Average geography scale scores by race/ethnicity, grades 4, 8, and 12 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 1994 and 2001

Significantly different from 1994.
NOTE: Results are based on administration procedures that did not permit accommodations.
Sample size was insufficient to permit a reliable estimate for American Indian students in grade 12 in 1994.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994 and 2001 Geography Assessments.

Major Findings

• At grade 4, the average score for Black students increased from 168 in 1994 to 181 in 2001.
  
  
• At grades 8 and 12, there were no statistically significant changes in average scores among the five racial/ethnic groups from 1994 to 2001.
  
  
• At all three grades, White students, American Indian students and Asian/Pacific Islander students had higher average scores in 2001 than their Black and Hispanic peers.

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