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Table of Contents
NAEP Item Development
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Development of NAEP Frameworks
Item Development Process
Background Questions
Mathematics Cognitive Items
NAEP 2000 Mathematics Assessment Standing Committee
Number of Mathematics Items, by Content-Strand Scale and Grade: 2000
Blocks Common to the 2000 and 1996 Mathematics Assessment, by Block Commonality and Grade: 2000
Reading Cognitive Items
NAEP 2000 Reading Standing Committee
Number of Reading Items, by the Purpose-for-Reading Scale and Grade: 2000
Blocks Common to the 2000 and 1998 Grade 4 Reading Assessment, By Block Commonality and Grade: 2000
Geography Cognitive Items
NAEP 2001 Geography Assessment Standing Committee
Number of Items in the NAEP Geography Assessment, by Content-Dimension Scale and Grade: 2001
Blocks Common to the 2001 and 1994 Geography Assessment, by Block Commonality and Grade: 2001
Science Cognitive Items
NAEP 2000 Science Assessment Standing Committee
Number of Science Items, by Field-of-Science Scale and Grade: 2000
Blocks Common to the 2000 and 1996 Science Assessment, by Block Commonality and Grade: 2000
U.S. History Cognitive Items
NAEP 2001 U.S. History Assessment Standing Committee
Number of U.S. History Items, by Historical-Theme Scale and Grade: 2001
Blocks Common to the 2001 and 1994 U.S. History Assessment, by Block Commonality and Grade: 2001
Tables and Figures
Links to NAEP student questionnaires (in PDF format), by grade level, subject, and year: 2000 and 2001
Number of mathematics items, by content-strand scale and grade: 2000
Blocks common to the 2000 and 1996 mathematics assessment, by block commonality and grade: 2000
Number of reading items, by the purpose-for-reading scale and grade: 2000
Blocks common to the 2000 and 1998 grade 4 reading assessment, by block commonality and grade: 2000
Number of geography items, by content-dimension scale and grade: 2001
Blocks common to the 2001 and 1994 geography assessment, by block commonality and grade: 2001
Number of science items, by field-of-science scale and grade: 2000
Blocks common to the 2000 and 1996 science assessments, by block commonality and sample: 2000
Number of U.S. history items, by historical-theme scale and grade: 2001
Blocks common to the 2001 and 1994 U.S. history assessment, by block commonality and grade: 2001
NAEP Instruments
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NAEP Student Booklets
Student Booklets for the Mathematics Assessment
Student Booklets for the Reading Assessment
Student Booklets for the Science Assessment
NAEP Student Booklet Design
Example of a BIB Design
Example of a Partially Balanced Incomplete Block (pBIB) Design
Student Booklets for the Geography Assessment
Student Booklets for the U.S. History Assessment
Accommodations for Students With Special Needs
Accommodations for the NAEP Geography Assessments
Accommodations for the NAEP Mathematics Assessments
Accommodations for the NAEP Reading Assessments
Percentages of Students Receiving Each Type of Accommodation at Grade 4
Accommodations for the NAEP Science Assessments
Accommodations for the NAEP U.S. History Assessments
Teacher, School, and Students With Disabilities and Limited-English-Proficient (SD/LEP) Students Questionnaires
School Characteristics and Policies Questionnaire
Teacher Questionnaire
Students With Disabilities and Limited-English-Proficient (SD/LEP) Student Questionnaire
Students With Disabilities (SD)
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Inclusion Criteria
Tables and Figures
Student booklet configuration for the grade 4 mathematics assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Student booklet configuration for the grade 8 mathematics assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Student booklet configuration for the grade 12 mathematics assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Student booklet configuration for the grade 4 reading assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Student booklet configuration for the grade 4 science assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Student booklet configuration for the grade 8 science assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Student booklet configuration for the grade 12 science assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2000
Example of a BIB Design
Number of times each block appears in each position in a BIB design
Number of times pairs of blocks appear together in a BIB design
Example of a pBIB design
Number of times each block appears in each position in a pBIB design
Number of times pairs of blocks appear together in a pBIB design
Student booklet configuration for the grade 4 geography assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2001
Student booklet configuration for the grade 8 geography assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2001
Student booklet configuration for the grade 12 geography assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2001
Student booklet configuration for the grade 4 U.S. history assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2001
Student booklet configuration for the grade 8 U.S. history assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2001
Student booklet configuration for the grade 12 U.S. history assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2001
Accommodations offered in NAEP assessments
SD and LEP students assessed with accommodations, by type of accommodation, grade 4 national main reading assessment: 1998 and 2000
Links to NAEP school questionnaires (in PDF format) by grade and assessment year: 2000 and 2001
Links to NAEP teacher questionnaires (in PDF format), by grade and assessment year: 2000 and 2001
NAEP Sample Design
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Sample Design for the 2000 Assessment
National Main Assessment Sample Design in 2000
Target Population and Sample Sizes of the 2000 National Main Assessment
Primary Sampling Units for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Definition of Primary Sampling Unit Strata
Selection of PSUs in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Number of Noncertainty Strata in Each Major Stratum, by Total Strata and Number of Strata per MSA or Non-MSA PSU, National Main Assessment: By Region, 2000
Sparsely Populated States in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Sampling Frame for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Selection of New Public Schools for the 2000 National Main Assessment
School Substitution for Adjusting School Nonresponse in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Original Sample Schools With and Without Substitutes in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Number of Schools by Frame Source for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Sampling of Schools in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Assigning Measure of Size and Selecting School Samples for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Grade 4 and 12 Public School Samples for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Grade 8 Public School Sample for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Distribution of Public Schools in the Sample, by Sampling Strata, Grade 8 National Main Assessment: By Jurisdiction, 2000
Grade 4, 8, and 12 Private School Samples for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Sample Type Assignment to Schools in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Assignment of Sessions to Schools for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Session Assignment Probabilities for Private Schools by Subject, by Sampling Strata, Grade 4 National Main Assessment: 2000
Student Sample Selection for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Initial Student Sample for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Within-School Sampling in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Black and Hispanic Oversample for the 2000 National Main Assessment
SD/LEP Oversample for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Updating Number of Sessions in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Students Excluded from the 2000 National Main Assessment
Determining the SD/LEP Student's Capability to Participate in the Assessment
Student Exclusion Rates, by Subject Area, Grade, School Type, and Reporting Population, National Main Assessment: 2000
Weighted Percentages of Students Excluded (SD and LEP) from Assessment in the S2 Sample, by Subject Area, School Type, and Grade, National Main Assessment: 2000
Weighted Percentages of Students Excluded (SD and LEP) from Assessment in the S3 Sample, by Subject Area, School Type, and Grade, National Main Assessment: 2000
Session Assignment Form for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Participation Results for the 2000 National Main Assessment
School Participation in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Weighted School and Student Participation Rates, by Grade, Reporting Population, and Subject Area, National Main Assessment: 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates by School Type and Subject Area, National Main Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2] and Accommodations Permitted [R3]): 2000
State Assessment Sample Design in 2000
Assignment of Subject, Sample Type, Monitor Status, and Drop Flag in the 2000 State Assessment
Assessment Subject in the 2000 State Assessment
Drop Flag Assignment in the 2000 State Assessment
Monitor Status in the 2000 State Assessment
Sample Type in the 2000 State Assessment
Target Population of the 2000 State Assessment
Sampling Frame for the 2000 State Assessment
Number of Schools and Enrollment of All Students and Testable Students for Participating Jurisdictions in the 2000 State Assessment
Stratification of Schools in the Sampling Frame for the 2000 State Assessment
Urbanization Classification for the 2000 State Assessment
Minority Enrollment Classification for the 2000 State Assessment
Achievement Data for the 2000 State Assessment
Usable Achievement Data for the 2000 State Assessment
Implicit Stratification Variables for Jurisdictions from the 2000 State Assessment
Median Household Income for the 2000 State Assessment
School Sample Selection for the 2000 State Assessment
Control of Overlap of School Samples for National Educational Studies in the 2000 State Assessment
Number of Schools Selected for Both the State and National Main Assessments in 2000
District Size and School Size for the 2000 State Assessment
Estimated Grade Enrollment and Measure of Size for the 2000 State Assessment
School Sorting and Sample Selection in the 2000 State Assessment
School Substitution and Retrofitting in the 2000 State Assessment
Number of Substitute Schools in the 2000 State Assessment
Distribution of School Sample, Grade 4 Mathematics State Assessment: By Jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of School Sample, Grade 8 Mathematics State Assessment: By Jurisdiction, 2000
NAEP Sample Design - Distribution of School Sample, Grade 4 Science State Assessment: By Jurisdiction, 2000
NAEP Sample Design - Distribution of School Sample, Grade 8 Science State Assessment: By Jurisdiction, 2000
Selection of New Public Schools for the 2000 State Assessment
Public School Sampling Frame and New-School Sample Sizes
Selection of Schools in Small Jurisdictions in the 2000 State Assessment
Sparse State Sample Option for the 2000 State Assessment
Effect of Sparse State Sample Option on Jurisdictions in the 2000 State Assessment
Student Sample Selection in the 2000 State Assessment
Reduced Sample Option
Student Sampling and Participation for the 2000 State Assessment
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 4 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 4 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [ R3]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 4 Science State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [ R2]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 4 Science State Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [ R3]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 8 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 8 Mathematics State Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [ R3]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 8 Science State Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [ R2]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted Student Participation Rates, Exclusion Rates, and Sample Counts, Grade 8 Science State Assessment (Accommodations Permitted [ R3]): By Jurisdiction, 2000
Participation Results for the 2000 State Assessment
Fourth-Grade School Participation in the 2000 State Assessment
Eighth-Grade School Participation in the 2000 State Assessment
Comparison of National Main and State Sample Designs
Assessment Subjects
Sampling Stages
Target Populations
Sample Design for the 2001 Assessment
National Main Assessment Sample Design in 2001
Target Population and Sample Sizes of the 2001 National Main Assessment
Sampling of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Definition of PSU Strata for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Number of Noncertainty Strata in Each Major Stratum in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Primary Sampling Unit Definition and Frame Creation for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Selection of Primary Sampling Units in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Sampling Frame for School Sampling Within Selected PSUs
Number of Schools Within the 94 Selected PSUs by School Type in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Selection of New Public Schools for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Sampling of Schools in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Assigning Measures of Size and Selecting School Samples for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Ineligible Schools for the 2001 National Main Assessment
School Substitution for Adjusting School Nonresponse for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Originally Sampled Schools With and Without Substitutes for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Substitute Frame Standard Deviations for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Selecting School Samples for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Sampling Within Schools in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Assignment of Sample Types to Schools in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Assignment of Sessions to Schools for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Student Sample Selection for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Assigning Assessments as U.S. History and Geography for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Oversampling Black and Hispanic Students for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Oversampling Students With Disabilities and Limited-English-Proficient (SD/LEP) Students for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Students Excluded From the 2001 National Main Assessment
Student Exclusion Rates by School Type for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Weighted Percentages of Students Excluded from the 2001 National Main Assessment
Updating Number of Sessions in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Within-School Sampling Rates for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Student Sampling Procedure for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Participation Results for the 2001 National Main Assessment
School Participation for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Student Participation Results for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Tables and Figures
Target population of students in public schools, by grade, national main assessment: 2000
Student sample size goals, by subject area, school type, and grade, national main assessment: 2000
Selection of primary sampling units, by assessment year and sample designation number, national main assessment: Various years, 1994–2000
Number of noncertainty strata in each major stratum, by total strata and number of strata per MSA or non-MSA PSU, national main assessment: By region, 2000
Number of schools in the original sample, by school type and grade, national main assessment: 2000
Original sample schools with and without substitutes and number of participating substitute schools, by grade and school type, national main assessment: 2000
Number of public and private schools in the assessment's frame components, by frame source and grade, national main assessment: 2000
School measure of size assignment scheme by school type and grade, national main assessment: 2000
Inflation factor used to offset attrition in public school student participation, by school type and grade, the national main assessment: 2000
Distribution of public schools in the sample, by sampling strata, grade 8 national main assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Session assignment probabilities for private schools, by subject area and sampling stratum, grade 4 national main assessment: 2000
Rules for dropping sessions for grade 4 public schools, national main assessment: 2000
Student exclusion rates, by subject area, grade, school type, and reporting population, national main assessment: 2000
Weighted percentages of students excluded (SD and LEP) from assessment in the S2 sample, by subject area, school type, and grade, national main assessment: 2000
Weighted percentages of students excluded (SD and LEP) from assessment in the S3 sample, by subject area, school type, and grade, national main assessment: 2000
Weighted school and student participation rates, by grade, reporting population, and subject area, national main assessment: 2000
Summary of school participation experiences by grade and school type, unweighted, national main assessment: 2000
Cooperation rate of schools before the addition of substitute schools to the sample, by grade and school type, unweighted, national main assessment: Various years, 1992–2000
Cooperation rate of schools before and after the addition of substitute schools to the sample, by grade and school type, unweighted, national main assessment: 2000
Weighted school and student participation rates, by grade, reporting population, and subject area, national main assessment: 2000
Weighted student participation rates, by grade, school type, and subject area, national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2000
Weighted student participation rates, by grade, school type, and subject area, national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2000
Sampling parameters for the grade 4 and 8 public school frames, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of schools and enrollment for participating jurisdictions, by grade, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Implicit stratification variables, by grade, state assessment: By jurisdiction: 2000
Number of schools selected for both state and national main assessments: 2000
Calculation of a school's measure of size, state assessment: 2000
Mean, minimum, and maximum number of schools sampled, by grade, state assessment: 2000
Number of substitute schools provided, by grade, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of school sample, grade 4 mathematics state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of school sample, grade 8 mathematics state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of school sample, grade 4 science state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Distribution of school sample, grade 8 science state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Public school sampling frame and new-school sample sizes, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Jurisdictions with all schools selected, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Effect of sparse state sample option on jurisdictions, by grade, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 4 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 4 mathematics state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 4 science state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 4 science state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 8 mathematics state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 8 science state assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Weighted student participation rates, exclusion rates, and sample counts, grade 8 science state assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): By jurisdiction, 2000
Number of participating fourth-grade schools, by subject area and sample type, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Number of participating eighth-grade schools, by subject area and sample type, state assessment: By jurisdiction, 2000
Sample size goals, by subject area and grade, national main assessment: 2001
Number of noncertainty strata in each major stratum, national main assessment: By NAEP region, 2001
Number of schools within the 94 selected PSUs, by school type and grade, national main assessment: 2001
Originally sampled schools with and without substitutes, national main assessment: 2001
Substitute frame standard deviations, national main assessment: 2001
Distribution of main and field test sessions among sampled schools by grade, national main assessment: 2001
Weighted student exclusion rates, by subject area, grade, school type, and reporting sample, national main assessment: 2001
Weighted percentages of students excluded (SD and LEP) from the assessment, national main assessment: 2001
Rules for dropping sessions for grade 4 public schools, national main assessment: 2001
Unweighted summary of school participation experience, national main assessment: 2001
Student participation counts and (unweighted) rates, by school type and grade, national main assessment: 2001
Weighted school and student participation rates, by subject area and grade, national main assessment: 2001
NAEP Data Collection
Pages
Overview of the NAEP Assessments
Overview of the 2000 NAEP Assessment
Overview of the 2000 National Main Assessment
Overview of the 2000 State Assessment
Overview of the 2001 National Main Assessment
Organization of the Data Collection Staff
Organization of the Data Collection Staff for the 2000 Assessment
Organization of the Data Collection Staff for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Organization of the Data Collection Staff for the 2000 State Assessment
Organization of the Data Collection Staff for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Field Staff Training
Field Staff Training for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Field Staff Training for the 2000 State Assessment
Field Staff Training for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Gaining School Participation
Gaining School Participation in the 2000 National Main Assessment
Gaining School Participation in the 2000 State Assessment
Gaining School Participation in the 2001 National Main Assessment
Sampling of Students
Sampling of Students for the 2000 Assessment
Sampling of Students for the 2000 National Main Assessment
Oversamples of Certain Groups of Students in 2000
Sampling of Students for the 2000 State Assessment
Sampling of Students for the 2001 National Main Assessment
Oversamples of Certain Groups of Students in 2001
Data Collection Reporting Systems
Field Test
Assessment Sessions
Quality Control
Quality Control for the 2000 Assessment
Quality Control for the 2000 Nat
