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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2000 Reading Assessment

The 2000 assessment was given only at grade 4. Test developers chose seven blocks from the 1998 assessment. In addition, they created one new block. One block was released to the public and can be accessed via the NAEP Questions Tool.

The table below displays the student booklet configurations for the NAEP 2000 reading assessment (administered to grade 4 only).

Student booklet configuration, grade 4 reading assessment: By booklet number, 2000

Booklet number	General background questions	Cognitive block 1	Cognitive block 2	Reading background questions	Motivation background questions
1	BR1	R4	R3	RB1	RB
2	BR1	R3	R5	RB1	RB
3	BR1	R5	R9	RB1	RB
4	BR1	R9	R4	RB1	RB
5	BR1	R4	R5	RB1	RB
6	BR1	R3	R9	RB1	RB
7	BR1	R61	R10	RB1	RB
8	BR1	R10	R7	RB1	RB
9	BR1	R7	R8	RB1	RB
10	BR1	R8	R61	RB1	RB
11	BR1	R61	R7	RB1	RB
12	BR1	R10	R8	RB1	RB
13	BR1	R7	R4	RB1	RB
14	BR1	R8	R3	RB1	RB
15	BR1	R5	R61	RB1	RB
16	BR1	R9	R10	RB1	RB
1 One new block was developed at grade 4 for the 2000 assessment: R6. NOTE: The 2000 NAEP assessment was conducted at grade 4 only. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Reading Assessment.

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