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​​​NAEP Technical DocumentationIRT Parameters for Items in the Literary Subscale, Grade 12 Reading National Assessment, by Block and Item: 2019

IRT parameters for items in the literary subscale, grade 12 reading DBA national assessment, by block and item: 2019
Item NAEP ID a b c d d d
Not applicable; c parameters are not estimated for the two-parameter logistic or generalized partial credit models, and d parameters are not estimated for the two-parameter or three-parameter logistic models.
DBA = Digitally based assessment. For item j, a represents the discriminatory power of the item, b represents a location parameter related to item difficulty, c represents the guessing parameter, and d represents the category threshold parameter for category i. The c parameter value is assumed to be exactly zero and is not estimated for items scaled with the two-parameter logistic model. For item j, d may not sum to zero because of rounding.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
Block R1
1 R059601 0.66 0.08 0.14
3 R059603 0.91 -1.04 0.23
4 R059604 1.02 -1.18
5 R059610 0.48 -0.11 0.07 0.32 -0.39
6 R059606 0.98 -0.71 0.36 -0.36
7 R059605 0.91 0.27 0.60 -0.60
8 R059608 0.60 -0.32 0.21
9 R059609 1.02 -1.53 0.17
10 R059607 0.93 -0.55 0.63 -0.63
Block R2
1 R069801 0.70 -2.64
2 R069802 0.99 -0.18 0.16
3 R069803 1.27 -1.07 0.19
4 R069804 0.98 0.04 1.06 -1.06
5 R069805 0.76 -0.39 0.25
6 R069806 0.68 -0.40 1.49 0.00 -1.50
7 R069807 1.13 -0.83 0.26
8 R069808 0.72 -1.21 0.22
9 R069809 0.99 -0.81 0.23
10 R069810 0.67 -0.26 0.30 -0.30
Block R5
1 R061601 1.26 -0.94 0.29
2 R061602 0.84 -0.27 0.08 -0.08
3 R061603 1.50 -1.44 0.22
4 R061604 0.90 -0.43 0.96 -0.96
5 R061605 1.61 0.16 0.26
6 R061606 0.83 0.62 0.30 -0.30
7 R061607 0.92 0.17 0.71 0.33 -1.03
8 R061608 1.36 1.09
9 R061609 1.50 1.21 0.23
Block R6
1 R078901 1.08 0.76 0.19
2 R078902 0.86 -0.90 0.18
3 R078903 0.57 -0.27 0.28 -0.28
4 R078904 1.01 1.21 0.24
5 R078905 0.66 1.20 1.39 -0.33 -1.05
6 R078906 1.61 0.44 0.16
7 R078907 0.86 0.33
8 R078908 0.33 0.30 0.20
9 R078909 1.64 0.25 0.25
10 R078910 1.34 -0.41 0.24
Block R15
1 R093301 0.71 1.58 0.26
2 R093302 0.79 -0.24 0.39 -0.39
3 R093303 1.19 1.30 0.19
4 R093304 2.17 0.79 0.15
5 R093305 0.62 1.63 0.25
6 R093306 1.49 0.31
7 R093307 0.74 0.52 0.58 -0.58
8 R093308 1.40 0.56 0.15
9 R093309 0.59 0.96 0.87 0.38 -1.24


IRT parameters for items in the literary subscale, grade 12 reading PBA national assessment, by block and item: 2019
ItemNAEP IDabcddd
Not applicable; c parameters are not estimated for the two-parameter logistic or generalized partial credit models, and d parameters are not estimated for the two-parameter or three-parameter logistic models.
PBA = Paper-based assessment. For item j, a represents the discriminatory power of the item, b represents a location parameter related to item difficulty, c represents the guessing parameter, and d represents the category threshold parameter for category i. The c parameter value is assumed to be exactly zero and is not estimated for items scaled with the two-parameter logistic model. For item j, d may not sum to zero because of rounding.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
Block R1
1R0596010.680.450.17
3R0596031.03-0.770.26
4R0596040.88-1.47
5R0596100.42-0.340.16-0.01-0.15
6R0596060.84-0.810.28-0.28
7R0596050.770.380.61-0.61
8R0596080.57-1.020.28
9R0596090.83-2.040.22
10R0596070.55-1.100.01-0.01
Block R2
1R0698010.60-2.98
2R0698020.81-0.470.13
3R0698031.56-1.060.22
4R0698040.95-0.410.77-0.77
5R0698050.67-0.490.24
6R0698060.55-0.341.570.12-1.69
7R0698071.01-1.070.23
8R0698080.83-1.310.23
9R0698090.76-1.260.22
10R0698100.58-0.290.24-0.24
Block R5
1R0616011.44-0.900.30
2R0616020.80-0.600.04-0.04
3R0616031.00-1.470.20
4R0616040.74-0.721.10-1.10
5R0616051.18-0.100.24
6R0616060.870.600.10-0.10
7R0616070.770.020.790.41-1.20
8R0616081.491.14
9R0616091.411.160.23
Block R6
1R0789010.790.560.18
2R0789020.99-1.060.25
3R0789030.63-0.290.33-0.33
4R0789040.981.030.22
5R0789050.580.731.34-0.54-0.80
6R0789061.190.110.18
7R0789070.870.00
8R0789080.33-0.190.17
9R0789091.62-0.110.20
10R0789101.61-0.390.32


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