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NAEP Technical DocumentationAverage marginal correlations and ranges of correlations among the reading scales for 52 jurisdictions for grade 8, operational reading combined national and state main assessment: 2005

Scale	Reading for literary experience		Reading to gain information
	Average correlation	Range of correlations	Average correlation	Range of correlations
Reading for literary experience	§	§	§	§
Reading to gain information	0.79	.71–.85	§	§
Reading to perform a task	0.77	.68–.84	0.79	.70–.87
§ These cells do not display data because this is a correlation matrix. Information is shown for the lower triangle only to eliminate redundant information. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Reading Assessment.

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