NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2011 Reading Scales

Items deleted from the final scaling, reading combined national and state assessments, by block and grade: 2011
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision
NOTE: In 2011 reading, grade 12 was not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.
4	R2	Literary	R057803	To match 2009 scaling

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, reading combined national and state assessments, by block and grade: 2011
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Reason for decision	Disposition
NOTE: In 2011 reading, grade 12 was not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.
8	R4	Information	R060306	To match 2009 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,1,2
	R4	Information	R060309	To match 2009 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
	R7	Information	R058805	To match 2009 scaling	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1

Items scaled separately across assessment years, reading combined national and state assessments, by block and grade: 2011
Grade	Block	Scale	NAEP ID	Type
NOTE: In 2011 reading, grade 12 was not assessed. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.
4	R5	Literary	R058504	Polytomously-scored constructed response
8	R4	Information	R060309	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	R5	Literary	R058508	Polytomously-scored constructed response
	R13	Information	R061309	Polytomously-scored constructed response

Last updated 24 February 2016 (GF)