Elementary and Secondary Education

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Table A-25-2. Average geography scale scores, by grade and selected characteristics: Selected years, 1994–2010

Characteristic	Grade 4				Grade 8				Grade 12
Characteristic	1994¹	2001¹	2001	2010	19941	2001¹	2001	2010	1994¹	2001¹	2001	2010
Total	206	209	208	213	260	262	260	261	285	285	284	282
Sex
Male	208	212	183	215	262	264	262	263	288	287	287	285
Female	203	207	211	211	258	260	258	259	281	282	281	280

Race/ethnicity
White	218	220	219	224	269	271	269	272	290	291	291	290
Black	166	181	180	192	229	234	233	241	258	260	258	261
Hispanic	177	183	185	197	238	239	237	244	269	269	268	270
Asian/Pacific Islander	211	211	214	224	262	265	264	268	283	285	284	285
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	201	251	265	261	250	‡	‡	‡	277

English language learner
Yes	‡	‡	166	183	‡	‡	216	223	‡	‡	246	247
No	‡	‡	210	216	‡	‡	262	263	‡	‡	285	283

Student with disability
Yes	‡	‡	—	191	‡	‡	227	237	‡	‡	255	261
No	‡	‡	—	216	‡	‡	264	264	‡	‡	286	284

Student eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligible	—	186	185	197	—	242	239	246	—	269	268	269
Not eligible	—	221	221	227	—	270	269	272	—	287	287	288

Percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25	—	226	225	228	—	274	274	276	—	290	290	291
26–50	—	214	213	219	—	263	260	263	—	282	281	282
51–75	—	198	196	208	—	248	245	257	—	268	266	273
76–100	—	176	178	189	—	232	226	239	—	260	258	260

School type
Public	204	207	206	211	258	261	259	260	283	284	283	281
Traditional public	—	—	—	211	—	—	—	260	—	—	—	282
Public charter	—	—	—	217	—	—	—	258	—	—	—	263
Private	221	226	226	‡	276	274	274	276	294	291	292	‡

— Not available.

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

¹ Testing accommodations (e.g., extended time, small group testing) for children with disabilities and English language learners were not permitted in 1994. Students were tested with and without accommodations in 2001. For the two 2001 columns, the footnoted column represents the sample without accommodations.

NOTE: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) geography scale ranges from 0 to 500. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity or free or reduced-priced lunch eligibility, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1994–2010 Geography Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.

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