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 1b
Student Grade 4 Core + Mathematics

Part 1b contains:
Student Grade 4 Core + Mathematics 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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Section 4

This section has 19 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 use a computer for
math at school?

2. Do you use a computer for math
homework at home?

A Never or hardly ever

A Yes

B Once every few weeks

B No

C About once a week
D Two or three times a week
E Every day or almost every day

Questions 3–19. For the following questions, think about all the times you do things for
math. Include things you do at home, at school, or anywhere else.
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3. Do you use a computer to practice or
drill on math?

5. Do you use a computer to make charts
or graphs for math?

A Yes

A Yes

B No

B No
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4. Do you use a computer to play math
games?

6. Do you use the Internet to learn things
about math?

A Yes

A Yes

B No

B No

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7. How often do you use a calculator?

11. How often do you feel your math
classwork is too easy?

A Never or hardly ever
A Never or hardly ever
B Once in a while
B Sometimes
C Almost every day
C Often
D Always or almost always

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8. When you take a math test or quiz,
how often do you use a calculator?
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12. How often do you like what you do in
class for math?

A Never
B Sometimes

A Never or hardly ever
C Always
B Sometimes
C Often

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9. Do you study or do work for math at
an after-school or tutoring program?

D Always or almost always

A Yes
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13. How often do you feel you can do a
good job on your math tests?

B No

A Never or hardly ever

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10. How often do you feel your math
classwork is too hard?

B Sometimes

A Never or hardly ever

C Often

B Sometimes

D Always or almost always

C Often
D Always or almost always

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14. How often do you feel you can do a
good job on your math assignments?

18. 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
B Sometimes

A Not as hard as on other tests

C Often

B About as hard as on other tests

D Always or almost always

C Harder than on other tests
D Much harder than on other tests
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15. How often do you feel you like math?
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19. How important was it to you to do
well on this test?

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes

A Not very important
C Often
B Somewhat important
D Always or almost always
C Important
D Very important

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16. How often do you feel math is one of
your favorite subjects?

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always
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17. How hard was this test compared to
most other tests you have taken this
year in school?

A Easier than other tests
B About as hard as other tests
C Harder than other tests
D Much harder than other tests

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