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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items in the 2018 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment

Number of items in the univariate scale as defined before scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade	Total
8	179
NOTE: 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 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment.

Number of items in content areas as defined before scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by content area and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Technology and society	Design and systems	Information and communication technology
8	179	62	46	71
NOTE: 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 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment.

Number of items in practices as defined before scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by practice and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Understanding technological principles	Developing solutions and achieving goals	Communicating and collaborating
8	179	37	104	38
NOTE: TEL practices represent the kinds of thinking and application that were expected of students across the three content areas. 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 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment.

Number of items in the univariate scale as defined after scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by grade: 2018
Grade	Total
8	177
NOTE: 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 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment.

Number of items in content areas as defined after scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by content area and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Technology and society	Design and systems	Information and communication technology
8	177	61	46	70
NOTE: 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 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment.

Number of items in practices as defined after scaling, technology and engineering literacy (TEL) national assessment, by practice and grade: 2018
Grade	Total	Understanding technological principles	Developing solutions and achieving goals	Communicating and collaborating
8	177	37	102	38
NOTE: TEL practices represent the kinds of thinking and application that were expected of students across the three content areas. 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 Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL) Assessment.

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