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NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of Items in the 2019 Reading Assessment
Number of items in subscales as defined before scaling, reading combined national and state assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Grade
Total
Literary
Informational
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
4
118
60
58
8
149
71
78
Number of items in subscales as defined before scaling, reading DBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Grade
Total
Literary
Informational
DBA = Digitally based assessment.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
12
148
48
100
Number of items in subscales as defined before scaling, reading PBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Grade
Total
Literary
Informational
PBA = Paper-based assessment.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
12
132
39
93
Number of items in subscales as defined after scaling, reading combined national and state assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Grade
Total
Literary
Informational
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
4
117
59
58
8
149
71
78
Number of items in subscales as defined after scaling, reading DBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Grade
Total
Literary
Informational
DBA = Digitally based assessment.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
12
147
47
100
Number of items in subscales as defined after scaling, reading PBA national assessment, by subscale and grade: 2019
Grade
Total
Literary
Informational
PBA = Paper-based assessment.
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Reading Assessment.
