Elementary and Secondary Education

Assessments

Table A-25-3. Average civics scale scores, by grade and selected characteristics: Selected years, 1998–2010

Characteristic	Grade 4			Grade 8			Grade 12
Characteristic	1998	2006	2010	1998	2006	2010	1998	2006	2010
Total	150	154	157	150	150	151	150	151	148
Sex
Male	149	153	153	148	149	150	148	150	148
Female	151	155	160	152	151	152	152	152	148

Race/ethnicity
White	158	164	167	158	161	160	157	158	156
Black	130	140	143	131	133	135	130	131	127
Hispanic	123	138	140	127	131	137	132	134	137
Asian/Pacific Islander	147	154	164	151	154	158	149	155	153
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	124	143	‡	127	136	‡	131	134

English language learner
Yes	102	120	124	96	107	106	105	110	99
No	151	158	161	151	153	154	151	152	150

Student with disability
Yes	120	133	134	113	120	120	110	114	113
No	152	157	160	153	154	155	152	154	152

Student eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligible	132	139	143	131	132	136	130	133	132
Not eligible	160	166	169	157	160	163	153	156	155

Percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25	163	169	171	161	163	166	156	158	157
26–50	153	157	162	149	150	153	142	146	148
51–75	140	148	153	134	141	146	131	137	137
76–100	122	133	135	127	127	129	127	129	126

School type
Public	148	153	156	148	148	150	148	150	147
Traditional public	—	‡	156	—	‡	150	—	—	148
Public charter	—	‡	157	—	‡	155	—	—	121
Private	164	‡	‡	169	‡	169	163	‡	‡

— Not available.
‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
NOTE: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics scale ranges from 0 to 300. 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, 1998–2010 Civics Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.

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