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NAEP Technical DocumentationCoefficients of linear transformations of the content-dimension scales from the individual state calibrating scale units to the combined calibrating scale units, reading assessment, by grade: 2002

Grade	Scale	A	B
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Reading to perform a task was not assessed at grade 4. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 Reading State Assessment.
4	Reading for literary experience	0.97	0.01
	Reading to gain information	0.98	#
8	Reading for literary experience	0.93	#
	Reading to gain information	0.94	0.01
	Reading to perform a task	0.91	0.01

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