NAEP Technical Documentation Distribution of Materials for the 2007 Assessment

The NAEP materials distribution staff ordered, packaged, and distributed session and bulk materials to data collection administrators. Questionnaires and tracking forms were shipped to the data collection supervisors.

Using NAEP spiral maps, staff grouped subject specific ancillary items into groups that were appropriately sized for distribution. Booklets and questionnaires were identified with a unique identification number through bar code technology. Test booklets were bundled for distribution.

Session and bulk materials were shipped out approximately three weeks before test administration began. Additional sessions and materials were requested via the materials distribution contractor's additional orders on-line system.

The materials distribution contractor's on-line materials tracking system provided NAEP data collection staff with

the date on which their materials were shipped,
tracking numbers assigned to their shipments,
when to expect their shipments, and
a place to record the date the materials arrived.

It was also used to record when the materials were sent back and when they arrived at the materials distribution contractor's processing center.

Number of sessions distributed, by session type and grade: 2007
Grade	Session type	Number of sessions distributed
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Assessment.
4	Reading/mathematics	21,814
	Mathematics (In Puerto Rico only)	112
	Mathematics pilot	38
8	Reading/mathematics/writing	18,158
	Reading/mathematics/writing	1,577
	Reading	414
	Mathematics (In Puerto Rico only)	108
	Mathematics pilot	36
12	Reading/writing	1,497
12	Writing	339

Last updated 06 January 2010 (GF)

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