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NAEP Technical DocumentationLinking diagram for the science samples at each grade, national main and state assessments: 2000

NOTE: The arrow heads point to samples for which assessment results& were already in the NAEP reporting metric. After state samples are deleted from this figure, it is appropriate for grade 12 as well as grades 4 and 8. R2 - Student sample in which accommodations were not permitted. R3 - Student sample in which accommodations were permitted. A - Refers to students in the sample who are not identified as SD or LEP. NLS - The National Linking Sample; the subset of the complete national sample that corresponds to the participating states, districts, and jurisdictions in the assessment year that were used in scaling. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.

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