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| Table 128. | Average civics scale score and percentage of students attaining civics achievement levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 1998 and 2006 |
| Selected student characteristic | Average scale score1 | Percent of students attaining achievement levels | ||||||||||||||
| At or above Basic2 | At or above Proficient3 | At Advanced4 | ||||||||||||||
| 19985 | 2006 | 19985 | 2006 | 19985 | 2006 | 19985 | 2006 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| 4th-graders | 150 | (0.7) | 154 | (1.0) | 69 | (1.0) | 73 | (1.2) | 23 | (0.9) | 24 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.2) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 149 | (1.0) | 153 | (1.1) | 68 | (1.2) | 72 | (1.3) | 22 | (1.2) | 24 | (1.2) | 2 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Female | 151 | (0.9) | 155 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.0) | 75 | (1.4) | 23 | (1.2) | 24 | (1.2) | 1 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.2) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 158 | (0.9) | 164 | (0.9) | 78 | (1.3) | 85 | (1.0) | 29 | (1.2) | 34 | (1.4) | 2 | (0.4) | 2 | (0.3) |
| Black | 130 | (1.1) | 140 | (1.5) | 45 | (1.7) | 57 | (2.3) | 7 | (1.1) | 10 | (1.2) | 1 | (0.3) | # | (†) |
| Hispanic | 123 | (2.2) | 138 | (1.3) | 40 | (2.8) | 55 | (2.0) | 6 | (1.1) | 10 | (1.1) | # | (†) | # | (0.1) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 147 | (4.0) | 154 | (3.8) | 66 | (5.5) | 75 | (4.5) | 20 | (3.5) | 24 | (4.0) | 2 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.6) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | 124 | (7.6) | ‡ | (†) | 38 | (11.3) | ‡ | (†) | 7 | (3.9) | ‡ | (†) | # | (†) |
| Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| Eligible | 132 | (0.9) | 139 | (1.1) | 49 | (1.3) | 56 | (1.6) | 9 | (0.9) | 9 | (0.8) | # | (†) | # | (†) |
| Not eligible | 160 | (1.1) | 166 | (0.8) | 80 | (1.4) | 87 | (0.9) | 30 | (1.3) | 36 | (1.4) | 2 | (0.5) | 2 | (0.3) |
| Not available | 154 | (2.2) | 167 | (2.1) | 72 | (3.1) | 88 | (2.2) | 27 | (2.5) | 37 | (4.0) | 2 | (0.9) | 3 | (1.4) |
| 8th-graders | 150 | (0.7) | 150 | (0.8) | 70 | (0.9) | 70 | (1.1) | 22 | (0.8) | 22 | (0.8) | 2 | (0.2) | 2 | (0.2) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 148 | (0.9) | 149 | (1.0) | 67 | (1.1) | 68 | (1.3) | 22 | (1.0) | 23 | (0.9) | 2 | (0.3) | 2 | (0.3) |
| Female | 152 | (0.8) | 151 | (0.8) | 73 | (1.2) | 72 | (1.2) | 22 | (1.1) | 21 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.2) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 158 | (0.9) | 161 | (0.8) | 78 | (1.1) | 82 | (0.9) | 28 | (1.0) | 30 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.3) | 2 | (0.3) |
| Black | 131 | (1.2) | 133 | (1.5) | 49 | (1.7) | 50 | (2.0) | 7 | (1.0) | 9 | (1.1) | # | (†) | # | (0.2) |
| Hispanic | 127 | (1.3) | 131 | (1.1) | 44 | (2.3) | 50 | (2.2) | 7 | (1.0) | 8 | (1.0) | # | (0.2) | # | (†) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 151 | (8.9) | 154 | (3.2) | 69 | (9.5) | 73 | (4.0) | 25 | (5.8) | 27 | (3.2) | 3 | (1.3) | 3 | (0.9) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | 127 | (7.3) | ‡ | (†) | 46 | (9.5) | ‡ | (†) | 7 | (2.9) | ‡ | (†) | # | (†) |
| Parents' highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||
| Not high school graduate | — | (†) | 129 | (1.6) | — | (†) | 47 | (3.3) | — | (†) | 6 | (1.0) | — | (†) | # | (†) |
| Graduated high school | — | (†) | 140 | (1.3) | — | (†) | 59 | (1.8) | — | (†) | 11 | (1.0) | — | (†) | # | (0.2) |
| Some college | — | (†) | 153 | (1.0) | — | (†) | 75 | (1.7) | — | (†) | 20 | (1.3) | — | (†) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Graduated college | — | (†) | 162 | (0.9) | — | (†) | 82 | (0.9) | — | (†) | 33 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 3 | (0.4) |
| Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| Eligible | 131 | (1.1) | 132 | (1.0) | 48 | (1.6) | 51 | (1.5) | 8 | (0.8) | 8 | (0.5) | # | (0.2) | # | (0.1) |
| Not eligible | 157 | (1.0) | 160 | (0.8) | 78 | (1.2) | 82 | (1.0) | 27 | (1.2) | 29 | (0.9) | 2 | (0.3) | 2 | (0.3) |
| Not available | 156 | (2.2) | 171 | (2.4) | 76 | (2.7) | 90 | (2.2) | 29 | (2.1) | 44 | (4.1) | 3 | (0.6) | 5 | (1.8) |
| 12th-graders | 150 | (0.8) | 151 | (0.9) | 65 | (0.9) | 66 | (1.1) | 26 | (0.9) | 27 | (1.0) | 4 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.4) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 148 | (1.1) | 150 | (1.1) | 62 | (1.2) | 64 | (1.5) | 27 | (1.2) | 28 | (1.2) | 5 | (0.6) | 5 | (0.5) |
| Female | 152 | (0.8) | 152 | (1.0) | 68 | (1.2) | 67 | (1.2) | 26 | (1.1) | 26 | (1.2) | 3 | (0.4) | 4 | (0.5) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 157 | (1.0) | 158 | (1.0) | 73 | (1.1) | 74 | (1.2) | 32 | (1.3) | 34 | (1.2) | 5 | (0.6) | 6 | (0.6) |
| Black | 130 | (1.6) | 131 | (1.4) | 41 | (2.0) | 42 | (1.9) | 9 | (1.3) | 9 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Hispanic | 132 | (1.1) | 134 | (1.1) | 45 | (1.9) | 46 | (1.7) | 10 | (1.2) | 12 | (1.2) | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 149 | (5.2) | 155 | (3.1) | 63 | (4.8) | 68 | (3.7) | 27 | (6.6) | 33 | (3.9) | 5 | (2.3) | 8 | (1.6) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | 131 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | 42 | (8.0) | ‡ | (†) | 9 | (3.0) | ‡ | (†) | # | (†) |
| Parents' highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||
| Not high school graduate | — | (†) | 126 | (1.8) | — | (†) | 35 | (3.0) | — | (†) | 8 | (1.4) | — | (†) | 1 | (0.5) |
| Graduated high school | — | (†) | 138 | (1.0) | — | (†) | 52 | (1.6) | — | (†) | 13 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Some college | — | (†) | 150 | (0.9) | — | (†) | 66 | (1.4) | — | (†) | 23 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 3 | (0.5) |
| Graduated college | — | (†) | 162 | (1.1) | — | (†) | 77 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 39 | (1.4) | — | (†) | 8 | (0.7) |
| Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| Eligible | 130 | (1.4) | 133 | (1.0) | 42 | (2.1) | 45 | (1.5) | 10 | (1.7) | 11 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.4) |
| Not eligible | 153 | (1.0) | 156 | (1.0) | 69 | (1.1) | 71 | (1.2) | 29 | (1.3) | 31 | (1.2) | 5 | (0.5) | 6 | (0.5) |
| Not available | 153 | (1.3) | 160 | (2.4) | 68 | (1.6) | 76 | (3.1) | 29 | (1.5) | 34 | (2.8) | 5 | (0.7) | 7 | (1.3) |
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— Not available. # Rounds to zero. † Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Scale ranges from 0 to 300. 2 Basic denotes partial mastery of the knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at a given grade. 3 Proficient represents solid academic performance. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter. 4 Advanced signifies superior performance for a given grade. 5 Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment. NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Excludes students unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability (if the accommodations provided were not sufficient to enable the test to properly reflect the students' proficiency in civics). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1998 and 2006 Civics Assessments, retrieved July 3, 2007, from the NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/). (This table was prepared July 2007.) |
