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NAEP Technical DocumentationInstruments for the 2005 Mathematics Assessment

For the 2005 assessment, NAEP instrument developers created 10 blocks of items at each grade—8 blocks using items from the 2003 assessment and 2 blocks of new items developed for the 2005 assessment. Two blocks at grade 4, three blocks at grade 8, and three blocks at grade 12 were released and are available to the public via the NAEP Questions Tool.

The tables below display the NAEP 2005 mathematics assessment student booklet configurations for grade 4 and grade 8.

Student booklet configuration for the grade 4 mathematics assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2005
Booklet
number
Cognitive block 1 Cognitive block 2 Background question
directions
General student
background questions
Subject-specific background
questions
M101 M3B M4B BD D1 MB1
M102 M4B M5B BD D1 MB1
M103 M5B M6B BD D1 MB1
M104 M6B M7 BD D1 MB1
M105 M7 M8 BD D1 MB1
M106 M8 M9 BD D1 MB1
M107 M9 M10 BD D1 MB1
M108 M10 M111 BD D1 MB1
M109 M111 M121 BD D1 MB1
M110 M121 M3B BD D1 MB1
M111 M3B M5B BD D1 MB1
M112 M4B M6B BD D1 MB1
M113 M5B M7 BD D1 MB1
M114 M6B M8 BD D1 MB1
M115 M7 M9 BD D1 MB1
M116 M8 M10 BD D1 MB1
M117 M9 M111 BD D1 MB1
M118 M10 M121 BD D1 MB1
M119 M111 M3B BD D1 MB1
M120 M121 M4B BD D1 MB1
M121 M3B M6B BD D1 MB1
M122 M4B M7 BD D1 MB1
M123 M5B M8 BD D1 MB1
M124 M6B M9 BD D1 MB1
M125 M7 M10 BD D1 MB1
M126 M8 M111 BD D1 MB1
M127 M9 M121 BD D1 MB1
M128 M10 M3B BD D1 MB1
M129 M111 M4B BD D1 MB1
M130 M121 M5B BD D1 MB1
M131 M3B M7 BD D1 MB1
M132 M4B M8 BD D1 MB1
M133 M5B M9 BD D1 MB1
M134 M6B M10 BD D1 MB1
M135 M7 M111 BD D1 MB1
M136 M8 M121 BD D1 MB1
M137 M9 M3B BD D1 MB1
M138 M10 M4B BD D1 MB1
M139 M111 M5B BD D1 MB1
M140 M121 M6B BD D1 MB1
M141 M3B M8 BD D1 MB1
M142 M4B M9 BD D1 MB1
M143 M5B M10 BD D1 MB1
M144 M6B M111 BD D1 MB1
M145 M7 M121 BD D1 MB1
M146 M8 M3B BD D1 MB1
M147 M9 M4B BD D1 MB1
M148 M10 M5B BD D1 MB1
M149 M111 M6B BD D1 MB1
M150 M121 M7 BD D1 MB1
M914 M6B M8 BD D1 MB1
1 Two new blocks were developed at grade 4 for the 2005 assessment: M11 and M12.
NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block M7 appears at grades 4 and 8), the items that compose each block are different.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Mathematics Assessment.

Student booklet configuration for the grade 8 mathematics assessment, by background and cognitive block designation, and booklet number: 2005
Booklet number Cognitive block 1 Cognitive block 2 Background question directions General student background questions Subject-specific background questions
M101 M3B M4B BD D1 MB1
M102 M4B M5B BD D1 MB1
M103 M5B M6B BD D1 MB1
M104 M6B M7 BD D1 MB1
M105 M7 M8 BD D1 MB1
M106 M8 M9 BD D1 MB1
M107 M9 M10 BD D1 MB1
M108 M10 M111 BD D1 MB1
M109 M111 M121 BD D1 MB1
M110 M121 M3B BD D1 MB1
M111 M3B M5B BD D1 MB1
M112 M4B M6B BD D1 MB1
M113 M5B M7 BD D1 MB1
M114 M6B M8 BD D1 MB1
M115 M7 M9 BD D1 MB1
M116 M8 M10 BD D1 MB1
M117 M9 M111 BD D1 MB1
M118 M10 M121 BD D1 MB1
M119 M111 M3B BD D1 MB1
M120 M121 M4B BD D1 MB1
M121 M3B M6B BD D1 MB1
M122 M4B M7 BD D1 MB1
M123 M5B M8 BD D1 MB1
M124 M6B M9 BD D1 MB1
M125 M7 M10 BD D1 MB1
M126 M8 M111 BD D1 MB1
M127 M9 M121 BD D1 MB1
M128 M10 M3B BD D1 MB1
M129 M111 M4B BD D1 MB1
M130 M121 M5B BD D1 MB1
M131 M3B M7 BD D1 MB1
M132 M4B M8 BD D1 MB1
M133 M5B M9 BD D1 MB1
M134 M6B M10 BD D1 MB1
M135 M7 M111 BD D1 MB1
M136 M8 M121 BD D1 MB1
M137 M9 M3B BD D1 MB1
M138 M10 M4B BD D1 MB1
M139 M111 M5B BD D1 MB1
M140 M121 M6B BD D1 MB1
M141 M3B M8 BD D1 MB1
M142 M4B M9 BD D1 MB1
M143 M5B M10 BD D1 MB1
M144 M6B M111 BD D1 MB1
M145 M7 M121 BD D1 MB1
M146 M8 M3B BD D1 MB1
M147 M9 M4B BD D1 MB1
M148 M10 M5B BD D1 MB1
M149 M111 M6B BD D1 MB1
M150 M121 M7 BD D1 MB1
M914 M6B M8 BD D1 MB1
1 Two new blocks were developed at grade 8 for the 2005 assessment: M11 and M12.
NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block M7 appears at grades 4 and 8), the items that compose each block are different.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Mathematics Assessment.

Last updated 05 September 2008 (MH)

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