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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: 2003

Grade	Scale	A	B
4	Reading for literary experience	0.97	#
	Reading to gain information	0.98	#
8	Reading for literary experience	0.94	#
	Reading to gain information	0.96	0.01
	Reading to perform a task	0.95	#
# 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), 2003 Reading State Assessment.

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