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NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Response Rates for the NAEP 2006 U.S. History Assessment

The tables below provide relevant summary statistics for the 2006 U.S. history assessment.

Number of items, U.S. history assessment, by item type and grade: 2006
Grade	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	64	1	31
8	114	2	48
12	108	1	46
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

Average percentage missing, U.S. history assessment, by item type and grade: 2006
Grade	Statistic	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	Average percentage missing	8.24	8.37	13.70
	Minimum	0.60	8.37	2.75
	Maximum	28.72	8.37	37.04
8	Average percentage missing	1.12	0.00	7.67
	Minimum	0.11	0.00	0.86
	Maximum	4.62	0.00	18.86
12	Average percentage missing	1.92	3.71	9.79
	Minimum	0.29	3.71	1.14
	Maximum	10.21	3.71	50.62
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), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

Average percentage off-task, U.S. history assessment, by item type and grade: 2006
Grade	Statistic	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	Average percentage off-task	0.07	0.10
	Minimum	0.00	0.00
	Maximum	0.15	0.86
8	Average percentage off-task	0.07	0.13
	Minimum	0.00	0.00
	Maximum	0.15	0.86
12	Average percentage off-task	0.30	0.33
	Minimum	0.30	0.03
	Maximum	0.30	1.07
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), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

Average weighted percentage correct, U.S. history assessment, by item type and grade: 2006
Grade	Multiple-choice items	Dichotomous constructed-response items	Polytomous constructed-response items
4	47.44	7.81	35.75
8	55.32	30.27	36.48
12	53.20	30.43	38.56
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

Last updated 23 June 2010 (GF)

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