The 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 4 Oral Reading Fluency Study Restricted-Use Data

The 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) study was conducted by NCES to examine public-school fourth-grade students’ ability to read passages out loud with sufficient speed, accuracy, and expression, as well as foundational skills, to gauge underlying sources of poor fluency. The restricted-use data file contains oral reading performance variables, student contextual information, responses collected from the NAEP reading student survey questionnaire, NAEP reading scores and achievement level and below NAEP Basic subgroup variables, and student sample weights and replicate weights. The data companion provides background on the 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) study and a description of oral reading fluency and the study design. It also describes the 2018 NAEP ORF study instrument development and provides the sampling design and response rates, variables included in the data file, information needed to conduct statistical analyses using the 2018 NAEP ORF data, and control statement files to create system files in SAS and Stata.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Record creation timestamp 2023-04-28 19:48 UTC
Record last modification timestamp 2023-04-28 19:48 UTC
Agency dataset ID NCES 2023-030
Alternative title(s)
  1. The 2018 NAEP ORF Study RUD
Program True
Program Title The 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 4 Oral Reading Fluency Study
Preferred citation
Source(s) National Center for Education Statistics
Other Source(s)
URL(s) for general survey info
  1. https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/orf/
Co-Reviewer(s)
Authorizer(s) National Center for Education Statistics
Other Authorizer(s)
Funder(s)/Sponsor(s)
    Other Funder(s)/Sponsor(s)
    Additional information about restricted dataset https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/orf/data_product.aspx
    DOI
    Earliest Year of Data Available 2018
    Most Recent Year of Data Available 2018
    Smallest geographic unit Nation
    Smallest geographic unit (other)
    Universe
    1. Grade 4 public school students
    Spatial coverage
    1. United States
    Classification Education
    Unit of observation Individual
    Unit of observation (other)
    Sample

    Stratified schools based on several variables including Certainty/Noncertainty PSU, Census Region/PSU stratum, Urbanization classification, Race/Ethnicity Strata, and Estimated enrollment. Then systematic random sample of schools were selected with probability proportionate to size. Of 221 sample schools, 183 schools participated in the study. From the 183 participating sample schools, 1878 students were assigned.
    Frequency of data collection
      Frequency of data collection (other)
      Method of data collection Survey (self- or interviewer-administered)
      Method of data collection (other)
      Reference date
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        Data collection notes
        Number of cases 1800 students
        Number of variables 289 variables
        Linkage capabilities
        Linkage variables
          Where to apply https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp
          Fees
          Access modality NCES Remote Access
          Usage restrictions

          The data does not include private school student sample.
          Public Use File available True
          Public-use version https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/orf/data_product.aspx
          Summary of differences

          The 2018 NAEP ORF restricted-use data file includes additional variables that are not included in the 2018 ORF public-use data file, such as responses collected from the NAEP reading student survey questionnaire and passage reading variables for each of the four passages in addition to the average of them as in the public-use data file.
          Geography differs from restricted-use file (RUF)
          Variable detail differs from Restricted Use File (RUF) True
          FTI flag
          Trust level Trust Level 3
          Provisioned by state
            Provisioned by other geographic unit
              Provisioned by month
                Provisioned year(s)
                1. Not Applicable
                Provisioned by other time unit
                  Provisioning units other than time or geography
                    Can non-citizens apply No
                    Variable selection requirement
                    Supporting documentation
                    Documentation for application