In anticipation of questions about how the 2001 PIRLS fourth-grade assessment and the 2002 NAEP fourth grade reading assessment compare, NCES convened an expert panel to compare the content of the PIRLS and NAEP assessment to determine if they measured the same construct. This involved a close examination of how PIRLS and NAEP define reading, the texts used as the basis for the assessments, and the reading processes required of students in each.
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