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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of mathematics items for grades 4 and 8, by content area: 2009
Grade Total Number sense, properties, and operations Measurement Geometry and spatial sense Data analysis, statistics, and probability Algebra and functions
NOTE: The numbers in this table represent the post-scaling counts of items.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.
4 159 60 32 25 19 23
8 159 30 28 33 22 46

Number of mathematics items for grade 12, by content area: 2009
Grade Grand total

Number sense, properties, and operations

Measurement, geometry and spatial sense

Data analysis, statistics, and probability

Algebra and functions

Total New framework Old framework Total New framework Old framework Total New framework Old framework Total New framework Old framework Total New framework Old framework
NOTE: At grade 12, the geometry and spatial sense scale was combined with the measurement scale before scaling. The numbers in this table represent the post-scaling counts of items.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.
12 343 180 163 50 31 19 110 60 50 74 35 39 109 54 55

Last updated 15 July 2014 (GF)