Skip to main content
Skip Navigation

Table of Contents  |  Search Technical Documentation  |  References

NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Scales → Correlations Among NAEP Subject Area Subscales → Marginal Correlations of the Subscales, by Grade, Reading Combined National and State Main Assessment: 2003
NAEP Technical DocumentationMarginal correlations of the subscales, by grade, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2003
Grade Scale Reading for literary experience Reading to gain information Reading to perform a task
4 Reading for literary experience § §
Reading to gain information 0.87 §
8 Reading for literary experience § § §
Reading to gain information 0.80 § §
Reading to perform a task 0.78 0.81 §
† 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 .
§ These cells do not display data because this is a correlation matrix. Information is shown for the lower triangle only to eliminate redundant information.
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)

Printer-friendly Version