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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2006 Civics Assessment

For the 2006 assessment, test developers chose 16 blocks from the previous civics assessment—four at grade 4 and six at grades 8 and 12—and created two new blocks at each grade.Two blocks at each grade from the NAEP 2006 civics assessment were released and are available to the public via the NAEP Questions Tool. Released blocks of questions are not used in later assessments.

The tables below display the NAEP 2006 civics assessment student booklet configurations for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

Student booklet configuration, grade 4 civics assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2006

Booklet Number	Cognitive Block 1	Cognitive Block 2	Core Background Questions	Civics Background Questions
C301	C3	C4	D1	CB1
C302	C3	C5	D1	CB1
C303	C4	C5	D1	CB1
C304	C4	C6	D1	CB1
C305	C5	C6	D1	CB1
C306	C5	C7	D1	CB1
C307	C6	C7	D1	CB1
C308	C6	C8	D1	CB1
C309	C7	C8	D1	CB1
C310	C7	C3	D1	CB1
C311	C8	C3	D1	CB1
C312	C8	C4	D1	CB1
C313	C3	C6	D1	CB1
C314	C4	C7	D1	CB1
C315	C5	C8	D1	CB1
C316	C6	C3	D1	CB1
C317	C7	C4	D1	CB1
C318	C8	C5	D1	CB1
NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block C7 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), 2006 Civics Assessment.

 

Student booklet configuration, grade 8 civics assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2006

Booklet Number	Cognitive Block 1	Cognitive Block 2	Core Background Questions	Civics Background Questions
C301	C3	C4	D1	CB1
C302	C3	C5	D1	CB1
C303	C4	C5	D1	CB1
C304	C4	C6	D1	CB1
C305	C5	C6	D1	CB1
C306	C5	C7	D1	CB1
C307	C6	C7	D1	CB1
C308	C6	C8	D1	CB1
C309	C7	C8	D1	CB1
C310	C7	C9	D1	CB1
C311	C8	C9	D1	CB1
C312	C8	C10	D1	CB1
C313	C9	C10	D1	CB1
C314	C9	C3	D1	CB1
C315	C10	C3	D1	CB1
C316	C10	C4	D1	CB1
C317	C3	C6	D1	CB1
C318	C3	C7	D1	CB1
C319	C4	C7	D1	CB1
C320	C4	C8	D1	CB1
C321	C5	C8	D1	CB1
C322	C5	C9	D1	CB1
C323	C6	C9	D1	CB1
C324	C6	C10	D1	CB1
C325	C7	C10	D1	CB1
C326	C7	C3	D1	CB1
C327	C8	C3	D1	CB1
C328	C8	C4	D1	CB1
C329	C9	C4	D1	CB1
C330	C9	C5	D1	CB1
C331	C10	C5	D1	CB1
C332	C10	C6	D1	CB1
NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block C7 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), 2006 Civics Assessment.

 

Student booklet configuration, grade 12 civics assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2006

Booklet Number	Cognitive Block 1	Cognitive Block 2	Core Background Questions	Civics Background Questions
C301	C3	C4	D1	CB1
C302	C3	C5	D1	CB1
C303	C4	C5	D1	CB1
C304	C4	C6	D1	CB1
C305	C5	C6	D1	CB1
C306	C5	C7	D1	CB1
C307	C6	C7	D1	CB1
C308	C6	C8	D1	CB1
C309	C7	C8	D1	CB1
C310	C7	C9	D1	CB1
C311	C8	C9	D1	CB1
C312	C8	C10	D1	CB1
C313	C9	C10	D1	CB1
C314	C9	C3	D1	CB1
C315	C10	C3	D1	CB1
C316	C10	C4	D1	CB1
C317	C3	C6	D1	CB1
C318	C3	C7	D1	CB1
C319	C4	C7	D1	CB1
C320	C4	C8	D1	CB1
C321	C5	C8	D1	CB1
C322	C5	C9	D1	CB1
C323	C6	C9	D1	CB1
C324	C6	C10	D1	CB1
C325	C7	C10	D1	CB1
C326	C7	C3	D1	CB1
C327	C8	C3	D1	CB1
C328	C8	C4	D1	CB1
C329	C9	C4	D1	CB1
C330	C9	C5	D1	CB1
C331	C10	C5	D1	CB1
C332	C10	C6	D1	CB1
NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block C7 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), 2006 Civics Assessment.

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