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​​​​​​​NAEP Technical DocumentationSummary Item Response Rates, Reading Long-Term Trend National Assessment, by Item Type and Age: 2022/2023

Summary item response rates, reading long-term trend national assessment, by item type and age: 2022
Statistic Multiple-choice items Dichotomous constructed-response items Polytomous constructed-response items
Not applicable.
Missing responses include the categories "omitted" and "not-reached."
An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question.
The average percentages are weighted to reflect sampling design. In 2022/2023, age 17 was not assessed.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2022 Reading Long-Term Trend Assessment.
Age 9
Number of items 75 0 3
Average percent missing 7.10 10.38
Minimum 2.80 7.01
Maximum 23.07 13.98
Average percent off-task 2.11
Minimum 1.45
Maximum 3.24
Average weighted percent correct 63.38 31.64


Summary item response rates, reading long-term trend national assessment, by item type and age: 2023
StatisticMultiple-choice itemsDichotomous constructed-response itemsPolytomous constructed-response items
Not applicable.
Missing responses include the categories "omitted" and "not-reached."
An "off-task" response (constructed-response items only) is a response that is unrelated to the question.
The average percentages are weighted to reflect sampling design. In 2022/2023, age 17 was not assessed.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2023 Reading Long-Term Trend Assessment.
Age 13
Number of items8906
Average percent missing6.376.71
Minimum1.673.86
Maximum24.609.50
Average percent off-task0.55
Minimum0.21
Maximum0.89
Average weighted percent correct74.7748.08

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