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NAEP Technical DocumentationOverall descriptive statistics for item blocks as defined after scaling, grade 4 U.S. history national main assessment: 2006
Statistic Item type Block H3 Block H4 Block H5 Block H6 Block H7 Block H8
Number of scaled items      Total 16 16 15 16 16 17
Multiple choice 11 11 10 10 11 11
Dichotomously scored constructed response 0 1 0 0 0 2
Polytomously scored constructed response 5 4 5 6 5 4
Unweighted sample size † 2,200 2,200 2,100 2,100 2,200 2,100
Weighted average item score † 0.43 0.45 0.48 0.41 0.45 0.43
Weighted average polyserial † 0.49 0.52 0.51 0.54 0.47 0.48
Weighted alpha reliability † 0.75 0.72 0.72 0.74 0.69 0.68
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item1 † 0.72 0.84 0.89 0.74 0.72 0.81
† Not applicable.
1 The "Weighted proportion of students attempting last item" is equal to 1 - (Percent not responding to last item /100).
NOTE: Item statistics in this table are described on the page Blocks of Items.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.
Last updated 26 July 2010 (GF)

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