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NAEP Analysis and ScalingInitial ActivitiesClassical Item Analysis → Overall Descriptive Statistics for Item Blocks as Defined After Univariate Scaling, Age 13 Mathematics Long-Term Trend National Assessment, by Block: 2023

​​​​​​​NAEP Technical DocumentationOverall Descriptive Statistics for Item Blocks as Defined After ​Univariate Scaling, Age 13 Mathematics Long-Term Trend National Assessment, by Block: 2023

Overall descriptive statistics for item blocks as defined after univariate scaling, age 13 mathematics long-term trend national assessment, by block: 2023
Statistic Block M1 Block M2 Block M3 Block M4 Block M5 Block M6
The "Weighted average item score" of polytomous items is standardized to have a scale of 0 to 1 so they are comparable to dichotomously scored items.
The "Weighted proportion of students attempting last item" is equal to 1 – (Percent not responding to last item / 100). Weights are applied to reflect sampling design.
CR = Constructed response. Item statistics in this table are described on the page Blocks of Items.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2023 Mathematics Long-Term Trend Assessment.
Total number of scaled items 23 21 26 33 21 22
Number of multiple-choice items 18 16 18 25 17 17
Number of dichotomously scored CR items 5 5 8 8 4 5
Number of polytomously scored CR items 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unweighted sample size 4,300 4,400 4,500 4,400 4,300 4,300
Weighted average item score .63 .65 .62 .64 .60 .63
Weighted average R biserial/polyserial .63 .66 .69 .62 .67 .67
Weighted alpha reliability .86 .86 .91 .90 .85 .87
Weighted proportion of students attempting last item .83 .81 .75 .67 .86 .87




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