NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2018 U.S. History Subscales

Items deleted from the final scaling, U.S. history DBA national assessment, by subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision
8	H3	H085501	Democracy	Poor model-data fit
8	H8	H104201	Culture	Poor model-data fit
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

Items deleted from the final scaling, U.S. history PBA national assessment, by subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision
8	H7	H085401	World role	Poor model-data fit
8	H9	H087501	Culture	Poor model-data fit
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, U.S. history DBA national assessment, by subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision	Items contributing to cluster
8	H6	H0429CL	World role	Multipart item	H042901, H042902
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

Cluster items created for final scaling, U.S. history PBA national assessment, subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision	Items contributing to cluster
8	H10	H0429CL	World role	Multipart item	H042901, H042902
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, U.S. history DBA national assessment, by subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision	Disposition
8	H1	H036101	World role	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
	H4	H069801	Culture	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,1
	H6	H042801	Democracy	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
	H7	H1078MS	Democracy	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	H7	H1109MS	Democracy	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
	H8	H103701	Democracy	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	H8	H1056MS	Culture	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
	H9	H106701	Democracy	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,0,1
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

Recoding of polytomous items for scaling, U.S. history PBA national assessment, by subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Reason for decision	Disposition
8	H10	H043101	Technology	To improve model-data fit	Collapse categories: 0,1,2 becomes 0,1,1
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

Items scaled separately, U.S. history PBA national assessment, by subscale, block, and grade: 2018
Grade	Block	Item	Subscale	Type of item
8	H3	H035901	Technology	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H3	H036101	World role	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H3	H036402	Technology	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H3	H036801	Technology	Multiple choice
	H4	H058901	Democracy	Multiple choice
	H5	H038801	Culture	Multiple choice
	H6	H069601	Technology	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H6	H069801	Culture	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H7	H084301	Democracy	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H7	H085201	Culture	Multiple choice
	H7	H089201	World role	Multiple choice
	H8	H082501	Democracy	Multiple choice
	H8	H082901	Democracy	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H8	H097801	Democracy	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H9	H087001	Culture	Multiple choice
	H9	H087401	Culture	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H9	H087501	Culture	Multiple choice
	H10	H042001	Democracy	Multiple choice
	H10	H042101	Technology	Multiple choice
	H10	H043101	Technology	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H11	H070801	Culture	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H11	H071401	Technology	Multiple choice
	H11	H071501	Technology	Multiple choice
	H11	H071701	Technology	Multiple choice
	H12	H071901	Technology	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H12	H072601	Technology	Polytomously scored constructed-response
	H12	H073401	Culture	Multiple choice
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed. The block naming conventions used in this table are described in the document 2018 Block Naming Conventions in Data Products and TDW . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 U.S. History Assessment.

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