NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2002 National Reading Scales

Items deleted from the final scaling, by grade and block, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2002
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision
12	R7	Reading to gain information	R013708	Poor fit in 2002
12	R14	Reading to gain information	R016603	Poor fit in 1994, 1998, and 2002
NOTE: For the 2002 reading assessment, no items at the grade 4 or 8 levels needed to be deleted. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Reading Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and block, reading combined national and state main assessment:2002
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	Disposition
4	R3	Reading for literary experience	R017009	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R4	Reading for literary experience	R012111	To match 2000 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
	R8	Reading to gain information	R017901	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
	R9	Reading for literary experience	R015803	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R9	Reading for literary experience	R015809	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 0, 1
8	R3	Reading for literary experience	R017110	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R4	Reading for literary experience	R018701	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 0, 1
	R4	Reading for literary experience	R019201	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R5	Reading for literary experience	R012607	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 1, 2, 2
	R8	Reading to gain information	R017207	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R9	Reading to perform a task	R016104	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R10	Reading to perform a task	R013403	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
	R10	Reading to perform a task	R013406	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 1
	R11	Reading to perform a task	R013004	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1
	R13	Reading to gain information	R016213	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
12	R3	Reading for literary experience	R017105	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
	R3	Reading for literary experience	R017110	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R4	Reading for literary experience	R013506	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 1
	R5	Reading for literary experience	R016301	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R7	Reading to gain information	R013706	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 1
	R8	Reading to gain information	R016402	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 0, 1
	R9	Reading to perform a task	R016104	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2 becomes 0, 1, 1
	R10	Reading to perform a task	R013403	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
	R10	Reading to perform a task	R013406	To match 1998 scaling	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 1
	R11	Reading to perform a task	R019301	Poor fit in 2002	Collapsed categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 becomes 0, 0, 1, 2
	R11	Reading to perform a task	R019701	Poor fit in 2002	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), 2002 Reading Assessment.

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