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 2b
Student Grade 8 Core + Mathematics

Part 2b contains:
Student Grade 8 Core + Mathematics Questions
The amount of time estimated to complete this form is 15 minutes.

Student Core Items, Grade 8

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 155 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 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. Write the ZIP code of your home address in the boxes.

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This section has 15 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question except where instructed otherwise.
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1. What math class are you taking this
year?

2. What math class do you expect to take
next year?

A Geometry

A Geometry

B Algebra II

B Algebra II

C Algebra I (one-year course)

C Algebra I (one-year course)

D First year of a two-year Algebra I

D First year of a two-year Algebra I

course

course

E Second year of a two-year Algebra I

E Second year of a two-year Algebra I

course

course

F Introduction to algebra or

F Introduction to algebra or

pre-algebra

pre-algebra

G Basic or general eighth-grade math

G Basic or general math

H Integrated or sequential math

H Integrated or sequential math

I Other math class

I Business or consumer math
J Other math class
K I don’t know.

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3. How often do you feel the following way in your math class? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never
or hardly
ever
Sometimes

Often

Always
or almost
always

a. I have a clear understanding of what
my math teacher is asking me to do.

A

B

C

D

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b. The math work is too easy.

A

B

C

D

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c. The math work is challenging.

A

B

C

D

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d. The math work is engaging
and interesting.

A

B

C

D

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e. I am learning.

A

B

C

D

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4. Please indicate how much you DISAGREE or AGREE with the following statements. Fill
in one oval on each line.
Strongly
disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly
agree

a. Because math is fun, I wouldn’t want
to give it up.

A

B

C

D

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b. I like math.

A

B

C

D

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c. Math is one of my favorite subjects.

A

B

C

D

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5. How often do you use these different types of calculators in your math class?
Never
use

Sometimes,
but not often

Usually
use

a. Basic four-function (addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division)

A

B

C

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b. Scientific (not graphing)

A

B

C

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c. Graphing

A

B

C

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6. When you take a math test or quiz,
how often do you use a calculator?

A Never
B Sometimes
C Always
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7. For each of the following activities, how often do you use a calculator? Fill in one oval on
each line.
Never
or hardly
ever

Once
every few
weeks

About
once a
week

Two or
three
times a
week

Every day
or almost
every day

a. To check your work
on math homework
assignments

A

B

C

D

E

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b. To calculate the answers
to math homework
problems

A

B

C

D

E

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c. To work in class on
math lessons led by your
teacher

A

B

C

D

E

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8. What kind of calculator do you usually
use when you are not in math class?

9. How often do you use a computer for
math at school?

A None

A Never or hardly ever

B Basic four-function (addition,

B Once every few weeks

subtraction, multiplication,
division)

C About once a week

C Scientific (not graphing)

D Two or three times a week

D Graphing

E Every day or almost every day

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10.When you are doing math for school or homework, how often do you use these different
types of computer programs? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never
or hardly
ever

Once
every few
weeks

About
once a
week

a. A spreadsheet program for
math class assignments

A

B

C

D

E

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b. A program to practice or drill
on math facts (addition,
subtraction, multiplication,
division)

A

B

C

D

E

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c. A program that presents new
math lessons with problems
to solve

A

B

C

D

E

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d. The Internet to learn things
for math class

A

B

C

D

E

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e. A calculator program on the
computer to solve or check
problems for math class

A

B

C

D

E

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f. A graphing program on the
computer to make charts or
graphs for math class

A

B

C

D

E

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g. A statistical program to
calculate patterns such as
correlations or cross tabulations

A

B

C

D

E

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h. A word processing program to
write papers for math class

A

B

C

D

E

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i. A program to work with
geometric shapes for math
class

A

B

C

D

E

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Two or
Every day
three times or almost
a week
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11. 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
or hardly
ever

Once
every few
weeks

About
once a
week

Two or
Every day
three times or almost
a week
every day

a. Talk online with friends
about math work

A

B

C

D

E

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b. Get help with math from
someone other than your
teacher, family, classmates,
or friends

A

B

C

D

E

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

A Yes

14. 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?

B No

A Not as hard as on other tests
B About as hard as on other tests
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C Harder than on other tests

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

D Much harder than on other tests

A Easier than other tests
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B About as hard as other tests

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

C Harder than other tests

A Not very important

D Much harder than other tests

B Somewhat important
C Important
D Very important

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