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

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

• There was no statistically significant change from 1994 to 2001 in the average scores of either males or females at any of the three grades.
  
  
• At all three grades in 2001, male students had higher average scores than female students, just as they had in 1994.
  
  

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Last updated 18 June 2002 (DSS)