National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2013 Wave I (Main NAEP Core, Reading, and Mathematics)

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS
Wave 1 Submittal for 2013
VOLUME II
BACKGROUND QUESTIONS
Part 1a
Student Grade 4 Core + Reading

Part 1a contains:
Student Grade 4 Core + Reading Questions
The amount of time estimated to complete this form is 15 minutes.

Student Core Items, Grade 4

In this section, please tell us about yourself and your family. Please answer questions about
your home based on where you live most of the time during the school year. The section
has 13 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval for each
question except where instructed otherwise.
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1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? Fill in one or more ovals.
A No, I am not Hispanic or Latino.
B Yes, I am Mexican, Mexican American, or Chicano.
C Yes, I am Puerto Rican or Puerto Rican American.
D Yes, I am Cuban or Cuban American.
E Yes, I am from some other Hispanic or Latino background.

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2. Which of the following best describes you? Fill in one or more ovals.
A White
B Black or African American
C Asian
D American Indian or Alaska Native
E Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

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3. Does your family get any magazines regularly?
A Yes
B No
C I don’t know.

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4. About how many books are there in your home?
A Few (0–10)
B Enough to fill one shelf (11–25)
C Enough to fill one bookcase (26–100)
D Enough to fill several bookcases (more than 100)
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5. Is there a computer at home that you use?
A Yes
B No

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6. Is there an encyclopedia in your home? It could be a set of books, or it could be on
the computer.
A Yes
B No
C I don’t know.

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7. Do you have the following items at your home? Fill in ovals for all that apply.
A Access to the Internet
B Clothes dryer just for your family
C Dishwasher
D More than one bathroom
E Your own bedroom

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8. About how many pages a day do you have to read in school and for homework?
A 5 or fewer
B 6–10
C 11–15
D 16–20
E More than 20

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9. How often do you talk about things you have studied in school with someone in
your family?
A Never or hardly ever
B Once every few weeks
C About once a week
D Two or three times a week
E Every day

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10. How many days were you absent from school in the last month?
A None
B 1 or 2 days
C 3 or 4 days
D 5 to 10 days
E More than 10 days

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11. How often do people in your home talk to each other in a language other than
English?
A Never
B Once in a while
C About half of the time
D All or most of the time

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12. Do the following people live in your home? Fill in ovals for all that apply.
A Mother
B Stepmother
C Foster mother or other female legal guardian
D Father
E Stepfather
F Foster father or other male legal guardian

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13. Write the ZIP code of your home address in the boxes.

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This section has 18 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question except where instructed otherwise.
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1. How often do you feel reading is one of
your favorite subjects?

4. How often do you talk with your
friends or family about something you
have read?

A Never or hardly ever

A Never or hardly ever

B Sometimes

B Once or twice a month

C Often

C Once or twice a week

D Always or almost always

D Almost every day
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2. Do you study or do work for reading at
an after-school or tutoring program?

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5. How often does your teacher ask you to
make a presentation to the class about
something that you have read?

A Yes

A Never or hardly ever

B No

B Sometimes
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C Often

3. How often do you read for fun on your
own time?

D Always or almost always

A Never or hardly ever
B Once or twice a month

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6. How often does your teacher ask you
to read articles or stories in a magazine
or in newspapers?

C Once or twice a week
D Almost every day

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always

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7. How often does your teacher ask you
to read aloud?

10. How often does your teacher ask you
to write something about what you
have read?

A Never or hardly ever

A Never or hardly ever

B Sometimes

B Sometimes

C Often

C Often

D Always or almost always

D Always or almost always
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8. How often does your teacher ask you
to read silently?

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11. For school this year, how often do you
work in pairs or small groups to talk
about something that you have read?

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes

A Never or hardly ever

C Often

B A few times a year

D Always or almost always

C Once or twice a month
D At least once a week
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9. How often does your teacher ask you to
read a book you have chosen yourself?

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12. For school this year, how often do
you have a class discussion about
something that the class has read?

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes

A Never or hardly ever

C Often

B A few times a year

D Always or almost always

C Once or twice a month
D At least once a week

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13. When reading a story in class, how
often does your teacher ask you to
explain the story in your own words?

16. How hard was this test compared to
most other tests you have taken this
year in school?

A Never or hardly ever

A Easier than other tests

B Sometimes

B About as hard as other tests

C Often

C Harder than other tests

D Always or almost always

D Much harder than other tests
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14. When reading a story in class, how
often does your teacher ask you to talk
about what the characters do and feel?

17. How hard did you try on this test
compared to how hard you tried on
most other tests you have taken this
year in school?

A Never or hardly ever

A Not as hard as on other tests

B Sometimes

B About as hard as on other tests

C Often

C Harder than on other tests

D Always or almost always

D Much harder than on other tests
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15. For school this year, how often have
you been asked to write long answers
to questions on tests or assignments
that involved reading?

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18. How important was it to you to do
well on this test?

A Not very important

A Never

B Somewhat important

B Once or twice this year

C Important

C Once or twice a month

D Very important

D At least once a week

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