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NAEP U.S. History Press Release Presentation: Contents

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Slide 28: Average Scores by Frequency of Using Primary Historical Documents, Grade 8: 2001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


Last updated 7 May 2002 (RH)