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NAEP Technical DocumentationMarginal correlations of the subscales, by grade, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2005

Grade	Scale	Reading for literary experience	Reading to gain information	Reading to perform a task
4	Reading for literary experience	§	§	†
	Reading to gain information	0.87	§	†
	Reading to perform a task	†	†	†
8	Reading for literary experience	§	§	§
	Reading to gain information	0.82	§	§
	Reading to perform a task	0.79	0.82	§
12	Reading for literary experience	§	§	§
	Reading to gain information	0.85	§	§
	Reading to perform a task	0.78	0.78	§
† Not applicable; category does not exist. § 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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