Table of Contents | Search Technical Documentation | References
| Task | Actual start | Actual finish | Critical dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing | |||
| Send tracking forms to printing plant | 9/17/02 | 9/17/02 | † |
| Send student documents to printing plant | 9/16/02 | 10/25/02 | Cognitive blocks from item developers |
| Send questionnaires to printing plant | 10/7/02 | 10/7/02 | OMB1 approval for background blocks |
| Receipt of tracking forms | 10/25/02 | 11/1/02 | † |
| Receipt of student documents | 10/16/02 | 11/27/02 | † |
| Receipt of questionnaires | 10/29/02 | 12/13/02 | † |
| Packaging | † | † | † |
| Materials list received from item developers and data collection staff | 9/17/02 | 9/27/02 | † |
| Pre-packaging | 10/4/02 | 11/22/02 | † |
| Barcoding | 10/21/02 | 12/6/02 | † |
| Spiraling | 11/4/02 | 12/10/02 | † |
| Quality Control scanning | 11/11/02 | 12/10/02 | † |
| Green sheets for questionnaires | 9/30/02 | 11/7/02 | † |
| Bundle slips needed | 10/22/02 | 11/12/02 | † |
| Ancillary materials delivered | 10/23/02 | 12/16/02 | † |
| Final packaging wave 0 | 12/9/02 | 12/23/02 | † |
| Final address file for wave 0 | 12/9/02 | 12/9/02 | † |
| Final packaging wave 0 | 12/18/02 | 12/20/02 | † |
| Demographic and cooperating school information from data collectors due | 12/9/02 | 12/9/02 | Files from data collection staff |
| Shipping labels and customs forms delivered to packaging | 12/16/02 | 12/16/02 | † |
| Distribution file to transportation for wave 0 | 12/10/02 | 12/10/02 | † |
| Packing list, mailing labels available for wave 0 | 12/13/02 | 12/13/02 | † |
| Student ID labels for wave 0 | 12/16/02 | 12/16/02 | † |
| Distribution file to transportation for wave 1 | 12/20/02 | 12/23/02 | † |
| Final packaging wave 1 | 12/16/02 | 1/14/03 | † |
| Packing list, mailing labels for wave 1 | 12/18/02 | 12/18/02 | † |
| Student ID labels for wave 1 | 12/19/02 | 12/19/02 | † |
| Demographic and school info from data collection staff for wave 1 | 12/16/02 | 12/16/02 | † |
| Final address file from data collection staff for wave 1 | 12/16/02 | 12/18/02 | † |
| Administration schedules printed | 12/20/02 | 12/23/02 | † |
| Administration schedules mailed to supervisors | 12/23/02 | 12/23/02 | † |
| Return-shipping labels delivered to packaging for wave 1 | 12/30/02 | 12/30/02 | † |
| Packing list, mailing labels available for wave 1 | 12/30/02 | 12/30/02 | † |
| Student ID labels for wave 1 | 12/30/02 | 12/30/02 | † |
Other shipping |
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| Pre-printed rosters and questionnaires sent to supervisors | 11/25/02 | 11/27/02 | To data collection supervisors |
| Pre-printed admin schedules and sampling materials to supervisors | 12/23/02 | 12/23/02 | To data collection supervisors |
| Bulk materials to ACs2 | 12/30/02 | 12/31/02 | To data collection assessment coordinators |
| Shipping - wave 0 - DoDDS3, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa | 12/18/02 | 12/20/02 | To data collection ACs - overseas |
| Shipping - wave 1 - all pending and cooperating schools to ACs | 12/31/02 | 1/14/03 | To data collection ACs |
| Shipping - update 1 - newly cooperating schools | 1/21/03 | 1/22/03 | To data collection ACs |
| Shipping - update 2 - newly cooperating schools | 1/29/03 | 1/29/03 | To data collection ACs |
| Shipping - update 3 - newly cooperating schools | 2/3/03 | 2/3/03 | To data collection ACs |
| Testing window | 1/27/03 | 3/7/03 | † |
Processing |
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| On-line questionnaires | 10/14/02 | 1/6/03 | † |
| Processing kick-off meeting | 1/10/03 | 1/10/03 | † |
| Processing specifications due | 10/14/02 | 12/20/02 | † |
| Information to key entry for screen set-up | 11/21/02 | 11/22/02 | † |
| Processing blue dots (first batches) | 1/28/03 | 2/18/03 | † |
| Receipt of documents at scoring facility | 1/28/03 | 3/18/03 | † |
| Program through clean-post-edit | 3/25/03 | 3/25/03 | † |
| Scanning | 1/28/03 | 3/24/03 | † |
| Security scanning | 2/3/03 | 4/23/03 | † |
| Security scanning report due | 3/14/03 | 4/4/03 | † |
Hand scoring |
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| Scoring - train-the-trainer - mathematics | 1/21/03 | 1/23/03 | † |
| Scoring - train-the-trainer - reading | 2/3/03 | 2/5/03 | † |
| Scoring - scoring supervisor training - mathematics | 3/5/03 | 3/7/03 | † |
| Scoring - scoring supervisor training - reading | 3/5/03 | 3/7/03 | † |
| Scoring - mathematics operational | 3/17/03 | 4/17/03 | Test developers and scoring staff trainers |
| Scoring - mathematics pilot | 4/7/03 | 4/16/03 | Test developers trainers |
| Scoring - mathematics long-term trend | 3/10/03 | 3/14/03 | † |
| Scoring - reading operational | 3/17/03 | 4/18/03 | Test developers and scoring staff trainers |
| Scoring - reading pilot | 4/7/03 | 4/18/03 | Test developers trainers |
| Scoring - reading long-term trend | 3/10/03 | 3/14/03 | † |
Data delivery |
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| Demographics files to data collection staff | 2/7/03 | 3/28/03 | To data collection staff |
| Data delivery 4th grade operational | 4/21/03 | 4/21/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 8th grade operational | 4/22/03 | 4/22/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 4th grade pilot | 4/17/03 | 4/17/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 8th grade pilot | 4/22/03 | 4/22/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 12th grade pilot | 4/22/03 | 4/22/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 4th grade LTT4 | 4/9/03 | 4/9/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 8th grade LTT | 3/27/03 | 3/27/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery 12th grade LTT | 4/9/03 | 4/9/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery school questionnaires | 4/18/03 | 4/18/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery teacher questionnaires | 4/23/03 | 4/23/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery SD/LEP5 questionnaires | 3/28/03 | 4/23/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Data delivery - trend scores | 5/30/03 | 5/30/03 | To data analysis staff and NCES |
| Report of activities | † | † | † |
| Report of activities - final | 4/7/03 | 6/27/03 | To NCES, weighting staff, and analysis staff |
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† Not applicable.
1 Office of Management and Budget. 2 Assessment coordinators, trained contractors who administer the assessment and oversee all NAEP activities in schools. 3 Department of Defense Dependents Schools. 4 Long-term trend assessments, designed to give information on the changes in the basic achievement of America's youth. 5 Student with a disability and/or limited English proficient. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003. |
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