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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items in the 2015 Reading Assessment
Number of items in subscales as defined before scaling, reading combined national and state assessment, by subscale and grade: 2015
Grade
Total
Literary
Information
4
97
50
47
8
131
60
71
12
132
39
93
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment.
Number of items in subscales as defined after scaling, reading combined national and state assessment, by subscale and grade: 2015
Grade
Total
Literary
Information
4
96
49
47
8
131
60
71
12
132
39
93
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment.