Skip to main content

Table of Contents | Search Technical Documentation | References

NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → Treatment of Items in NAEP to Avoid Violations of Assumptions → Treatment of Items in NAEP Assessments → Treatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2003 National Mathematics Scales

NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2003 National Mathematics Scales

Items deleted from the final scaling, by grade and block, mathematics combined national and state main assessment: 2003
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision
4	M11	Number sense, properties, and operations	M096201	More than 10 percent omits
4	M11	Algebra and functions	M096501	More than 10 percent omits
8	M8	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	M052801	Lack of fit
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, by grade and block, mathematics combined national and state main assessment: 2003
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	NAEP IDs for items contributing to cluster
4	M9	Number sense, properties, and operations	M0402CL	To form from pair item	M040201, M040221
4	M9	Geometry and spatial sense	M0434CL	To match 2000 scaling	M043401, M043402, M043403
8	M7	Number sense, properties, and operations	M0734CL	To form from pair item	M073401, M073402
	M8	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	M0732CL	Was formed in 1996 prior to scaling	M073201, M073202, M073203, M073204
	M9	Algebra and Functions	M0757CL	Was formed in 1996 prior to scaling	M075701, M075702, M075703
	M10	Geometry and spatial sense	M0213CL	To match 2000 scaling	M021301, M021302
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and block, mathematics combined national and state main assessment: 2003
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	Disposition
4	M4	Number sense, properties, and operations	M068001	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M5	Geometry and spatial sense	M085901	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M5	Geometry and spatial sense	M085401	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,2,3,3
	M7	Algebra and functions	M072201	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M7	Algebra and functions	M072701	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,2,3,3
	M9	Number sense, properties, and operations	M0402CL	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M10	Number sense, properties, and operations	M074701	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
8	M4	Algebra and functions	M086301	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,2,2,2
	M5	Geometry and spatial sense	M085701	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	M5	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	M053101	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,2,2,3
	M7	Number sense, properties, and operations	M0734CL	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
	M9	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	M073501	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
	M9	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	M093801	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,2,3,3
	M10	Geometry and spatial sense	M068201	To match 2002 precalibration scaling	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,0,1,1,1
	M10	Data analysis, statistics, and probability	M067501	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,1,1,1,1
	M10	Algebra and functions	M093501	Lack of fit	Collapsed categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Assessment.

Last updated 30 March 2009 (GF)

Printer-friendly Version