NAEP Analysis and Scaling - Number of Items in Scales, as Defined Before and After Scaling, by Grade, Reading Combined National and State Main Assessment: 2003

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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of items in scales as defined before scaling, by grade, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2003
Grade	Total	Reading for literary experience	Reading to gain information	Reading to perform a task
4	82	41	41	†
8	111	30	48	33
12	114	27	56	31
† Not applicable; no items are created for this scale in any NAEP reading assessment at the grade 4 level as specified by the reading framework . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Reading Assessment.

Number of items in scales as defined after scaling, by grade, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2003
Grade	Total	Reading for literary experience	Reading to gain information	Reading to perform a task
4	82	41	41	†
8	111	30	48	33
12	112	27	54	31
† Not applicable; no items are created for this scale in any NAEP reading assessment at the grade 4 level as specified by the reading framework . SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Reading Assessment.

Last updated 16 February 2009 (GF)