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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Response Rates for the NAEP 2001 Geography Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2])

The tables below provide relevant summary statistics for the 2001 geography assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]).

Number of items, by item type and grade, geography assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	63	17	24
8	85	0	39
12	86	5	36
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

Average percentage missing, by item type and grade, geography assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade	Statistic	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	Average percentage missing	6.30	20.19	13.07
	Minimum	0.58	9.99	2.11
	Maximum	37.63	47.92	XXXXX
8	Average percentage missing	2.62	†	8.11
	Minimum	0.07	†	0.83
	Maximum	27.20	†	29.63
12	Average percentage missing	4.43	4.54	14.32
	Minimum	0.39	4.14	3.15
	Maximum	39.90	5.50	45.39
† Not applicable. NOTE: Missing responses includes the categories "omitted" and "not-reached". SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

Average percentage off-task, by item type and grade, geography assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade	Statistic	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	Average percentage off-task	0.02	0.19
	Minimum	#	#
	Maximum	0.07	1.77
8	Average percentage off-task	†	0.15
	Minimum	†	0.00
	Maximum	†	0.50
12	Average percentage off-task	0.03	0.64
	Minimum	0.00	0.00
	Maximum	0.03	3.04
# Rounds to zero. † Not applicable. NOTE: An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question and is considered inappropriate. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

Average weighted percentage correct, by item type and grade, geography assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	54.76	44.87	41.00
8	56.38	†	39.21
12	58.13	52.90	34.60
† Not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

Last updated 19 February 2008 (TS)

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