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Table 117. Percentage of students at or above selected geography proficiency levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001
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                            |   Percentage of 4th-graders    |     Percentage of 8th-graders  |   Percentage of 12th-graders
                            |________________________________|________________________________|________________________________
                            |       |       |  At or|        |       |       |  At or|        |       |       |  At or|
                            |       |  At or|  above|        |       |  At or|  above|        |       |  At or|  above|
Selected                    |  Below|  above| profi-|      At|  Below|  above| profi-|      At|  Below|  above| profi-|      At
student characteristic      |  basic|  basic|  cient|advanced|  basic|  basic|  cient|advanced|  basic|  basic|  cient|advanced
____________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________
1                           |      2|      3|      4|       5|      6|      7|      8|       9|     10|     11|     12|      13
____________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________
   All students.............|26(1.2)|74(1.2)|21(1.0)|  2(0.3)|26(0.9)|74(0.9)|30(1.2)|  4(0.6)|29(0.9)|71(0.9)|25(1.1)|  1(0.3)
                            |_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________
Sex                         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
  Male .....................|25(1.3)|75(1.3)|24(1.4)|  3(0.5)|25(1.0)|75(1.0)|33(1.5)|  5(0.7)|27(1.1)|73(1.1)|28(1.5)|  2(0.4)
  Female ...................|28(1.6)|72(1.6)|18(1.1)|  1(0.4)|27(1.2)|73(1.2)|26(1.4)|  3(0.6)|30(1.0)|70(1.0)|21(1.0)|  1(0.3)
                            |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
Race/ethnicity              |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
  White, non-Hispanic ......|13(1.3)|87(1.3)|29(1.5)|  3(0.5)|14(0.9)|86(0.9)|39(1.7)|  5(0.8)|19(0.9)|81(0.9)|31(1.4)|  2(0.4)
  Black, non-Hispanic ......|56(2.1)|44(2.1)| 5(0.9)|  #  (†)|60(2.3)|40(2.3)| 6(0.8)|  #  (†)|65(2.3)|35(2.3)| 4(0.7)|  #  (†)
  Hispanic .................|51(3.0)|49(3.0)| 6(1.0)|  #  (†)|52(1.9)|48(1.9)|10(1.0)|  1(0.2)|48(2.6)|52(2.6)|10(1.4)|  #(0.1)
  Asian/Pacific Islander ...|23(3.4)|77(3.4)|25(3.0)|  1(0.9)|21(3.4)|79(3.4)|32(3.2)|  4(1.8)|28(4.3)|72(4.3)|26(4.7)|  1(0.7)
                            |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
                            |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
Free/reduced price lunch    |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
   eligibility              |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
  Eligible .................|49(2.2)|51(2.2)| 6(0.9)|  #  (†)|50(1.8)|50(1.8)|11(1.2)|  1(0.3)|49(2.3)|51(2.3)|11(1.6)|  #  (†)
  Not eligible .............|14(1.1)|86(1.1)|29(1.5)|  3(0.6)|17(0.9)|83(0.9)|37(1.7)|  5(0.8)|25(1.2)|75(1.2)|26(1.6)|  1(0.4)
  Not available ............|16(2.5)|84(2.5)|27(3.2)|  3(0.8)|21(2.1)|79(2.1)|33(2.5)|  4(0.9)|24(2.0)|76(2.0)|31(2.1)|  2(0.4)
                            |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
Region                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
  Northeast ................|22(3.7)|78(3.7)|24(2.2)|  3(0.9)|22(2.5)|78(2.5)|34(3.3)|  4(1.3)|29(2.3)|71(2.3)|26(4.1)|  2(1.1)
  Southeast ................|28(2.5)|72(2.5)|18(1.9)|  1(0.6)|27(2.4)|73(2.4)|26(1.6)|  3(0.6)|33(1.6)|67(1.6)|21(1.3)|  1(0.3)
  Central ..................|18(1.7)|82(1.7)|30(2.5)|  3(0.7)|18(2.3)|82(2.3)|38(3.7)|  6(1.3)|24(1.8)|76(1.8)|28(1.9)|  1(0.5)
  West .....................|34(2.7)|66(2.7)|14(1.7)|  1(0.3)|34(1.7)|66(1.7)|23(1.7)|  2(0.6)|30(1.9)|70(1.9)|23(1.8)|  1(0.4)
____________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Excludes students unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability (and the accommodations provided were not sufficient to enable the test to properly reflect the students' proficiency in geography). Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001. (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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