This report provides details on the instrument development, sample design, data collection, and data analysis procedures for the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the subject areas of reading, writing, and civics. Nearly 448,000 public- and nonpublic-school students across the United States were assessed at the national (grades 4, 8, and 12) and state (grades 4 and 8) levels.
