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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Scale Linking and Transformation to the Reporting Metric → Transformation Constants for NAEP Assessments → Coefficients of Linear Transformations of the Reading Scales From the Calibrating Scale Units to the Units of the Reporting Scale, by Grade: 2002

NAEP Technical DocumentationCoefficients of linear transformations of the reading scales from the calibrating scale units to the units of the reporting scale, by grade: 2002

Grade	Scale	A	B
4	Reading for literary experience	39.17	220.74
	Reading to gain information	39.37	215.02
	Reading to perform a task	†	†
8	Reading for literary experience	35.27	263.75
	Reading to gain information	37.50	263.79
	Reading to perform a task	42.35	262.61
12	Reading for literary experience	48.91	279.99
	Reading to gain information	34.73	290.18
	Reading to perform a task	39.37	288.77
† Not applicable; "Reading to Perform a Task" was not assessed at grade 4. NOTE: Any transformed scale scores below 0 were reset to values of 0, and any transformed scale scores greater than 500 were set to values of 500. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Reading Assessment.

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