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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Scale Linking and Transformation to the Reporting Metric → The Transformation Equation → Comparisons of Distributions of Linking Samples for NAEP Assessments → Comparison means and percentiles of 1996 scores and 1996 transformed provisional scores, grade 12 mathematics assessment: 2000
NAEP Technical DocumentationComparison means and percentiles of 1996 scores and 1996 transformed provisional scores, grade 12 mathematics assessment: 2000
Scale Statistic Original 1996 estimate 1996 transformed provisional estimate Difference between the provisional estimate and the original estimate
Composite scale Mean 304.04 304.04 0.00
10th percentile 261.19 260.97 -0.22
25th percentile 282.17 281.79 -0.38
50th percentile 305.26 304.69 -0.57
75th percentile 327.02 327.22 0.20
90th percentile 344.53 345.58 1.05
Number sense, properties, and operations Mean 301.12 301.12 0.00
10th percentile 258.13 258.30 0.18
25th percentile 278.83 278.60 -0.23
50th percentile 301.68 301.59 -0.09
75th percentile 324.17 324.01 -0.16
90th percentile 342.66 343.09 0.43
Measurement Mean 302.03 302.03 0.00
10th percentile 253.69 253.38 -0.31
25th percentile 277.64 277.88 0.24
50th percentile 304.19 304.23 0.04
75th percentile 327.80 327.64 -0.16
90th percentile 347.21 347.31 0.10
Geometry and spatial sense Mean 306.88 306.88 0.00
10th percentile 261.31 260.76 -0.55
25th percentile 283.48 283.59 0.11
50th percentile 308.07 308.08 0.01
75th percentile 331.92 331.70 -0.23
90th percentile 350.45 350.36 -0.09
Data analysis, statistics, and probability Mean 304.14 304.14 0.00
10th percentile 258.92 258.74 -0.18
25th percentile 282.50 282.17 -0.33
50th percentile 306.63 306.43 -0.19
75th percentile 327.24 328.21 0.97
90th percentile 345.37 345.74 0.37
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 24 March 2008 (GF)

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