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NAEP Technical DocumentationTreatment of Items in the Scaling of the 2020 Reading Long-Term Trend Scales
Recoding of polytomous items for univariate scaling, reading long-term trend national assessment, by age and block: 2020
Block
Item
Reason for decision
Disposition
In 2020, age 17 was not assessed.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2020 Reading Long-Term Trend Assessment.
Age 9
R1
N021203
To match 2012 scaling
Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3,4 becomes 0,0,1,2,3
R3
N021803
To match 2012 scaling
Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,1,2,2
Age 13
R3
N021803
To improve model-data fit
Collapse categories: 0,1,2,3 becomes 0,0,1,2
Items scaled separately for univariate scaling, reading long-term trend national assessment, by age and block: 2020
Block
Item
Type of item
In 2020, age 17 was not assessed.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2020 Reading Long-Term Trend Assessment.