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​​NAEP Technical DocumentationConditional Correlations and Residual Variances of the Subscales, Reading Combined National and State Assessment, by Subscale and Grade: 2019

Conditional correlations and residual variances of the subscales, reading combined national and state assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Subscale Literary Informational
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
Grade 4
Literary .88
Informational .88
Residual variance .36 .29
Grade 8
Literary .80
Informational .80
Residual variance .42 .38


Conditional correlations and residual variances of the subscales, reading DBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Subscale Literary Informational
DBA = Digitally based assessment.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
Grade 12
Literary .84
Informational .84
Residual variance .34 .34


Conditional correlations and residual variances of the subscales, reading PBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
SubscaleLiteraryInformational
PBA = Paper-based assessment.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
Grade 12
Literary.85
Informational.85
Residual variance.35.31


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