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NAEP Technical DocumentationDistribution of Materials for the 2009 Assessment

The NAEP materials distribution staff ordered, packaged, and distributed questionnaires, tracking forms, and session and bulk materials to data collection administrators.

Using spiraling, staff grouped subject-specific ancillary items into groups that were appropriately sized for distribution. Booklets and questionnaires were identified with a unique identification number through bar code technology. Test booklets were bundled for distribution.

Questionnaires and tracking forms were shipped approximately six weeks before testing began to assist the data collection administrators with their pre-assessment visits. The session and bulk materials were shipped three weeks before administration to allow for the data collection staff to review the materials and order additional materials if needed.

Additional sessions and materials were requested via the materials distribution staff's additional orders on-line system. The materials distribution staff's online materials tracking system provided NAEP data collection staff with

• the date that materials were shipped,
• tracking numbers assigned to their shipments,
• when to expect their shipments, and
• a place to record the date the materials arrived.

The on-line materials tracking system was also used to record when the materials were sent back and when they arrived at the materials distribution contractor's processing center.

Number of sessions distributed, by session type and grade: 2009

Grade	Session type	Number of sessions distributed
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Assessment.
4	Reading/mathematics/science (state)	24,885
	Reading/mathematics/science (national)	1,745
8	Reading/mathematics/science (state)	18,814
	Reading/mathematics/science (national)	1,279
12	Reading/mathematics/science (state)	3566
	Reading/mathematics (national)	2,934
4	Science HOT	183
	Science ICT–extended	86
	Science ICT–short	88
8	Science HOT	192
	Science ICT–extended	88
	Science ICT–short	97
12	Science HOT	195
	Science ICT–extended	104
	Science ICT–short	93

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