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Original estimates are based on previous assessment data and previous assessment scaling results, transformed to the reporting metric using the transformation identified during the analysis of the previous assessment data. Provisional estimates are based on previous assessment data and current assessment scaling results. These are on the theta metric specified by the scaling program. The original and provisional estimates for the linking sample are used to find the transformation constants necessary to place the current assessment scale scores on the scale used to report previous assessment scale scores. The transformed provisional estimates are based on previous assessment data and current assessment scaling results, transformed to the reporting metric using the transformation constants calculated from the original and provisional estimates for the linking sample. If the transformation constants are correct, the original and transformed provisional means should be the same.

NAEP Technical DocumentationComparison of means and percentiles of 2007 scores and 2007 transformed provisional scores, grade 4 reading combined national and state main assessment, by scale: 2009

Scale	Statistics	Original 2007 estimate	2007-transformed provisional estimate	Difference between the provisional estimate and the original estimate
# Rounds to zero. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.
Composite scale	Mean	220.99	220.99	#
	10th percentile	174.31	174.33	0.02
	25th percentile	199.29	199.05	-0.24
	50th percentile	223.56	223.38	-0.18
	75th percentile	245.54	245.63	0.09
	90th percentile	264.11	264.37	0.26
Literary	Mean	222.79	222.79	#
	10th percentile	175.00	174.92	-0.08
	25th percentile	200.57	200.24	-0.33
	50th percentile	225.34	225.13	-0.21
	75th percentile	247.89	247.98	0.09
	90th percentile	267.15	267.41	0.26
Information	Mean	218.79	218.79	#
	10th percentile	170.47	170.44	-0.03
	25th percentile	196.10	195.73	-0.37
	50th percentile	221.33	221.11	-0.22
	75th percentile	244.26	244.35	0.09
	90th percentile	263.69	264.03	0.34

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