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The NAEP Database → Creation of the Database

Creation of the Database

       

Merging Files

Creating the Master Catalog

The data processing conducted by the NAEP materials and scoring contractor for each assessment results in the transmittal to the NAEP data analysis contractor of four data files for each grade assessed. These four data files are based on data collected from the following sources:

In addition to these files, sampling weights must be included in order to make valid statistical inferences about the population of students and schools included in NAEP assessments. These files are merged into the final database.

Last updated 08 December 2008 (RF)

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