NAEP Analysis and Scaling - 2000 Science Assessment Coefficients of Linear Transformations of the Content-Strand Scales from the Calibrating Scale Units to the Units of the Reporting Scale

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NAEP Technical DocumentationCoefficients of linear transformations of the field-of-science scales from the calibrating scale units to the units of the reporting scale, science assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000
Assessment	Grade	Scale	A	B
National	4	Physical science	37.66	148.35
		Earth science	35.63	149.93
		Life science	36.53	148.85
	8	Physical science	36.69	150.34
		Earth science	36.20	150.90
		Life science	35.65	150.65
	12	Physical science	36.55	148.58
		Earth science	35.48	147.73
		Life science	34.98	149.06
State	4	Physical science	35.73	146.71
		Earth science	36.33	148.13
		Life science	35.85	145.39
	8	Physical science	38.98	145.64
		Earth science	36.11	148.75
		Life science	37.43	146.53
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.

Coefficients of linear transformations of the field-of-science scales from the calibrating scale units to the units of the reporting scale, science assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Assessment	Grade	Scale	A	B
National	4	Physical science	36.27	150.30
		Earth science	34.35	151.58
		Life science	35.92	149.60
	8	Physical science	37.09	150.11
		Earth science	35.66	151.19
		Life science	35.87	150.81
	12	Physical science	35.98	148.81
		Earth science	36.30	147.28
		Life science	35.13	149.26
State	4	Physical science	36.92	146.85
		Earth science	36.42	148.70
		Life science	36.42	145.68
	8	Physical science	38.61	147.06
		Earth science	35.78	149.95
		Life science	36.32	148.24
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.

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