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National assessment of educational Progress

2013 Sample Questions Booklet
I. About This Sample Questions Booklet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
II. The Assessments
The Mathematics Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mathematics Assessment Booklet Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sample Mathematics Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Reading Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reading Assessment Booklet Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sample Reading Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
III. Informational Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
IV. Subject Questionnaires
Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V. NAEP Questions Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
VI. About NAEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover
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I. about This Sample Questions Booklet

On behalf of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), I want to
thank you for your participation in this essential measure of student achievement in
the United States. NAEP tells us what students in our country know and can do. In the
coming year, fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-graders will participate in NAEP. Twelfth-graders
will be assessed in mathematics and reading. Assessments require about 90 minutes
of a student’s time, and each student answers questions in only one subject. The test
booklet contains 50 minutes of test questions and brief student questionnaires.
NAEP is voluntary and individual student scores are not reported. Answers to
all student questions are confidential, and student names are removed from all
assessment materials before the materials leave the school. Results of the 2013
mathematics and reading assessments will be reported in The Nation’s Report Card.
Assessment results are widely discussed in the press and are used by policymakers,
educators, and researchers to make decisions about education policy and funding.
The national assessment results are more useful when parents, educators, and
policymakers are able to study the proficiencies (or scores) and gain information about
student experience, the school environment, and learning opportunities available to
students. The questionnaires provide educators and policymakers with contextual
information for the assessment, as well as information about factors that may be
related to students’ learning. This booklet includes these questionnaires as well as
sample questions for mathematics and reading, in order to promote understanding of
the assessment.
If you have any questions or comments regarding NAEP or would like to view previous
report cards, please visit the NAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard.
Also available through the website is a Questions Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/
nationsreportcard/itmrlsx), which allows you to review additional sample questions
with answers from students in previous NAEP assessments.

Peggy G. Carr, Ph.D.

Associate Commissioner for Assessment
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Institute of Education Sciences

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of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. Policy for the assessment, including its content
and standards, is set by the independent, bipartisan National Assessment Governing Board
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II. The assessments

Each NAEP assessment is built around an organizing framework, which is the
blueprint that guides the development of the assessment instrument and determines
the content to be assessed. The National Assessment Governing Board oversees the
development of the NAEP frameworks, which describe the specific knowledge and skills
to be assessed in each subject. Frameworks incorporate ideas and input from subject
area experts, school administrators, policymakers, teachers, parents, and others.

The Mathematics assessment

Grade 12
The 2013 NAEP mathematics assessment at grade 12 measures students’ ability to
solve problems in five mathematics content strands: Number Properties and Operations;
Measurement; Geometry; Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability; and Algebra. Within
each of these five content strands, students are asked questions of low, moderate, or
high mathematical complexity. Mathematical complexity deals with the level of demand
on students’ thinking, as a result of what the students are asked to do in a task.
The grade 12 mathematics assessment includes multiple-choice, short constructed-
response, and extended constructed-response questions. The short and extended
constructed-response questions allow students to communicate their ideas and
demonstrate the reasoning they used to solve problems. The short constructed-
response and extended constructed-response questions combined make up
approximately 50 percent of student assessment time. The assessment also
incorporates the use of calculators, rulers, and other ancillary materials, such
as geometric shapes, in some parts of the assessment, but not all.
Calculator use is permitted on approximately one-third of the test questions. At
grade 12, students may use their own scientific or graphing calculators, with some
restrictions for test-security purposes. These items are designed so that students who
bring their own graphing calculators are not at an advantage compared to students
who use the scientific calculator provided by NAEP. For more information regarding the
mathematics assessment framework, please visit the National Assessment Governing
Board’s website at www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm.

NAEP Mathematics Framework

Distribution of Questions Across Content Strands
Number Properties and Operations 10%
Measurement and Geometry* 30%
Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability 25%
Algebra 35%
* These two content areas at grade 12 are combined because “this reflects the fact that the majority of measurement topics suitable for twelfth-grade
students are geometric in nature” (Mathematics Framework for the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress, p.5).
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Mathematics assessment Booklet directions

This assessment uses many different booklets. Each booklet has different questions. Do
not worry if the person next to you is working on questions that do not look like those you
are working on.
Read each question carefully and answer it as well as you can. Do not spend too much
time on any one question.
For some of the questions you may need to write or draw the answer. You can see how
this is done in the example below.

Draw a circle in the space below.

You may be permitted to use a calculator for at least one part of your booklet. You may
use either your own calculator or the calculator provided by NAEP. If you are permitted
to use a calculator, you will have to decide when to use it in each section where its use is
permitted. For some questions using the calculator is helpful, but for other questions the
calculator may not be helpful.
If you are using the calculator provided by NAEP, make sure you know how to use it.
There are instructions on the back cover of this booklet to help you. If the calculator does
not work or if you do not know how to use it, raise your hand and ask for help.

REMEMBER:

Read each question CAREFULLY.

Fill in only ONE OVAL for each question or write your answer in the space provided.

If you change your answer, ERASE your first answer COMPLETELY.

CHECK OVER your work if you finish a section early.

Do not go past the sign at the end of each section until you are told to do so.
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Sample Mathematics Questions

Grade 12
The following questions, with the correct answers indicated, are taken from the NAEP
Questions Tool. For additional sample questions and responses, visit http://nces.ed.gov/
nationsreportcard/itmrlsx).

1. Which of the following expressions is NOT equivalent to a b x y ?

A a bx a by

Bax y b x y

C b a y x

D ax by

E ax bx ay by

2. Bob is going on a trip. He will be taking a taxi, a flight, and then a train. Bob chose
the following three companies based on their claims.

• Tom’s Taxi Service claims that it is on time 95 percent of the time.

• Friendly Flyer Airlines claims that it is on time 93 percent of the time.

• Rapid Railways claims that it is on time 98 percent of the time.

Based on the three companies’ claims, what is the approximate probability that
all three parts of Bob’s trip will be on time, assuming that all three probabilities
are independent?

Answer:

Answer: 87% or 0.87 (Accept answers from 0.86 to 0.87, inclusive.)

Solution (not required in response):

0.95 × 0.93 × 0.98 = 0.8658 0.87

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3. Prove that AC DC and give a reason for each statement in your proof.

Correct Answer:
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The reading assessment

Grade 12
The NAEP reading assessment measures students’ ability to understand, to
interpret, and to think critically about different types of texts. Recognizing that readers
vary their approach according to the demands of different types of text, the NAEP
framework specifies the assessment of reading in two distinct types of text—literary
and informational text. The assessment includes reading materials selected from
publications and other resources typically available to students in and out of school.
The Reading Framework for the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress
is the same as the framework for the 2009 reading assessment, which replaced a
framework that was first developed for the 1992 assessment. The 2011 NAEP reading
framework includes
Ÿ an assessment design based on current scientific reading research,
Ÿ consistency with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization
of 2001 (No Child Left Behind) legislation,
Ÿ use of international reading assessments to inform the NAEP framework,
Ÿ a focused measurement of vocabulary,
Ÿ objective measurements of reading behaviors (cognitive targets), and
Ÿ distinction of cognitive targets relevant to literary and informational text.
The NAEP reading assessment contains multiple-choice questions, as well as short
and extended constructed-response questions. Students spend approximately 50 to
60 percent of their assessment time providing written answers to constructed-response
questions. For more information regarding the reading assessment framework, visit
http://www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm.

NAEP Reading Framework

Distribution of Question Pool Across Reading Contexts
Grade 12

Literary Text 30%

Informational Text 70%

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reading assessment Booklet directions

In each of the next two sections, you will have 25 minutes to read one or two
passages and to answer questions about what you have read.

You will be asked to respond to two types of questions. The first type of
question requires you to choose the best answer and fill in the oval for that answer
in your booklet. Some questions of this type will ask you about the meaning of a
word as it is used in the passage.

The other type of question requires you to write your answer on the blank lines
in your booklet. Some questions of this type will ask you to write a short answer
and some questions will ask you to write a longer answer.

Think carefully about each question. When you are writing your response, make
your answer as complete as possible. Be sure your handwriting is clear. Use as
many lines as you need.

Here is an example of a question that requires you to write a short answer.

Describe your reaction to reading the story, and what was it about
the story that made you react that way?
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Here is an example of a question that requires you to write a long answer.

Some people say that the grandmother’s statement “I’m keeping in the eyes
of your time” contains the key to what the story means. Do you agree or
disagree with this statement? Explain why, using evidence from the story.

You may go back to the passage when answering the questions.

If you finish before time is called, read over your work to be sure you have
provided your best answer.
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Sample reading Questions

Grade 12 Reading Selection

by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1870–1916)

“My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very

self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you
must try and put up with me.”
Framton Nuttel endeavored to say the correct something
which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without
unduly discounting the aunt that was to come. Privately he
doubted more than ever whether these formal visits on a
succession of total strangers would do much towards helping
the nerve cure which he was supposed to be undergoing.
“I know how it will be,” his sister had said when he was
preparing to migrate to this rural retreat; “you will bury
yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your
nerves will be worse than ever from moping. I shall just give
you letters of introduction to all the people I know there.
Some of them, as far as I can remember, were quite nice.”
Framton wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton, the lady to
whom he was presenting one of the letters of introduction,
came into the nice division.
“Do you know many of the people round here?” asked the
niece, when she judged that they had had sufficient silent
communion.
“Hardly a soul,” said Framton. “My sister was staying here,
at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me
letters of introduction to some of the people here.”
He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret.
“Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?”
pursued the self-possessed young lady.
“Only her name and address,” admitted the caller. He was
wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was in the married or
widowed state. An undefinable something about the room
seemed to suggest masculine habitation.
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“Her great tragedy happened just three years ago,” said the
child; “that would be since your sister’s time.”
“Her tragedy?” asked Framton; somehow in this restful
country spot tragedies seemed out of place.
“You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on
an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French
window that opened onto a lawn.
“It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton;
“but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?”
“Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her
husband and her two young brothers went off for their day’s
shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their
favorite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in
a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet
summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years
gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never
recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s
voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly
human. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back
someday, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with
them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That
is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite
dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went
out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm,
and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing, ‘Bertie, why do you
bound?’ as he always did to tease her, because she said it got
on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet
evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will
all walk in through that window—”
She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton
when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies
for being late in making her appearance.
“I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said.
“She has been very interesting,” said Framton.
“I hope you don’t mind the open window,” said Mrs.
Sappleton briskly; “my husband and brothers will be home
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directly from shooting, and they always come in this way.

They’ve been out for snipe in the marshes today, so they’ll
make a fine mess over my poor carpets. So like you menfolk,
isn’t it?”
She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity
of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton
it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only
partially successful effort to turn the talk onto a less ghastly
topic; he was conscious that his hostess was giving him only
a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly
straying past him to the open window and the lawn beyond.
It was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should
have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary.
“The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence
of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature
of violent physical exercise,” announced Framton, who labored
under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers
and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of
one’s ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. “On the
matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,” he continued.
“No?” said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a
yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into
alert attention—but not to what Framton was saying.
“Here they are at last!” she cried. “Just in time for tea, and
don’t they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!”
Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with
a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The
child was staring out through the open window with a dazed
horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton
swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction.
In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across
the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their
arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white
coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close
at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a
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hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie,

why do you bound?”
Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall door,
the gravel drive, and the front gate were dimly noted stages in
his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to
run into the hedge to avoid imminent collision.
“Here we are, my dear,” said the bearer of the white
mackintosh, coming in through the window; “fairly muddy, but
most of it’s dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?”
“A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,” said Mrs.
Sappleton; “could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off
without a word of goodbye or apology when you arrived. One
would think he had seen a ghost.”
“I expect it was the spaniel,” said the niece calmly; “he told
me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery
somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah
dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the
creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him.
Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.”
Romance at short notice was her specialty.

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The following multiple-choice question with the correct answer is based on the
reading selection and can be found along with other examples at the NAEP Questions
Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx).

1. Which of the following best describes what happens in the story?

A A young man visits his aunt and tells her about a recent tragedy.

B A young girl amuses her family by telling them scary stories.

C A young girl makes up a story and frightens a nervous visitor.

D A family plays a trick on a young man from out of town.

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The following constructed-response questions, based on the reading selection, show

example answers from students in previous NAEP assessments, along with the scoring
level and description of answers at each level. Please note that constructed-response
questions may be scored on different scales (e.g., acceptability of response, level of
comprehension, or the extensiveness of the response). Visit the NAEP Questions Tool
for additional sample constructed-response questions and student responses at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx.

Example of full comprehension response—Student Response:

2. Using specific details from the story, explain what Vera does or says to make
Framton believe her.

Score and Description

The full comprehension response above uses specific details from the story to explain
how Vera made Framton believe her. It describes the way in which Vera told her story
in order for it to be convincing.

Full comprehension responses use specific details from the story to explain what Vera
does or says to make Framton believe her.

• Vera talks about how they will come in the window at any moment, then she
breaks off with a shudder.
• She uses details that are real, like how the one man had a white rain coat over his
arm and she used a song she knew the man would be singing.
• Vera makes her voice sound “falteringly human” and makes it sound like her aunt
is deluded in believing her husband will return.
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Example of partial comprehension response—Student Response:

2. Using specific details from the story, explain what Vera does or says to make
Framton believe her.

Score and Description

a) Partial comprehension responses provide a text-based generalization to explain what

Vera does or says to make Framton believe her.
• Part of Vera’s story is false, but part of it is true, so Framton is convinced.
• Vera’s voice is emotional when she tells her story.
OR
b) Partial comprehension responses provide a detail from the story that is related to
Vera convincing Framton of her story but do not offer an explanation.
• She mentions the dog and the white coat and I think that’s what did it for him.
• She calls attention to the window.

Example of little or no comprehension—Student Response:

2. Using specific details from the story, explain what Vera does or says to make
Framton believe her.

Score and Description

The response describes Vera as convincing, but does not explain how Vera is
convincing. Responses at this level demonstrate little or no understanding of how Vera
convinces Framton of her story. Responses may provide irrelevant details or personal
opinions or simply repeat the question.

• Vera never convinces Framton.

• Vera tells a believable story.
• She uses lots of details.
• “Here they are at last!” she cried. “Just in time for tea.”
• Framton shivered slightly and turned toward the niece.
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Example of extensive response—Student Response:

3. One critic described Saki as an author who uses both comedy and horror in his
writing. Using specific references to the story, explain how the critic’s description
applies to “The Open Window.”

Score and Description

Responses at the extensive level demonstrate understanding of how the author (Saki)
uses comedy and horror in his story. They recognize two things: that the reader of
Saki’s story is at first taken in by Vera’s horror story; and, that comedy is achieved by
the revelation of Vera’s story being untrue. Specific references to the story are used to
explain both comedy and horror.
• Saki begins with horror, making the reader, along with Framton, believe a chilling
story about the tragic death of three hunters and their dog who died in a bog while
hunting and whose bodies were never found. At the end you realize that the story
was untrue and it all turns to comedy.
• The critic’s description does apply. There is both comedy as well as horror. Up
until the very end of the story you do not realize the girl was lying. I certainly
believed her. That’s comedy. The rest was horror because at first I thought they
were really ghosts.
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Example of essential response—Student Response:

3. One critic described Saki as an author who uses both comedy and horror in his
writing. Using specific references to the story, explain how the critic’s description
applies to “The Open Window.”

Score and Description

a) Responses at the essential level demonstrate understanding of how the author (Saki)
uses comedy or horror in his story. Responses recognize that Vera’s story is used
to affect the reader as well as Framton or that the comedy results from the reader
realizing that the story was untrue.
• The reader experiences the horror of the supposed tragedy when Vera tells the
story of the hunters.
• The comedy is revealed when the readers discover that the whole thing was a trick
made up by the little girl in the story.
OR
b) Responses at the essential level demonstrate a general understanding that the author
uses horror to create comedy.
• Saki uses fear to create humor. He instills fear in the main character and the reader
until the end when the reader discovers the true motive of Vera.
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Example of partial response—Student Response:

3. One critic described Saki as an author who uses both comedy and horror in his
writing. Using specific references to the story, explain how the critic’s description
applies to “The Open Window.”

Score and Description

Partial responses demonstrate understanding of what in the plot is comedy and/or

what in the plot is horror. They do not recognize that Saki uses Vera’s story to affect
the reader or that he uses horror to create comedy.

• The horror in the story is when the three men were supposed to be dead but they
came walking up to the house. The comedy is that Vera lied to Framton and he ran
out scared, because he thought they were ghosts but they really weren’t.
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Unsatisfactory - Student Response

3. One critic described Saki as an author who uses both comedy and horror in his
writing. Using specific references to the story, explain how the critic’s description
applies to “The Open Window.”

Score and Description

Unsatisfactory responses do not demonstrate understanding of comedy or horror

in the story. They may provide story details that do not answer the question, may
misinterpret Vera’s horror story as real plot events, or may provide personal opinions
about the characters.
• The three men came walking along the lawn.
• It’s funny when he writes “Bertie, where art thou bound?”
• I think Vera was unkind to Framton and that wasn’t funny.
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III. Informational Questionnaire

Grade 12

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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
one oval for each question
except where instructed otherwise.

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1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? Fill in one 2. Which of the following best describes
or more ovals. you? Fill in one or more ovals.

A No, I am not Hispanic or Latino. A White

B Yes, I am Mexican, Mexican B Black or African American

American, or Chicano.
C Asian
C Yes, I am Puerto Rican or Puerto
Rican American. D American Indian or Alaska Native

D Yes, I am Cuban or Cuban E Native Hawaiian or other Pacific

American. Islander

E Yes, I am from some other

Hispanic or Latino background.

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3. About how many books are there in 6. About how many pages a day do you
your home? have to read in school and for
homework?
A Few (0–10)
A 5 or fewer
B Enough to fill one shelf (11–25)
B 6–10
C Enough to fill one bookcase (26–100)
C 11–15
D Enough to fill several bookcases
(more than 100) D 16–20
E More than 20
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4. Is there a computer at home that

you use? VB331339

7. How often do you talk about things you

A Yes have studied in school with someone in
your family?
B No
A Never or hardly ever
VF098664 B Once every few weeks
5. Do you have the following in your
home? Fill in ovals for all that apply. C About once a week
A Access to the Internet D Two or three times a week

B Clothes dryer just for your family E Every day

C Dishwasher
VB331447

D More than one bathroom 8. How many days were you absent from
school in the last month?
E Your own bedroom
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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26 Informational Questionnaire—Grade 12

VB330870 VF095730

9. How far in school did your mother go? 12. Do the following people live in your
home? Fill in ovals for all that apply.
A She did not finish high school.
A Mother
B She graduated from high school.
B Stepmother
C She had some education after high
school. C Foster mother or other female legal
guardian
D She graduated from college.
D Father
E I don’t know.
E Stepfather
VB330871 F Foster father or other male legal
10. How far in school did your father go? guardian

A He did not finish high school.

B He graduated from high school.
C He had some education after high
school.

D He graduated from college.

E I don’t know.

VB331451

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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VF291224 HE002549

13. During this school year, which of the 14. Which of the following best describes
following have you done? Fill in ovals your high school program?
for all that apply.
A General
A Taken the SAT or ACT College
Entrance Exams B Academic or college preparatory

B Submitted the Free Application for C Vocational or technical

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

C Applied to a 2-year college VE102537

15. Write the ZIP code of your home address

D Been accepted to a 2-year college in the boxes.

E Applied to a 4-year college

F Been accepted to a 4-year college
G Applied to a certificate or diploma
program at a school that provides
occupational training (such as
electrician, beautician, mechanic,
computer programmer, etc.)

H Been accepted to a technical

training program

I Talked with a military recruiter

J Enlisted in the military
K Applied for a full-time job

L Been interviewed for a full-time job

M None of the above

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28 Mathematics Questionnaire—Grade 12

IV. Subject Questionnaires

Mathematics
Grade 12

This section has 18 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question except where instructed otherwise.
VC298762

1. Which courses have you taken from eighth grade to the present? If you have taken a course
more than once, give the most recent year you took it. Fill in one oval on each line. INCLUDE
courses taken in summer school, but DO NOT INCLUDE topics that were only taught as part
of a longer course (such as trigonometry taught in drafting class or computer programming
taught in Algebra II).
I took this
I have never course in I took this I took this I took this I took this
taken this or before course in course in course in course in
course. Grade 8. Grade 9. Grade 10. Grade 11. Grade 12.

a. Basic or general mathematics A B C D E F VC298769

course

b. Tech-prep mathematics, A B C D E F VC298847

business mathematics,
consumer mathematics, or
other applied mathematics
course

c. Introduction to algebra or A B C D E F VC299007

pre-algebra course

d. Algebra I course A B C D E F VC299008

e. Geometry course A B C D E F VC299009

f. Algebra II course, with or A B C D E F VC299010

without trigonometry

g. Trigonometry (as a separate A B C D E F VC299012

course)

h. Pre-calculus course (also A B C D E F VE593389

called introductory analysis)

i. Integrated mathematics 1 A B C D E F VF269035

(first year of a multi-year

course)

j. Integrated mathematics 2 A B C D E F VF269036

(second year of a multi-year

course)

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I took this
I have never course in I took this I took this I took this I took this
taken this or before course in course in course in course in
course. Grade 8. Grade 9. Grade 10. Grade 11. Grade 12.

k. Integrated mathematics 3 A B C D E F VF269037

(third year of a multi-year

course)

l. Integrated mathematics 4 A B C D E F VF269038

(fourth year of a multi-year

course)

m. Probability or statistics course A B C D E F VC299032

n. Calculus course A B C D E F VC299033

o. Computer programming A B C D E F VE593398

course (such as C++, Visual

Basic, etc.)

p. Other mathematics course A B C D E F VE593395

(specify):

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30 Mathematics Questionnaire—Grade 12

VE593403 VB543297

2. Are you currently enrolled in or 4. Are you currently enrolled in or have

have you taken any of the following you taken any online mathematics
Advanced Placement (AP®) courses? courses for high school or college
Fill in ovals for all that apply. credit?

A Yes, I am enrolled in or have A Yes

taken Advanced Placement (AP)
Calculus AB. B No
B Yes, I am enrolled in or have
taken Advanced Placement (AP) VC288225

Calculus BC. 5. Was there a mathematics course that

you would have liked to have taken this
C Yes, I am enrolled in or have school year but did not take?
taken Advanced Placement (AP)
Statistics. A Yes, but my school does not offer
the course.
D No, I have not taken any of the
courses listed above. B Yes, but the course was full.
C Yes, but I did not have the
VE593756
necessary prerequisites.
3. Are you currently enrolled in or
have you taken an International D Yes, but my schedule was full.
Baccalaureate® (IB) mathematics
course? E No, there was no other course that
I wanted to take.
A Yes
B No

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VC189706

6. Please indicate how much you DISAGREE or AGREE with the following statements. Fill in
one oval on each line.
Strongly Strongly
disagree Disagree Agree agree
VC189711
a. Mathematics is one of my favorite A B C D
subjects.
VC189713
b. I take mathematics because it will A B C D
help me in the future.
VE634987
c. I take mathematics to meet my high A B C D
school graduation requirements.

VB517284 VE634875

7. Are you currently taking a 8. How often do you receive help or

mathematics course? tutoring with mathematics outside of
your regular mathematics class?
A Yes Go to Question 8.
A Never or hardly ever
B No Skip to Question 15.
B Once or twice a month
C Once or twice a week
D Every day or almost every day

VC497572

9. How often do you feel the following way in your mathematics class? Fill in one oval on
each line.
Never Always
or hardly or almost
ever Sometimes Often always
VC497573
a. I have a clear understanding of what A B C D
my mathematics teacher is asking
me to do.
VC497574
b. The mathematics work is too easy. A B C D
VC497575
c. The mathematics work is A B C D
challenging.
VC497576
d. The mathematics work is engaging A B C D
and interesting.
VE593449
e. I am learning mathematics. A B C D

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32 Mathematics Questionnaire—Grade 12

VB517159

10. How often do you use these different types of calculators in your mathematics class? Fill in
one oval on each line.
Never Sometimes, Usually
Use but not often use
VB517160

a. Basic four-function (addition, subtraction, A B C

multiplication, division)
VB517161
b. Scientific (not graphing) A B C
VB517282
c. Graphing A B C

VE593461

11. How often do you use a calculator to perform the following tasks for the mathematics
course you are currently taking? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never Always
or hardly or almost
ever Sometimes Often always
VE593464
a. To perform basic numeric operations A B C D
VE593465
b. To graph equations or inequalities A B C D
VE593466
c. To evaluate functions (e.g., A B C D
exponential, logarithmic,
trigonometric)
VE593467
d. To calculate probabilities or A B C D
statistical measures
VE593469
e. To create statistical representations A B C D
(charts and graphs, etc.)
VE593471
f. To use a computer algebra system A B C D
(CAS)
VE593472
g. To perform matrix operations A B C D
VE593473
h. To perform business/financial A B C D
calculations
VE593474
i. To explore geometric concepts A B C D

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Mathematics Questionnaire—Grade 12 33

VB517158

12. When you take a mathematics test or quiz, how often do you use a calculator?

A Never
B Sometimes

C Always

VB543155

13. When you are doing mathematics for school or homework, how often do you use these
different types of computer programs? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never Once About Two or Every day or
or hardly every few once a three times almost
ever weeks week a week every day
VF094885
a. A spreadsheet program A B C D E
VF094889
b. A database program A B C D E
VE593747
c. A mathematics tutorial A B C D E
program
VE593748
d. A graphing program A B C D E
VE593749
e. A statistical program A B C D E
VE593753
f. A dynamic geometry A B C D E
program
VE593754
g. A computer algebra A B C D E
system (CAS)

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34 Mathematics Questionnaire—Grade 12

VC189613

14. How often do you use e-mail, instant messages, blogs, or text messages to do any of the
following? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never Once About Two or Every day or
or hardly every few once a three times almost
ever weeks week a week every day
VC299268
a. Talk online with friends A B C D E
about mathematics work
VC189627
b. Get help with mathematics A B C D E
from someone other than
your teacher, family,
classmates, or friends

VE593425 VC034559

15. What kind of calculator did you use for 17. How hard did you try on this test
this test? compared to how hard you tried on most
other tests you have taken this year in
A I did not use a calculator for this school?
test.
A Not as hard as on other tests
B NAEP-provided scientific
calculator B About as hard as on other tests
C Scientific (not graphing) calculator C Harder than on other tests

D Graphing calculator (with or D Much harder than on other tests

without a computer algebra
system [CAS])
VB595184

18. How important was it to you to do well

VB595182
on this test?
16. How hard was this test compared to
most other tests you have taken this A Not very important
year in school?
B Somewhat important
A Easier than other tests
C Important
B About as hard as other tests
D Very important
C Harder than other tests
D Much harder than other tests

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reading Questionnaire—Grade 12 35

reading
Grade 12

This section has 13 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question except where instructed otherwise.

VB345622
1. Please indicate how much you DISAGREE or AGREE with the following statements
about reading and writing. Fill in one oval on each line.
Strongly Strongly
disagree Disagree Agree agree
VB345623
a. When I read books, I learn a lot. A B C D
VB345624
b. Reading is one of my favorite activities. A B C D
VE633189
c. Reading is enjoyable. A B C D

VB379288
2. How often do you do each of the following? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never or Once or Once or
hardly twice a twice a Almost
ever month week every day
VB379289
a. Read for fun on your own time A B C D
VB379290
b. Talk with your friends or family about A B C D
something you have read

VB345648

3. For your English class so far this year, how many times have you done each of the
following? Fill in one oval on each line.
2 or 3 4 or 5 6 or more
Never Once times times times
VB345650
a. Made a presentation to the A B C D E
class about something that
you have read
VB345651
b. Done a project about A B C D E
something that you have read
(for example, written a
play, created a website)

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36 reading Questionnaire—Grade 12

VE634877
4. How often do you receive help or tutoring with reading outside of your regular
English/language arts class?

A Never or hardly ever

B Once or twice a month
C Once or twice a week
D Every day or almost every day

VC504013
5. In your English/language arts class this year, how often does your class do each of the
following? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never or Once or Once or Every day
hardly twice a twice a or almost
ever month week every day
VC504014
a. Read aloud A B C D
VC504015
b. Read silently A B C D
VC504016
c. Discuss new or difficult vocabulary A B C D
VC504017
d. Explain what we have read A B C D
VE589600
e. Work in pairs or small groups to talk A B C D
about something that we have read
VC504019
f. Read books we have chosen ourselves A B C D
VE589602
g. Write a paragraph or more about A B C D
what we have read
VC504021
h. Discuss different interpretations of A B C D
what we have read

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reading Questionnaire—Grade 12 37

VC504022
6. In your English/language arts class this year, when reading a story, article, or other passage,
how often does your teacher ask you to do the following? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never or Once or Once or Every day
hardly twice a twice a or almost
ever month week every day
VC504023
a. Summarize the passage A B C D
VC504024
b. Interpret the meaning of the passage A B C D
VC504025
c. Question the motives or feelings of A B C D
the characters
VE589611
d. Identify the main themes or main A B C D
ideas of the passage
VE589612
e. Evaluate the main arguments or A B C D
evidence in a persuasive passage
VE589613
f. Analyze the author’s organization of A B C D
information in a passage
VE607938
g. Critique the author’s craft or A B C D
technique

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38 reading Questionnaire—Grade 12

VC504027
7. In your English/language arts class this year, how often do you use a computer to do each
of the following? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never or Once or Once or Every day
hardly twice a twice a or almost
ever month week every day
VC504028
a. Learn and practice vocabulary A B C D
VE589642
b. ctional stories A B C D
VE589649
c. Write informational reports A B C D
VC504031
d. Produce multimedia reports/projects A B C D
VC504033
e. Access reading-related websites (for A B C D
example, websites with book reviews
and lists of recommended books)
VC504034
f. Conduct research for reading and A B C D
writing projects
VE589651
g. Read books or articles using a digital A B C D
media device, such as an e-book
reader or tablet computer

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reading Questionnaire—Grade 12 39

VE626880 VB595182

8. Are you currently enrolled in or have 11. How hard was this test compared to
you taken an Advanced Placement most other tests you have taken this
(AP ®) course in English/language arts? year in school?
Fill in ovals for all that apply.
A Easier than other tests
A Yes, I am enrolled in or have taken
Advanced Placement (AP) English B About as hard as other tests
Language and Composition.
C Harder than other tests
B Yes, I am enrolled in or have taken
Advanced Placement (AP) English D Much harder than other tests
Literature and Composition.

C No, I have never taken an

Advanced Placement (AP)
English/language arts course. VC034559
12. 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?
VE589658
9. Are you currently enrolled in or A Not as hard as on other tests
have you taken the International
Baccalaureate® (IB) Language A1 B About as hard as on other tests
course?
C Harder than on other tests
A Yes
D Much harder than on other tests
B No

VB595184
VC293008 13. How important was it to you to do
10. Are you currently enrolled in or have well on this test?
you taken any online English/language
arts courses for high school or college A Not very important
credit?
B Somewhat important
A Yes
C Important
B No
D Very important

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40 NaeP Questions Tool

V. NaeP Questions Tool

Introduction
After every assessment cycle, NAEP releases a portion of the assessment to the public.
The NAEP Questions Tool (NQT) allows users to search for questions by subject, grade,
difficulty, and other characteristics. You can also view scoring guides, keys, national
performance data, demographic group data, and student responses (for constructed-
response questions only). The tool also allows users to create customized reports and
to print selected questions and all relevant information. The purpose of the NQT is to
provide teachers, researchers, educators, and the public with greater access to NAEP
assessment exercises.

How do I access the NaeP Questions Tool?

Visit the NQT at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx. The tool can also be
accessed by clicking “Sample Questions” on The Nation’s Report Card home page.

How do I learn to use the NaeP Questions Tool?

View a short video showing the features of NQT and how to use them, a more detailed
tutorial, and a Quick Reference Guide at NAEP Website Tools and Applications
(http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/naeptools.asp#qrg). There is also
a “What can I do here?” link and a Help button on every page.

Where can I find more information about the subjects

NaeP assesses?
The NAEP website contains a wealth of information about the subjects NAEP assesses.
The URL for the site is http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.

How can I get additional help?

For more help with features on the NAEP website, click Help in the banner.
For additional help, write to us via Contact Us at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
contactus.asp, or e-mail [email protected].
 VI. about NaeP
NAEP OVERVIEW. NAEP is the largest continuing and nationally representative
assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in various academic
subjects. NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within
the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. For more
information about the NAEP program, visit the NAEP website at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard or call 202–502–7420.

PARTICIPATION. States and districts that receive Title I funds are required to
participate in biennial NAEP reading and mathematics assessments at grades 4
and 8. Student participation is always voluntary. Contact your school’s NAEP
coordinator for more information.

NAEP CONTENT. The National Assessment Governing Board sets policy for NAEP and
oversees the creation of the NAEP frameworks, which describe the specific knowledge
and skills that should be assessed. For additional information on framework
development, see the Governing Board’s website at
http://www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm.

NAEP SAMPLE QUESTIONS. For each assessment, some of the test questions, along
with performance data, are made available to the public to provide concrete samples
of NAEP contents and results. For every assessment, NAEP distributes sample
questions booklets to participating schools that provide more detailed information
about the assessment design and questions. Released questions and student
performance data may be viewed and downloaded from the NCES website at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx.

NAEP SECURE QUESTIONS. On written request, adults may review NAEP questions
and instruments still in use. These arrangements must be made in advance, and
persons reviewing the assessment may not remove the booklets from the room, copy
them, or take notes. Contact your school’s NAEP coordinator for more information.

NAEP PUBLICATIONS. NAEP reports and brochures can be searched and downloaded
from the NAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. For prompt field staff support on these or other
matters, call the NAEP Help Desk at 800–283–6237.

The work reported herein was supported under the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(ED–07–CO-0078, ED-07-CO-0107) as administered by the National Center for Education Statistics,
within the U.S. Department of Education.