NAEP Wave 2 (TEL and Assessment Feedback)

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS
Wave 2 Submittal for 2014
VOLUME II
SURVEY QUESTIONS
Part 1
Student Grade 8

Part 1 contains Student Grade 8:
Core + TEL Questions

The amount of time estimated to complete these forms:
Core + TEL: 15 minutes

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STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES
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Note: 90 minutes (for TEL) is total for assessment (cognitive and background). Applicable survey question time is
listed on part covers.

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Student Grade 8 Core + TEL

Student Grade 8 Core + TEL Questions
The amount of time estimated to complete this form is 15 minutes.
Note: Questions will be delivered via computer – directions and objects (squares, circles, etc.)
will be depicted appropriately in the actual system.

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Student Questionnaire – Technology and Engineering Literacy

The following questions are about yourself and your family. Please answer questions about
your home based on where you live most of the time during the school year.

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1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? Select one or more squares.
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? Select one or more squares.
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. 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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Student Questionnaire – Technology and Engineering Literacy

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4. Is there a computer at home that you use?
A Yes
B No

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5. Do you have the following in your home? Select squares 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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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? Select squares 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 box.

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Student Questionnaire – Technology and Engineering Literacy

The following questions are about your views and experiences related to technology and
engineering.
Technology refers to all the things people make and do to their natural environment in
order to get the things they want and need.
Engineering refers to using skills or knowledge to solve problems that meet people’s wants
and needs.
Some questions ask for facts while other questions ask for your opinions. Read each
question carefully, and pick the answer you think is best.

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Student Questionnaire – Technology and Engineering Literacy

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14. Have you ever taken or are you currently taking any of the following classes or
subjects in school? Select one or more squares.
A Industrial technology (for example, auto mechanics, carpentry)
B Engineering (for example, robotics, bridge building, rocketry)
C Any class that involves learning to use, program, or build computers
D Any other technology-related class (for example, electronics, sewing, farming)
E I have not taken any of the classes listed above.

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15. Have you ever studied technology or engineering topics in any of the following
classes or subjects in school? Select one or more squares.
A Mathematics
B Science
C Social studies or history
D I have not studied technology or engineering in any of the classes or subjects listed above.

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16. In school, how often do you learn about or discuss the following? Select one circle in each row.

a. How to judge reliability of
sources (for example, how a
website might be biased or
inaccurate)
b. How to credit others for
their ideas (for example,
citing sources, using
endnotes and footnotes in
reports)

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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17. For school work, how often do you use a computer or other digital technology for the following
activities? Select one circle in each row.

a. Create, edit, or
organize digital media
b. Create a presentation
c. Create a spreadsheet (a
table or grid that
displays data into
columns and rows and
may be used to create
charts and graphs)

Never or
almost
never

A few times
a year

Once or
twice a
month

Once or
twice a
week

Every day or
almost
every day

A

B

C

D

E

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A

B

C

D

E

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A

B

C

D

E

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18. In this question, please think about activities you do that are not related to your school work.
How often do you use a computer or other digital technology for the following activities not for
school work? Select one circle in each row.

a. Create, edit, or
organize digital media
b. Create a presentation
c. Create a spreadsheet (a
table or grid that
displays data into
columns and rows and
may be used to create
charts and graphs)

Never or
almost
never

A few times
a year

Once or
twice a
month

Once or
twice a
week

Every day or
almost
every day

A

B

C

D

E

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A

B

C

D

E

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A

B

C

D

E

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19. In school, how often have you learned about or discussed the following? Select one circle in each
row.

a. Designing or creating
something to solve a
problem
b. Designing something when
there is limited time,
money, or materials

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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20. In school, how often have you ever done the following activities? Select one circle in each row.

a. Used different tools,
materials, or machines to
see which are best for a
given purpose
b. Built or tested a model to
see if it solves a problem
c. Figured out why something
is not working in order to
fix it
d. Taken something apart in
order to fix it or see how it
works

Never

Once or twice

Three to five
times

More than five
times

A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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21. Outside of school, how often have you ever done the following activities? Select one circle in each
row.

a. Used tools or materials to
plan or design something
(for example, cake recipe,
party)
b. Used different tools,
materials, or machines to
see which are best for a
given purpose
c. Built or tested a model to
see if it solves a problem
d. Figured out why something
is not working in order to
fix it
e. Taken something apart in
order to fix it or see how it
works

Never

Once or twice

Three to five
times

More than five
times

A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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22. Do you think that you would be able to do each of the following? Select one circle in each row.

a. Create presentations
with sound, pictures,
or video
b. Organize information
into a chart, graph, or
spreadsheet
c. Compare products
using the Internet
d. Use tools or materials
to fix something
e. Take something apart
in order to fix it or see
how it works
f. Describe how
inventions change
society
g. Compare how
different activities
affect the environment
h. Explain why people
have different tools,
machines, or devices
in different parts of the
world

I definitely
can’t

I probably
can’t

Maybe

I probably
can

I definitely
can

A

B

C

D

E

VH008238

A

B

C

D

E

VH008240

A

B

C

D

E

VH008241

A

B

C

D

E

VH008243

A

B

C

D

E

VH008244

A

B

C

D

E

VH008245

A

B

C

D

E

VH008247

A

B

C

D

E

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Student Questionnaire – Technology and Engineering Literacy

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23. In school, how often have you learned about or discussed the following? Select one circle in each
row.

a. Inventions that change the
way people live
b. Choices people make that
affect the environment
c. Conditions that influence
the use or availability of
machines or devices
d. The ways people work
together to solve problems
in their community or the
world

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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24. Outside of school, how often have you learned about or discussed the following? Select one circle
in each row.

a. Inventions that change the
way people live
b. Choices people make that
affect the environment
c. Conditions that influence
the use or availability of
machines or devices
d. The ways people work
together to solve problems
in their community or the
world

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

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A

B

C

D

VE639014

A

B

C

D

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25. Who taught you most of what you know about building things, fixing things, or
how things work?
A I taught myself.
B Family members
C Friends
D Teachers
E Someone else

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26. Who taught you most of what you know about using computers or other digital
technology for collecting or sharing information?
A I taught myself.
B Family members
C Friends
D Teachers
E Someone else

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27. Who taught you most of what you know about how technology, people, and the
environment are related to each other?
A I taught myself.
B Family members
C Friends
D Teachers
E Someone else

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28. Before today, had you ever taken an interactive computer test similar to the one you just took?
Select one circle in each row.

a. I had taken an interactive computer test in
school.
b. I had taken an interactive computer test
outside of school.

Yes

No

A

B

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A

B

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29. 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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30. 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 Not as hard as on other tests
B About as hard as on other tests
C Harder than on other tests
D Much harder than on other tests

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31. How important was it to you to do well on this test?
A Not very important
B Somewhat important
C Important
D Very important
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