8) The changing role of America in the world H10 H0429CL Dependency H042901, H042902
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 U.S. History Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and scale, U.S. history assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade1 Scale Block2 NAEP ID Reason for decision Disposition
4 Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H3 H028702 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H4 H054301 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
The changing role of America in the world H8 H034101 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 become 0,1,2,2
The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas 1994 H030201 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 become 0,1,2,2
4(8) Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H8 H034401 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
8 The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H11 H043501 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,2
The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H11 H043705 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
8(4) Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H8 H034401 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
8(12) Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies H10 H042801 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,1
12 Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies H4 H045901 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H4 H046101 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
The changing role of America in the world H4 H046301 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H7 H051101 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
The gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H7 H050201 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,2
Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment 1994 H053701 To match 1994 scaling Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
12(8) Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies H10 H042801 Poor fit Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,1
1 When an item was also administered at another grade, that grade is shown in parentheses.
2 When an item was used in scaling, but was not administered during the current assessment year, the year that it was administered appears instead of the block identification.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 U.S. History Assessment.

Items scaled separately by assessment years, by grade and scale, U.S. history national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Type
4 Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies H3 H028501 Multiple-choice
8 Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H3 H036402 Extended constructed-response
The changing role of America in the world H8 H034101 Extended constructed-response
12 Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, practices, and controversies H6 H049401 Extended constructed-response
The Gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H3 H044301 Extended constructed-response
The Gathering of interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas H4 H045501 Extended constructed-response
Economic and technological changes and their relation to society, ideas, and the environment H8 H052301 Extended constructed-response
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 U.S. History Assessment.

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