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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items in the 2018 Civics Assessment

Number of items in the univariate scale as defined before scaling, civics DBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade	Total
8	169
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. The number of items in the table is for univariate scaling. 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 in the univariate scale as defined before scaling, civics PBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade	Total
8	152
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. The number of items in the table is for univariate scaling. 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 in the univariate scale as defined after scaling, civics DBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade	Total
8	160
NOTE: DBA = Digitally based assessment. The number of items in the table is for univariate scaling. 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 in the univariate scale as defined after scaling, civics PBA national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade	Total
8	148
NOTE: PBA = Paper-based assessment. The number of items in the table is for univariate scaling. 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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