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NAEP Geography Press Release Presentation: Slide 24
Results by Frequency of Geography Course Taking Since Sixth Grade, Grade 8: 2001

Slide from Geography Press Release Presentation, html version repeated below

  horizontal line horizontal line Percentage
of students		 horizontal line Average
score
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None     12 255
1 year     20 256
2 years     16 263†
3 years     43 272†
Don't know     9 246
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†Significantly different from average scores of students who took fewer years.
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.

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