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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2005 Reading Assessment

For the 2005 assessment, instrument developers chose seven blocks at grade 4 and ten blocks at grade 8 from the 2003 reading assessment, as well as nine blocks from the 2002 reading assessment for blocks at grade 12. (The grade 12 blocks were chosen from the 2002 assessment, because the 2003 assessment sampled students only at grades 4 and 8.) In addition, they created three new blocks at each of grades 4 and 8, as well as two new blocks at grade 12. Three blocks at grade 4, four blocks at grade 8, and blocks at grade 12 from the NAEP 2003 reading assessment were released and are available to the public via the NAEP Questions Tool .

The tables below display the NAEP 2005 reading assessment student booklet configurations for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

Student booklet configuration, grade 4 reading assessment, by booklet number: 2005

Booklet number	Cognitive block 1	Cognitive block 2	Background question directions	General student background questions	Reading background questions
R1	R3	R41	BD	D1	BR1
R2	R41	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R3	R5	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R41	R6	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R5	R7	R8	BD	D1	BR1
R6	R8	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R7	R91	R101	BD	D1	BR1
R8	R10	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R91	R3	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R101	R41	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R11	R5	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R12	R6	R8	BD	D1	BR1
R13	R7	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R14	R8	R101	BD	D1	BR1
R15	R91	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R16	R101	R41	BD	D1	BR1
R17	R3	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R18	R41	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R19	R5	R8	BD	D1	BR1
R20	R6	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R21	R7	R101	BD	D1	BR1
R22	R8	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R23	R91	R41	BD	D1	BR1
R24	R101	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R25	R3	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R26	R41	R8	BD	D1	BR1
R27	R5	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R28	R6	R101	BD	D1	BR1
R29	R7	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R30	R8	R41	BD	D1	BR1
R31	R91	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R32	R101	R6	BD	D1	BR1
1 Three new blocks were developed at grade 4 for the 2005 assessment: R4, R9, and R10. NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block R3 appears at grades 4, 8, and 12), 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 Reading Assessment.

Student booklet configuration, grade 8 reading assessment, by booklet number: 2005

Booklet number	Cognitive block 1	Cognitive block 2	Background question directions	General student background questions	Reading background questions
R1	R3	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R2	R4	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R3	R5	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R4	R6	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R5	R7	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R6	R81	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R7	R91	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R81	R10	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R91	R11	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R10	R3	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R11	R4	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R121	R5	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R13	R6	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R14	R7	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R15	R81	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R16	R91	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R17	R10	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R18	R11	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R19	R3	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R20	R4	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R21	R5	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R22	R6	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R23	R7	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R24	R81	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R25	R91	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R26	R10	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R27	R11	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R28	R3	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R29	R4	R8	BD	D1	BR1
R30	R5	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R31	R6	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R32	R7	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R33	R81	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R34	R91	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R35	R10	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R36	R11	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R37	R132		BD	D1	BR1
1 Three new blocks were developed at grade 8 for the 2005 assessment: R8, R9, and R12. 2 Block R13 was a 50-minute block. All other booklets contained 2 25-minute blocks.  NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block R3 appears at grades 4, 8, and 12), 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 Reading Assessment.

Student booklet configuration, grade 12 reading assessment, by booklet number: 2005

Booklet number	Cognitive block 1	Cognitive block 2	Background question directions	General student background questions	Reading background questions
R1	R3	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R2	R4	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R3	R5	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R4	R6	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R5	R7	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R6	R81	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R7	R91	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R81	R10	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R91	R11	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R10	R3	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R11	R4	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R12	R5	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R13	R6	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R14	R7	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R15	R81	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R16	R91	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R17	R10	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R18	R11	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R19	R3	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R20	R4	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R21	R5	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R22	R6	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R23	R7	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R24	R81	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R25	R91	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R26	R10	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R27	R11	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R28	R3	R7	BD	D1	BR1
R29	R4	R81	BD	D1	BR1
R30	R5	R91	BD	D1	BR1
R31	R6	R10	BD	D1	BR1
R32	R7	R11	BD	D1	BR1
R33	R81	R3	BD	D1	BR1
R34	R91	R4	BD	D1	BR1
R35	R10	R5	BD	D1	BR1
R36	R11	R6	BD	D1	BR1
R37	R132		BD	D1	BR1
R38	R142		BD	D1	BR1
1 Two new blocks were developed at grade 12 for the 2005 assessment: R8 and R9. 2 Blocks R13 and R14 were 50-minute blocks. All other booklets contained 2 25-minute blocks.  NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block R3 appears at grades 4, 8, and 12), 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 Reading Assessment.

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