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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary of Quality Control Error Analysis for NAEP 2002 Data Entry

The following summary tables give the upper 99.8 percent confidence limit for the error rates for each of the instruments as well as the sampling information. The 99.8 percent confidence limit and the selection rates indicated were chosen to make these results comparable to those of administrations since 1983, all of which used the same parameters.

Summary of quality control error analysis for data entry of student booklets, by assessment and grade: 2002
Assessment Grade Number of samples Selection rate Number of different booklets Number of booklets sampled Number of fields sampled Number of errors Observed error rate Upper 99.8% confidence limit
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Assessment.
Reading 4 156,134 1/1210 32 129 6,483 9 0.0014 0.0033
8 126,812 1/1364 37 93 5,812 4 0.0007 0.0024
12 15,340 1/138 38 111 6,784 7 0.0010 0.0027
Writing 4 151,962 1/1226 40 124 5,332 5 0.0009 0.0029
8 128,194 1/1077 40 119 6,307 23 0.0036 0.0064
12 19,286 1/205 40 94 4,982 8 0.0016 0.0040

Summary of quality control error analysis for data entry of teacher questionnaires, by assessment and grade: 2002
Assessment Grade Number of samples Selection rate Number of different booklets Number of booklets sampled Number of fields sampled Number of errors Observed error rate Upper 99.8% confidence limit
NOTE: Teacher questionnaires were not administered at grade 12 in reading or writing in 2002.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Assessment.
Reading 4 17,860 1/208 1 86 9,890 7 0.0007 0.0019
8 12,813 1/207 1 62 7,068 2 0.0003 0.0015
Writing 4 17,956 1/206 1 87 10,005 7 0.0007 0.0019
8 13,085 1/195 1 67 7,638 2 0.0003 0.0014

Summary of quality control error analysis for data entry of school characteristics and policies questionnaires, by assessment and grade: 2002
Assessment Grade Number of samples Selection rate Number of different booklets Number of booklets sampled Number of fields sampled Number of errors Observed error rate Upper 99.8% confidence limit
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Assessment.
Reading 4 5,665 1/172 1 33 3,696 0 0.0000 0.0017
8 4,818 1/161 1 30 3,330 0 0.0000 0.0019
12 732 1/146 1 5 570 0 0.0000 0.0108
Writing 4 5,665 1/172 1 33 3,696 0 0.0000 0.0017
8 4,818 1/161 1 30 3,330 0 0.0000 0.0019
12 732 1/146 1 5 570 0 0.0000 0.0108

Summary of quality control error analysis for data entry of SD/LEP questionnaires, by assessment and grade: 2002
Assessment Grade Number of samples Selection rate Number of different booklets Number of booklets sampled Number of fields sampled Number of errors Observed error rate Upper 99.8% confidence limit
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Assessment.
Reading 4 25,659 1/524 1 49 2,303 0 0.0000 0.0017
8 18,409 1/428 1 43 2,021 0 0.0000 0.0019
12 1,272 1/254 1 5 235 0 0.0000 0.0261
Writing 4 23,896 1/443 1 54 2,538 0 0.0000 0.0015
8 18,206 1/552 1 33 1,551 0 0.0000 0.0025
12 1,706 1/853 1 2 94 0 0.0000 0.0640
Last updated 15 September 2008 (RF)

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