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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2008 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessment

The  student booklets used in the 2008 NAEP mathematics long-term trend assessment were composed of six unique blocks of cognitive items at each age group. The tables below display the NAEP 2008 mathematics long-term trend assessment student booklet configurations for age 9, age 13, and age 17.

Student booklet configuration for the age 9 mathematics assessment, by cognitive block and booklet number: 2008
Booklet number Cognitive
block 1
Cognitive
block 2
Cognitive
block 3
Long-term trend core background
questions
M131 M21 M22 M25 E1LTTBM
M132 M22 M23 M26 E1LTTBM
M133 M23 M24 M21 E1LTTBM
M134 M24 M25 M22 E1LTTBM
M135 M25 M26 M23 E1LTTBM
M136 M26 M21 M24 E1LTTBM
M933-BL M23-BL M24-BL M21-BL E1LTTBM-BL
NOTE: M933-BL is the bilingual (Spanish) version of M133. Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block M21 appears at age 9, 13, and 17), the items that compose each block are different.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Mathematics Long-Term Trend Assessment.
Student booklet configuration for the age 13 mathematics assessment, by cognitive block and booklet number: 2008
Booklet number Cognitive
block 1
Cognitive
block 2
Cognitive
block 3
Long-term trend core background
questions
M131 M21 M22 M25 LTTBM
M132 M22 M23 M26 LTTBM
M133 M23 M24 M21 LTTBM
M134 M24 M25 M22 LTTBM
M135 M25 M26 M23 LTTBM
M136 M26 M21 M24 LTTBM
M933-BL M23-BL M24-BL M21-BL LTTBM-BL
NOTE: M933-BL is the bilingual (Spanish) version of M133. Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block M21 appears at age 9, 13, and 17), the items that compose each block are different.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Mathematics Long-Term Trend Assessment.
Student booklet configuration for the age 17 mathematics assessment, by cognitive block and booklet number: 2008
Booklet number Cognitive
block 1
Cognitive
block 2
Cognitive
block 3
Long-term trend core background
questions
M131 M21 M22 M24 LTTBM
M132 M22 M23 M25 LTTBM
M133 M23 M24 M26 LTTBM
M134 M24 M25 M21 LTTBM
M135 M25 M26 M22 LTTBM
M136 M26 M21 M23 LTTBM
NOTE: Although similar block numbers exist at different grades (e.g., Block M21 appears at age 9, 13, and 17), the items that compose each block are different. In accordance with standard NAEP policy, no bilingual accommodation was provided at age 17.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2008 Mathematics Long-Term Trend Assessment.

Last updated 15 February 2011 (GF)