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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items in the 2018 U.S. History Assessment

Number of items in subscales as defined before scaling, U.S. history DBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Democracy	Culture	Technology	World role
8	195	58	62	41	34
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 U.S. History Assessment.

Number of items in subscales as defined before scaling, U.S. history PBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Democracy	Culture	Technology	World role
8	165	44	49	39	33
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 U.S. History Assessment.

Number of items in subscales as defined after scaling, U.S. history DBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Democracy	Culture	Technology	World role
8	193	57	61	41	34
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 U.S. History Assessment.

Number of items in subscales as defined after scaling, U.S. history PBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Democracy	Culture	Technology	World role
8	163	44	48	39	32
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 U.S. History Assessment.

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