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| Table 131. | Percentage of students attaining geography achievement levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001 |
| Selected student characteristic | Percent of 4th-graders | Percent of 8th-graders | Percent of 12th-graders | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below Basic | At or above Basic | At or above Proficient | At Advanced | Below Basic | At or above Basic | At or above Proficient | At Advanced | Below Basic | At or above Basic | At or above Proficient | At 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 | 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 | 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) | # | (†) |
| 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 |
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| 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 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 (if the accommodations provided were not sufficient to enable the test to properly reflect the students' proficiency in geography). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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.) |
