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Average geography scale scores by student eligibility for the Free/Reduced-Price School Lunch program, grades 4, 8, and 12 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 2001

  horizontal line Eligible horizontal line Not eligible horizontal line Info not available
Grade 4 186 221 218
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Grade 8 242 270 266
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Grade 12 269 287 289
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NOTE: The scores for the substantial number of students for whom eligibility information is not available appear in the "Info not available" column. Students whose schools do not participate in the Free/Reduced-Price School Lunch program are included in this category.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
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for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

 

Major Finding

  • At every grade, the average scale score for students who were not eligible for the Free/Reduced-Price School Lunch program (i.e., those above the federal poverty guidelines) is higher than the scores for those students who are eligible for the program.

See the achievement-level results by student eligibility for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch program for grades 4, 8, and 12.

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Last updated 21 June 2002 (DSS)