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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2011 Reading Assessment

In 2011, the NAEP reading assessment was administered at grades 4 and 8 only. Of the19 comprehension blocks administered across the two grades, 15 were carried over from the 2009 assessment and 4 blocks were new. Of the eight vocabulary half-blocks administered across the two grades, six were carried over from 2009 and two were new. Six blocks—three from grade 4 and three from grade 8—were released after the NAEP 2011 reading assessment and are available to the public via the NAEP Questions Tool. Released blocks of questions are not administered in subsequent NAEP assessments.

The tables below display the NAEP 2011 reading assessment student booklet configurations for grade 4 and grade 8.

Student booklet configuration, grade 4 reading assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2011
Booklet
number		 Cognitive block
1		 Cognitive block
2		 Core background questions Reading background questions
NOTE: There were a total of 60 booklets at grade 4. There were 50 booklets with 2 comprehension blocks and 10 booklets comprised of one comprehension block and 1 vocabulary block.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.
R001 R1 R2 D1 RB1
R002 R1 R3 D1 RB1
R003 R2 R3 D1 RB1
R004 R2 R4 D1 RB1
R005 R3 R4 D1 RB1
R006 R3 R5 D1 RB1
R007 R4 R5 D1 RB1
R008 R4 R6 D1 RB1
R009 R5 R6 D1 RB1
R010 R5 R7 D1 RB1
R011 R6 R7 D1 RB1
R012 R6 R8 D1 RB1
R013 R7 R8 D1 RB1
R014 R7 R9 D1 RB1
R015 R8 R9 D1 RB1
R016 R8 R10 D1 RB1
R017 R9 R10 D1 RB1
R018 R9 R1 D1 RB1
R019 R10 R1 D1 RB1
R020 R10 R2 D1 RB1
R021 R1 R4 D1 RB1
R022 R1 R5 D1 RB1
R023 R2 R5 D1 RB1
R024 R2 R6 D1 RB1
R025 R3 R6 D1 RB1
R026 R3 R7 D1 RB1
R027 R4 R7 D1 RB1
R028 R4 R8 D1 RB1
R029 R5 R8 D1 RB1
R030 R5 R9 D1 RB1
R031 R6 R9 D1 RB1
R032 R6 R10 D1 RB1
R033 R7 R10 D1 RB1
R034 R7 R1 D1 RB1
R035 R8 R1 D1 RB1
R036 R8 R2 D1 RB1
R037 R9 R2 D1 RB1
R038 R9 R3 D1 RB1
R039 R10 R3 D1 RB1
R040 R10 R4 D1 RB1
R041 R1 R6 D1 RB1
R042 R2 R7 D1 RB1
R043 R3 R8 D1 RB1
R044 R4 R9 D1 RB1
R045 R5 R10 D1 RB1
R046 R6 R1 D1 RB1
R047 R7 R2 D1 RB1
R048 R8 R3 D1 RB1
R049 R9 R4 D1 RB1
R050 R10 R5 D1 RB1
R051 R1 VB1(H1R14A/F1R15B) D1 RB1
R052 R2 VB2(H1R14A/F12R16B) D1 RB1
R053 R3 VB3(H1R14A/F12R17B) D1 RB1
R054 R4 VB4(F1R15A/H1R14B) D1 RB1
R055 R5 VB5(F1R15A/F12R17B) D1 RB1
R056 R6 VB6(F12R16A/H1R14B) D1 RB1
R057 R7 VB7(F12R16A/F1R15B) D1 RB1
R058 R8 VB8(F12R16A/F12R17B) D1 RB1
R059 R9 VB9(F12R17A/F1R15B) D1 RB1
R060 R10 VB10(F12R17A/F12R16B) D1 RB1

Student booklet configuration, grade 8 reading assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2011
Booklet
number		 Cognitive block
1		 Cognitive block
2		 Core background questions Reading background questions
NOTE: There were a total of 91 booklets at grade 8. There were 78 booklets with two comprehension blocks and 13 booklets comprised of one comprehension block and one vocabulary block.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.
R001 R1 R2 D1 RB1
R002 R1 R3 D1 RB1
R003 R2 R3 D1 RB1
R004 R2 R4 D1 RB1
R005 R3 R4 D1 RB1
R006 R3 R5 D1 RB1
R007 R4 R5 D1 RB1
R008 R4 R6 D1 RB1
R009 R5 R6 D1 RB1
R010 R5 R7 D1 RB1
R011 R6 R7 D1 RB1
R012 R6 R8 D1 RB1
R013 R7 R8 D1 RB1
R014 R7 R9 D1 RB1
R015 R8 R9 D1 RB1
R016 R8 R10 D1 RB1
R017 R9 R10 D1 RB1
R018 R9 R11 D1 RB1
R019 R10 R11 D1 RB1
R020 R10 R12 D1 RB1
R021 R11 R12 D1 RB1
R022 R11 R13 D1 RB1
R023 R12 R13 D1 RB1
R024 R12 R1 D1 RB1
R025 R13 R1 D1 RB1
R026 R13 R2 D1 RB1
R027 R1 R4 D1 RB1
R028 R1 R5 D1 RB1
R029 R2 R5 D1 RB1
R030 R2 R6 D1 RB1
R031 R3 R6 D1 RB1
R032 R3 R7 D1 RB1
R033 R4 R7 D1 RB1
R034 R4 R8 D1 RB1
R035 R5 R8 D1 RB1
R036 R5 R9 D1 RB1
R037 R6 R9 D1 RB1
R038 R6 R10 D1 RB1
R039 R7 R10 D1 RB1
R040 R7 R11 D1 RB1
R041 R8 R11 D1 RB1
R042 R8 R12 D1 RB1
R043 R9 R12 D1 RB1
R044 R9 R13 D1 RB1
R045 R10 R13 D1 RB1
R046 R10 R1 D1 RB1
R047 R11 R1 D1 RB1
R048 R11 R2 D1 RB1
R049 R12 R2 D1 RB1
R050 R12 R3 D1 RB1
R051 R13 R3 D1 RB1
R052 R13 R4 D1 RB1
R053 R1 R6 D1 RB1
R054 R1 R7 D1 RB1
R055 R2 R7 D1 RB1
R056 R2 R8 D1 RB1
R057 R3 R8 D1 RB1
R058 R3 R9 D1 RB1
R059 R4 R9 D1 RB1
R060 R4 R10 D1 RB1
R061 R5 R10 D1 RB1
R062 R5 R11 D1 RB1
R063 R6 R11 D1 RB1
R064 R6 R12 D1 RB1
R065 R7 R12 D1 RB1
R066 R7 R13 D1 RB1
R067 R8 R13 D1 RB1
R068 R8 R1 D1 RB1
R069 R9 R1 D1 RB1
R070 R9 R2 D1 RB1
R071 R10 R2 D1 RB1
R072 R10 R3 D1 RB1
R073 R11 R3 D1 RB1
R074 R11 R4 D1 RB1
R075 R12 R4 D1 RB1
R076 R12 R5 D1 RB1
R077 R13 R5 D1 RB1
R078 R13 R6 D1 RB1
R079 R1 VB1(F23R14A/F23R15B) D1 RB1
R080 R2 VB2(F23R14A/F2R19B) D1 RB1
R081 R3 VB3(F23R15A/F12R16B) D1 RB1
R082 R4 VB4(F23R15A/H2R18B) D1 RB1
R083 R5 VB5(F12R16A/F23R14B) D1 RB1
R084 R6 VB6(F12R16A/F12R17B) D1 RB1
R085 R7 VB7(F12R16A/F2R19B) D1 RB1
R086 R8 VB8(F12R17A/F23R15B) D1 RB1
R087 R9 VB9(F12R17A/H2R18B) D1 RB1
R088 R10 VB10(H2R18A/F12R14B) D1 RB1
R089 R11 VB11(H2R18A/F12R16B) D1 RB1
R090 R12 VB12(F2R19A/F23R15B) D1 RB1
R091 R13 VB13(F2R19A/F12R17B) D1 RB1
Last updated 22 May 2014 (GF)
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