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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2000 National Reading Scales (Accommodations Permitted)

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Recoding of Polytomous Item Categories for Scaling
Items Scaled Separately by Assessment Years

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, by grade and scale, reading assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Reason for decision Disposition
4 Reading for literary experience R4 R012111 Poor fit Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 become 0, 0, 1, 2
Reading to gain information R8 R015707 Poor fit Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2, 3 become 0, 1, 2, 2
R015709 Poor fit Collapse categories: 0, 1, 2 become 0, 1, 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.
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Items scaled separately by assessment years, by grade and scale, reading national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000
Grade Scale Block NAEP ID Type
4 Reading for literary experience R9 R015803 Short constructed-response
R015806 Short constructed-response
R015807 Short constructed-response
Reading to gain information R8 R015702 Short constructed-response
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.
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Last updated 16 July 2008 (DR)

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