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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items as Defined Before and After Scaling, Civics National Assessment, by Grade: 2018

Number of items as defined before scaling, civics DBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade Total
8 169
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 Civics Assessment.

Number of items as defined before scaling, civics PBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade Total
8 152
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 Civics Assessment.

Number of items as defined after scaling, civics DBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade Total
8 160
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 Civics Assessment.

Number of items as defined after scaling, civics PBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade Total
8 148
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. In 2018, grades 4 and 12 were not assessed.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018 Civics Assessment.


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