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Slide 1: Title of Report: The Nation's Report Card: U.S. History 2001
Slide 2: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Description
Slide 3: Features of the 2001 U.S. History Assessment
Slide 4: Content of the 2001 U.S. History Assessment--1
Slide 5: Content of the 2001 U.S. History Assessment--2
Slide 6: Content of the 2001 U.S. History Assessment--3
Slide 7: Results Reported from the 2001 U.S. History Assessment
Slide 8: National Scale Score Results Across Years
Slide 9: National Percentile Scores Across Years
Slide 10: National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 4
Slide 11: National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 8
Slide 12: National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 12
Slide 13: Average Scale Scores Across Years by Gender
Slide 14: Average Scale Scores by Parents' Highest Education Level and Type of School, Grade 12: 2001
Slide 15: Average Scale Scores Across Years by Race/Ethnicity
Slide 16: Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Average Scale Scores Across Years
Slide 17: Size of Gaps Between Percentages of White and Black Students Scoring At or Above Each Point on the U.S. History Scale, Grade 4: 1994 and 2001
Slide 18: Size of Gaps Between Percentages of White and Hispanic Students Scoring At of Above Each Point on the U.S. History Scale, Grade 4: 1994 and 2001
Slide 19: Grade 4 Sample Question: Multiple-Choice
Slide 20: Grade 4 Sample Question : Multiple-Choice
Slide 21: Grade 4 Sample Question : Multiple-Choice
Slide 22: Grade 8 Sample Question : Multiple-Choice
Slide 23: Grade 12 Sample Question
Slide 24: Grade 12 Sample Question: Complete Response
Slide 25: Grade 12 Sample Question: Essential Response
Slide 26: Average Scores by Time Spent Using CD-ROMS or the Internet for Research Projects, Grades 8 and 12: 2001
Slide 27: Average Scores by Frequency of Reading Material from a Textbook, Grade 4: 2001
Slide 28: Average Scores by Frequency of Using Primary Historical Documents, Grade 8: 2001
Slide 29: Average Scores by Frequency of Reading Extra Material, Grade 12: 2001
Slide 30: End Slide