NAEP Geography Press Release Presentation: Slide 10
National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 8

Major Findings

• The percentage of eighth-graders performing at or above Basic increased since 1994.
• In 2001, 30 percent of eighth-graders performed at or above the Proficient achievement level.
• There were no statistically significant changes in the percentages of eighth-graders performing at or above Proficient since 1994.

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Significantly different from 1994.
NOTE: Percentages within each geography achievement level may not add to 100, or to the exact percentages at or above achievement levels due to rounding.
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.