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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Scale Linking and Transformation to the Reporting Metric → The Transformation Equation → Comparisons of Distributions of Linking Samples for NAEP Assessments → Comparison means and percentiles of 1994 and provisional 1994 transformed scores, grade 12 geography assessment: 2001
NAEP Technical DocumentationComparison means and percentiles of 1994 and provisional 1994 transformed scores, grade 12 geography assessment: 2001
Scale Statistic Original 1994 estimate Provisional 1994 transformed estimate Difference between the provisional estimate and the original estimate
Composite Mean 284.56 284.56 0.00
10th percentile 243.95 243.83 -0.12
25th percentile 264.68 264.68 -0.01
50th percentile 287.20 287.03 -0.17
75th percentile 306.47 306.48 0.01
90th percentile 320.93 321.16 0.23
Space and place Mean 283.26 283.26 0.00
10th percentile 236.98 236.92 -0.06
25th percentile 260.10 260.55 0.46
50th percentile 286.02 285.90 -0.12
75th percentile 308.36 308.26 -0.10
90th percentile 325.47 325.47 -0.01
Environment and society Mean 282.58 282.58 0.00
10th percentile 247.11 247.39 0.28
25th percentile 265.26 265.50 0.24
50th percentile 284.86 284.86 0.00
75th percentile 301.61 301.36 -0.25
90th percentile 314.51 314.46 -0.05
Spatial dynamics and connections Mean 288.30 288.30 0.00
10th percentile 247.50 247.37 -0.14
25th percentile 268.42 268.48 0.06
50th percentile 290.90 290.84 -0.06
75th percentile 310.03 309.97 -0.06
90th percentile 324.75 324.60 -0.15
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 24 March 2008 (GF)

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