NAEP Technical DocumentationNew and Common Blocks for the 2019 Reading Assessment

New blocks and blocks common to the previous assessment, reading combined national and state assessment, by block source and grade: 2019
Grade	New blocks	Blocks common to 2017
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
4	R5, R10, R14, R15	R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, R8, R9
8	R14, R15, R17, R18	R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12

New blocks and blocks common to the previous assessment, reading PBA national assessment, by block source and grade: 2019
Grade	New blocks	Blocks common to 2015
PBA = Paper-based assessment. This table reflects information for the PBA since the trend linking was conducted using the PBA common blocks.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
12	none	R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13

Last updated 27 September 2023 (SK)

​​​NAEP Technical DocumentationNew and Common Blocks for the 2019 Reading Assessment