NAEP 2011 Wave I (Reading, Math, Science, Economics)

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

Wave 1 Submittal for 2011
VOLUME II
Part 2a
BACKGROUND QUESTIONS
FOR 2011 ASSESSMENT

Student Grade 8 Core Questions

Part 2a contains:
Student Grade 8 Core Questions
The amount of time estimated to complete this form is 5 minutes.

March 31, 2010

2011 OMB Wave 1
Grade 8 -Part 2 of 3

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In this section, please tell us about yourself and your family. The section has 12 questions.
Mark your answers in your booklet.

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1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? Fill in one
or more ovals.

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2. Which of the following best describes
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
American.

E Native Hawaiian or other Pacific
Islander

E Yes, I am from some other Hispanic
or Latino background.

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For the rest of the questions in this section, fill in only one oval for each question.
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3. Does your family get any magazines
regularly?

A Yes

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7. About how many pages a day do you
have to read in school and for
homework?

A 5 or fewer
B No
B 6–10
C I don’t know.
C 11–15
D 16–20
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4. About how many books are there in
your home?

E More than 20

A Few (0–10)

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B Enough to fill one shelf (11–25)
C Enough to fill one bookcase (26–100)

8. How often do you talk about things you
have studied in school with someone in
your family?

A Never or hardly ever
D Enough to fill several bookcases
(more than 100)

B Once every few weeks
C About once a week
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5. Is there a computer at home that
you use?

D Two or three times a week
E Every day

A Yes
B No

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9. How many days were you absent from
school in the last month?
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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 None
B 1 or 2 days

A Yes

C 3 or 4 days

B No

D 5 to 10 days

C I don’t know.

E More than 10 days

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10. How far in school did your mother go?

A She did not finish high school.
B She graduated from high school.
C She had some education after high
school.

D She graduated from college.
E I don’t know.

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11. How far in school did your father go?

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.

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12. 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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