Average U.S. history scale scores by race/ethnicity, grades 4, 8, and 12 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 1994 and 2001

Significantly different from 1994.
NOTE: Italicized scale score values indicate that two or more groups had the same rounded average score.
The average scale scores, when rounded, were the same for Hispanic and Black students at grade 8 in 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 U.S. History Assessments.

Major Findings

• At grade 4, both White and Black students had higher average scores in 2001 than in 1994, while apparent gains among other racial/ethnic groups were not statistically significant.

• At grade 8, White students showed a significant gain since 1994.

• At grade 12, Hispanic students showed a significant gain since 1994.

See the score gaps between White and Black students and between White and Hispanic students.

See national U.S. history achievement-level results by race/ethnicity for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

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Last updated 23 April 2002 (DSS)