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NAEP Technical DocumentationStudent Booklets for the 2011 Writing Assessment

Because the 2011 assessment was NAEP’s first computer-based writing assessment based on a new framework, test developers created a large collection of new tasks (22 blocks each) for grades 8 and 12. Three blocks each for grades 8 and 12 (one per grade for each purpose) will be released from the NAEP 2011 writing assessment and will be available to the public via the the NAEP Questions Tool. Released blocks are not used in later assessments.

The tables below display the NAEP 2011 writing assessment student booklet configurations for grade 8 and grade 12.

Student booklet configuration, grade 8 writing assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2011
Book number Cognitive block 1 Cognitive block 2 Writing background questions
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Writing Assessment.
W201B W04 W07 WB1
W202B W21 W02 WB1
W203B W08 W20 WB1
W204B W09 W05 WB1
W205B W01 W17 WB1
W206B W15 W10 WB1
W207B W05 W11 WB1
W208B W16 W06 WB1
W209B W10 W16 WB1
W210B W13 W01 WB1
W211B W02 W15 WB1
W212B W22 W14 WB1
W213B W03 W08 WB1
W214B W18 W04 WB1
W215B W07 W15 WB1
W216B W12 W03 WB1
W217B W06 W18 WB1
W218B W17 W12 WB1
W219B W09 W22 WB1
W220B W20 W13 WB1
W221B W11 W19 WB1
W222B W21 W07 WB1
W223B W01 W09 WB1
W224B W16 W05 WB1
W225B W08 W18 WB1
W226B W14 W06 WB1
W227B W04 W16 WB1
W228B W15 W08 WB1
W229B W05 W12 WB1
W230B W19 W03 WB1
W231B W13 W21 WB1
W232B W14 W01 WB1
W233B W02 W22 WB1
W234B W19 W14 WB1
W235B W03 W10 WB1
W236B W20 W04 WB1
W237B W07 W17 WB1
W238B W10 W02 WB1
W239B W06 W20 WB1
W240B W17 W09 WB1
W241B W12 W19 WB1
W242B W18 W11 WB1
W243B W11 W21 WB1
W244B W22 W13 WB1

Student booklet configuration, grade 12 writing assessment, by cognitive block, background designation, and booklet number: 2011
Book number Cognitive block 1 Cognitive block 2 Writing background questions
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Writing Assessment.
W201B W04 W07 WB1
W202B W21 W05 WB1
W203B W08 W19 WB1
W204B W09 W02 WB1
W205B W01 W17 WB1
W206B W16 W10 WB1
W207B W03 W14 WB1
W208B W20 W06 WB1
W209B W10 W18 WB1
W210B W14 W01 WB1
W211B W02 W15 WB1
W212B W22 W11 WB1
W213B W05 W12 WB1
W214B W18 W04 WB1
W215B W07 W16 WB1
W216B W06 W03 WB1
W217B W12 W16 WB1
W218B W17 W08 WB1
W219B W09 W22 WB1
W220B W16 W13 WB1
W221B W11 W19 WB1
W222B W21 W09 WB1
W223B W01 W07 WB1
W224B W15 W05 WB1
W225B W08 W18 WB1
W226B W04 W06 WB1
W227B W13 W22 WB1
W228B W15 W12 WB1
W229B W05 W14 WB1
W230B W19 W03 WB1
W231B W07 W21 WB1
W232B W12 W01 WB1
W233B W02 W20 WB1
W234B W19 W09 WB1
W235B W03 W13 WB1
W236B W20 W04 WB1
W237B W11 W17 WB1
W238B W10 W02 WB1
W239B W06 W15 WB1
W240B W22 W08 WB1
W241B W14 W20 WB1
W242B W18 W11 WB1
W243B W13 W21 WB1
W244B W17 W10 WB1

Last updated 02 June 2014 (GF)