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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Initial Activities → Summaries of Item-Level Response Rates for NAEP Assessments → Summary Item Response Rates, Mathematics Assessment, By Item Type and Grade: 2011

NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary item response rates, mathematics assessment, by item type and grade: 2011
Grade Statistic Multiple-choice items Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
† Not applicable.
1 Missing responses includes the categories "omitted" and "not-reached."
2 An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question and is considered inappropriate.
NOTE: Grade 12 was not assessed in 2011.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Assessment.
4 Number of items 110 13 37
Average percent missing1 3.33 3.78 6.72
Minimum 0.43 1.11 0.67
Maximum 33.17 11.72 39.14
Average percent off-task2 0.07 0.05
Minimum 0.00 0.00
Maximum 0.52 0.51
Average weighted percentage correct 60.05 51.12 41.98
8 Number of items 115 13 33
Average percent missing1 2.70 8.60 7.27
Minimum 0.26 2.29 0.43
Maximum 17.31 16.55 24.49
Average percent off-task2 0.59 0.48
Minimum 0.02 0.02
Maximum 2.41 3.41
Average weighted percentage correct 52.23 44.86 41.34

Last updated 24 February 2016 (GF)