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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collection is 1850-0790. The time required to complete this information collection 

is estimated to average 901

 minutes including the time to review instructions, 

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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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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)

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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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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4. Is there a computer at home that you use?

A Yes

B No

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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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8. How many days were you absent from school in the last month?

A None

B 1 or 2 days

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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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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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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 peopl 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.

e’

,

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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.

Never Rarely Sometimes Often

a. How to judge reliability of

sources (for example, how a

website might be biased or

inaccurate)

ABCD VE681629

b. How to credit others for

their ideas (for example,

citing sources, using

endnotes and footnotes in

reports)

ABCD VE681632

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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

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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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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.

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. Create, edit, or

organize digital media ABCDE VE639130

b. Create a presentation ABCDE VE639137

c. Create a spreadsheet (a

table or grid that

displays data into

columns and rows and

may be used to create

charts and graphs)

ABCDE VE639136

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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.

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. Create, edit, or

organize digital media ABCDE VF025112

b. Create a presentation ABCDE VF025117

c. Create a spreadsheet (a

table or grid that

displays data into

columns and rows and

may be used to create

charts and graphs)

ABCDE VF025116

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

row.

Never Rarely Sometimes Often

a. Designing or creating

something to solve a

problem

ABCD VE682228

b. Designing something when

there is limited time,

money, or materials

ABCD VE682229

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

Never Once or twice Three to five

times

More than five

times

a. Used different tools,

materials, or machines to

see which are best for a

given purpose

ABCD VE638959

b. Built or tested a model to

see if it solves a problem ABCD VE638963

c. Figured out why something

is not working in order to

fix it

ABCD VE682247

d. Taken something apart in

order to fix it or see how it

works

ABCD VE638965

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

row.

Never Once or twice Three to five

times

More than five

times

a. Used tools or materials to

plan or design something

(for example, cake recipe,

party)

ABCD VF009777

b. Used different tools,

materials, or machines to

see which are best for a

given purpose

ABCD VE638998

c. Built or tested a model to

see if it solves a problem ABCD VE639038

d. Figured out why something

is not working in order to

fix it

ABCD VE682267

e. Taken something apart in

order to fix it or see how it

works

ABCD VE639042

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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.

I definitely

can’t

I probably

can’t Maybe I probablycan

I definitely

can

a. Create presentations

with sound, pictures,

or video

ABCDE VH008238

b. Organize information

into a chart, graph, or

spreadsheet

ABCDE VH008240

c. Compare products

using the Internet ABCDE VH008241

d. Use tools or materials

to fix something ABCDE VH008243

e. Take something apart

in order to fix it or see

how it works

ABCDE VH008244

f. Describe how

inventions change

society

ABCDE VH008245

g. Compare how

different activities

affect the environment

ABCDE VH008247

h. Explain why people

have different tools,

machines, or devices

in different parts of the

world

ABCDE VH008248

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

row.

Never Rarely Sometimes Often

a. Inventions that change the

way people live ABCD VE639002

b. Choices people make that

affect the environment ABCD VE639004

c. Conditions that influence

the use or availability of

machines or devices

ABCD VE639005

d. The ways people work

together to solve problems

in their community or the

world

ABCD VE682300

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

in each row.

Never Rarely Sometimes Often

a. Inventions that change the

way people live ABCD VE639012

b. Choices people make that

affect the environment ABCD VE639013

c. Conditions that influence

the use or availability of

machines or devices

ABCD VE639014

d. The ways people work

together to solve problems

in their community or the

world

ABCD VE682314

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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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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

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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.

Yes No

a. I had taken an interactive computer test in

school. A B VF009360

b. I had taken an interactive computer test

outside of school. A B VF009361

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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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