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NAEP Technical DocumentationCoefficients of linear transformations of the content-strand scales from the individual state calibrating scale units to the combined calibrating scale units, reading combined national and state main assessment, by grade: 2005

Grade	Scale	A	B
# Rounds to zero. Note: Transformed scale scores below 0 were reset to values of 0, and any transformed scale scores greater than 500 were set to values of 500. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Reading Assessment.
4	Reading for literary experience	0.98	0.01
	Reading to gain information	0.97	0.01
8	Reading for literary experience	0.96	0.01
	Reading to gain information	0.96	#
	Reading to perform a task	0.96	#

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