NAEP Student Booklets
NAEP booklet designs allow for wide content coverage with limited testing time for each student. NAEP assessment booklets were designed so that no student receives too many items and all receive interlocking blocks of items in a focused balanced incomplete block (BIB), or partially balanced, incomplete block (pBIB) design. This NAEP student booklet design allows for improved estimation within a particular subject area, and estimation continues to be optimized for groups rather than individuals. In addition to blocks of cognitive items, each student booklet contains background questions. Until the 1984 assessment, NAEP was administered using matrix sampling and tape recorders; that is, by administering booklets of exercises using an aurally presented stimulus that paced groups of students through the individual assessment exercises in a common booklet. In the 1984 assessment, a balanced incomplete block booklet design, which does not include aural pacing, was introduced in place of taped matrix sampling for all subjects other than mathematics and science. Last updated 04 June 2008 (DR) |
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