Science achievement-level results by gender, grade 4 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 1996 and 2000

How to Read This Figure
	The italicized percentages shown to the right of the shaded bars represent the percentages of students at or above Basic and Proficient.
	The percentages shown within the shaded bars represent the percentages of students within each achievement level.

NOTE: NAEP reports assessment results in terms of student performance standards called "achievement levels," which are set by the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). The three levels for each grade are Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. See more information about the science achievement levels.
Percentages within each science achievement-level range may not add to 100, or to the exact percentages at or above achievement levels, due to rounding.
Results are based on administration procedures that did not permit accommodations.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1996 and 2000 Science Assessments.

Major Finding

• At grade 4, there was no statistically significant change in the percentage of male or female students at or above any of the achievement levels since 1996.

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Last updated 15 November 2001 (CLH)