NAEP Geography Press Release Presentation: Slide 16
Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Average Scale Scores Across Years

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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Significantly different from 1994.
Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scale scores.
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.