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NAEP Technical DocumentationNew and Common Blocks for the 2015 Reading Assessment
New blocks and blocks common to the previous assessment, reading combined national and state assessment, by block source and grade: 2015
Grade	New blocks	Blocks common to 2013
4	R3,R5,R8	R1,R2,R4,R6,R7,R9,R10
8	R4,R5,R8	R1,R2,R3,R6,R7,R9,R10,R11,R12,R13
12	R4,R11	R1,R2,R3,R5,R6,R7,R8,R9,R10,R12,R13
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment.

New blocks and blocks common to the previous assessment, vocabulary national assessment, by block source and grade: 2015
Grade	New blocks	Blocks common to 2013
4	R3,R5,R8,R15	R1,R2,R4,R6,R7,R9,R10,R14,R16,R17
8	R4,R5,R8,R19	R1,R2,R3,R6,R7,R9,R10,R11,R12,R13,R14,R15,R16,R17,R18
12	R4,R11,R16	R1,R2,R3,R5,R6,R7,R8,R9,R10,R12,R13,R14,R15,R17
NOTE: The 25-minute reading comprehension blocks contain two vocabulary items and are listed in addition to the 12.5 minute vocabulary blocks. Blocks R1 to R13 are reading comprehension blocks. Blocks R14 to R19 are vocabulary blocks. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment.

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