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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2015 Science Assessment

Student booklet configuration for the science grade 4 combined national and state assessment, by cognitive block and contextual designation: 2015
Booklet numberCognitive block 1Cognitive block 2Core contextual questionsScience contextual questions
S301S3S4J1D1L1SB1
S302S4S5J1D1L1SB1
S303S5S6J1D1L1SB1
S304S6S7J1D1L1SB1
S305S7S8J1D1L1SB1
S306S8S9J1D1L1SB1
S307S9S10J1D1L1SB1
S308S10S11J1D1L1SB1
S309S11S3J1D1L1SB1
S310S4S6J1D1L1SB1
S311S5S7J1D1L1SB1
S312S6S8J1D1L1SB1
S313S7S9J1D1L1SB1
S314S8S10J1D1L1SB1
S315S9S11J1D1L1SB1
S316S10S3J1D1L1SB1
S317S11S4J1D1L1SB1
S318S3S5J1D1L1SB1
S319S6S9J1D1L1SB1
S320S7S10J1D1L1SB1
S321S8S11J1D1L1SB1
S322S9S3J1D1L1SB1
S323S10S4J1D1L1SB1
S324S11S5J1D1L1SB1
S325S3S6J1D1L1SB1
S326S4S7J1D1L1SB1
S327S5S8J1D1L1SB1
S328S9S4J1D1L1SB1
S329S10S5J1D1L1SB1
S330S11S6J1D1L1SB1
S331S3S7J1D1L1SB1
S332S4S8J1D1L1SB1
S333S5S9J1D1L1SB1
S334S6S10J1D1L1SB1
S335S7S11J1D1L1SB1
S336S8S3J1D1L1SB1
S921-BLS3-BL†††
(S922-BL)†S4-BLJ1D1-BLL1SB1-BL
S931-BLS5-BL†††
(S932-BL)†S6-BLJ1D1-BLL1SB1-BL
† Not applicable.
NOTE: BL = Bilingual. Each bilingual booklet is a two-part booklet (921-BL and 922-BL; 931-BL and 932-BL), which include the Spanish translation on facing pages. 921-BL and 922-BL contain the same information as corresponding English-only booklet 301. 931-BL and 932-BL contain the same information as corresponding English-only booklet 303. All cognitive blocks for grade 4 science are 25-minute blocks. The subject-specific contextual questionnaire block for grade 4 science is L1SB1. No ancillary materials were provided to students at grade 4. Only booklets for operational assessments are included in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Science Assessment.

 
Student booklet configuration for the science grade 8 combined national and state assessment, by cognitive block and contextual designation: 2015
Booklet numberCognitive block 1Cognitive block 2Core contextual questionsScience contextual questions
S301S3S4J2D1L2SB1
S302S4S5J2D1L2SB1
S303S5S6J2D1L2SB1
S304S6S7J2D1L2SB1
S305S7S8J2D1L2SB1
S306S8S9J2D1L2SB1
S307S9S10J2D1L2SB1
S308S10S11J2D1L2SB1
S309S11S12J2D1L2SB1
S310S12S3J2D1L2SB1
S311S4S6J2D1L2SB1
S312S5S7J2D1L2SB1
S313S6S8J2D1L2SB1
S314S7S9J2D1L2SB1
S315S8S10J2D1L2SB1
S316S9S11J2D1L2SB1
S317S10S12J2D1L2SB1
S318S11S3J2D1L2SB1
S319S12S4J2D1L2SB1
S320S3S5J2D1L2SB1
S321S6S9J2D1L2SB1
S322S7S10J2D1L2SB1
S323S8S11J2D1L2SB1
S324S9S12J2D1L2SB1
S325S10S3J2D1L2SB1
S326S11S4J2D1L2SB1
S327S12S5J2D1L2SB1
S328S3S6J2D1L2SB1
S329S4S7J2D1L2SB1
S330S5S8J2D1L2SB1
S331S9S3J2D1L2SB1
S332S10S4J2D1L2SB1
S333S11S5J2D1L2SB1
S334S12S6J2D1L2SB1
S335S3S7J2D1L2SB1
S336S4S8J2D1L2SB1
S337S5S9J2D1L2SB1
S338S6S10J2D1L2SB1
S339S7S11J2D1L2SB1
S340S8S12J2D1L2SB1
S341S3S8J2D1L2SB1
S342S4S9J2D1L2SB1
S343S5S10J2D1L2SB1
S344S6S11J2D1L2SB1
S345S7S12J2D1L2SB1
S346S8S3J2D1L2SB1
S347S9S4J2D1L2SB1
S348S10S5J2D1L2SB1
S349S11S6J2D1L2SB1
S350S12S7J2D1L2SB1
S921-BLS3-BL†††
(S922-BL)†S4-BLJ2D1-BLL2SB1-BL
S931-BLS5-BL†††
(S932-BL)†S6-BLJ2D1-BLL2SB1-BL
† Not applicable.
NOTE: BL = Bilingual. Each bilingual booklet is a two-part booklet (921-BL and 922-BL; 931-BL and 932-BL), which include the Spanish translation on facing pages. 921-BL and 922-BL contain the same information as corresponding English-only booklet 301. 931-BL and 932-BL contain the same information as corresponding English-only booklet 303. All cognitive blocks for grade 8 science are 25-minute blocks. The subject-specific contextual questionnaire block for grade 8 science is L2SB1. No ancillary materials were provided to students at grade 8. Only booklets for operational assessments are included in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Science Assessment.

 
Student booklet configuration for the science grade 12 national assessment, by cognitive block and contextual designation: 2015
Booklet numberCognitive block 1Cognitive block 2Core contextual questionsScience contexual questions
S301QS3S4J3D1L3SB1
S302QS4S5J3D1L3SB1
S303QS5S6J3D1L3SB1
S304QS6S7J3D1L3SB1
S305QS7S8J3D1L3SB1
S306QS8S9J3D1L3SB1
S307QS9S10J3D1L3SB1
S308QS10S11J3D1L3SB1
S309QS11S12J3D1L3SB1
S310QS12S13J3D1L3SB1
S311QS13S3J3D1L3SB1
S312QS4S6J3D1L3SB1
S313QS5S7J3D1L3SB1
S314QS6S8J3D1L3SB1
S315QS7S9J3D1L3SB1
S316QS8S10J3D1L3SB1
S317QS9S11J3D1L3SB1
S318QS10S12J3D1L3SB1
S319QS11S13J3D1L3SB1
S320QS12S3J3D1L3SB1
S321QS13S4J3D1L3SB1
S322QS3S5J3D1L3SB1
S323QS5S8J3D1L3SB1
S324QS6S9J3D1L3SB1
S325QS7S10J3D1L3SB1
S326QS8S11J3D1L3SB1
S327QS9S12J3D1L3SB1
S328QS10S13J3D1L3SB1
S329QS11S3J3D1L3SB1
S330QS12S4J3D1L3SB1
S331QS13S5J3D1L3SB1
S332QS3S6J3D1L3SB1
S333QS4S7J3D1L3SB1
S334QS6S10J3D1L3SB1
S335QS7S11J3D1L3SB1
S336QS8S12J3D1L3SB1
S337QS9S13J3D1L3SB1
S338QS10S3J3D1L3SB1
S339QS11S4J3D1L3SB1
S340QS12S5J3D1L3SB1
S341QS13S6J3D1L3SB1
S342QS3S7J3D1L3SB1
S343QS4S8J3D1L3SB1
S344QS5S9J3D1L3SB1
S345QS7S12J3D1L3SB1
S346QS8S13J3D1L3SB1
S347QS9S3J3D1L3SB1
S348QS10S4J3D1L3SB1
S349QS11S5J3D1L3SB1
S350QS12S6J3D1L3SB1
S351QS13S7J3D1L3SB1
S352QS3S8J3D1L3SB1
S353QS4S9J3D1L3SB1
S354QS5S10J3D1L3SB1
S355QS6S11J3D1L3SB1
NOTE: All cognitive blocks for grade 12 science are 25-minute blocks. The subject-specific contextual questionnaire block for grade 12 science is L3SB1. The suffix "Q" on the grade 12 science booklet numbers denotes that an ancillary (a periodic table of elements) was provided to students. Only booklets for operational assessments are included in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Science Assessment.
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