Score differences by race/ethnicity, grades 4, 8, and 12 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 1994 and 2001

Significantly different from 1994.
Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scale scores.
Results are based on administration procedures that did not permit accommodations.
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, there was a statistically significant narrowing of the score gap between White students and Black students between 1994 and 2001.
  
  
• At grades 8 and 12, any apparent changes in score gaps between White and Black students and between White and Hispanic students were not statistically significant.
  
  

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Last updated 6 May 2002 (DSS)