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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Scales → Number of Items in Each Subject Area Scale → Number of Items in Scales as Defined Before and After Scaling, by Grade, Reading Combined National and State Main Assessment: 2005
NAEP Technical DocumentationNumber of items in scales as defined before scaling, by grade, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2005
Grade Total Reading for
literary experience
Reading to
gain information
Reading to
perform a task
4 99 50 49
8 142 40 59 43
12 115 27 57 31
† Not applicable; no items are created for this scale in any NAEP reading assessment at the grade 4 level as specified by the reading framework .
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Reading Assessment.

Number of items in scales as defined after scaling, by grade, reading combined national and state main assessment: 2005
Grade Total Reading for
literary experience
Reading to
gain information
Reading to
perform a task
4 99 50 49
8 142 40 59 43
12 115 27 57 31
† Not applicable; no items are created for this scale in any NAEP reading assessment at the grade 4 level as specified by the reading framework .
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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