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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of reading items, by context for reading and grade: 2007
Grade

Total
Reading for
literary
experience
Reading
to gain
information
Reading
to perform
a task
4 100 51 49
8 140 50 56 34
† The scale "reading to perform a task" was not assessed at grade 4.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Reading Assessment.

Last updated 16 April 2009 (RF)

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