Percent of students at or above selected history proficiency levels, by selected characteristics and grade level: 1994

Table 117. -

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                          |Percentage of 4th graders   |Percentage of 8th graders   |Percentage of 12th graders
                          |____________________________|____________________________|____________________________
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
         Selected         |Below|At or |At or |At or   |Below|At or |At or |At or   |Below|At or |At or |At or
     characteristics      |basic|above |above |above   |basic|above |above |above   |basic|above |above |above
       of students        |     |basic |profi-|advanced|     |basic |profi-|advanced|     |basic |profi-|advanced
                          |     |      |cient |        |     |      |cient |        |     |      |cient |
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
__________________________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________
            1             |  2  |  3   |  4   |   5    |  6  |  7   |  8   |   9    | 10  |  11  |  12  |   13
__________________________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________
All students  ............|  36 |   64 |   17 |      2 |  39 |   61 |   14 |      1 |  57 |   43 |   11 |      1
                          |_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________
Sex                       |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  Male .................. |  38 |   62 |   18 |      2 |  39 |   61 |   15 |      1 |  55 |   45 |   12 |      1
  Female .................|  35 |   65 |   16 |      2 |  39 |   61 |   13 |      1 |  60 |   40 |    9 |      1
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
Race/ethnicity            |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  White ..................|  26 |   74 |   22 |      3 |  29 |   71 |   17 |      1 |  50 |   50 |   13 |      1
  Black ..................|  64 |   36 |    4 |      0 |  67 |   33 |    4 |      0 |  83 |   17 |    2 |      0
  Hispanic ...............|  59 |   41 |    6 |      1 |  59 |   41 |    5 |      0 |  78 |   22 |    4 |      0
  Asian ..................|  36 |   64 |   22 |      4 |  28 |   72 |   23 |      2 |  54 |   46 |   16 |      2
  Pacific Islander .......|  41 |   59 |   16 |      3 |  48 |   52 |   11 |      1 |  67 |   33 |    7 |      1
  American Indian ........|  49 |   51 |    9 |      0 |  58 |   42 |    5 |      0 |  70 |   30 |    5 |      0
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
Region                    |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  Northeast ..............|  37 |   63 |   18 |      3 |  31 |   69 |   19 |      1 |  54 |   46 |   13 |      1
  Southeast ..............|  39 |   61 |   15 |      2 |  49 |   51 |    9 |      0 |  63 |   37 |    8 |      0
  Central ................|  29 |   71 |   20 |      3 |  31 |   69 |   17 |      1 |  55 |   45 |   11 |      1
  West .................. |  39 |   61 |   16 |      1 |  42 |   58 |   11 |      1 |  57 |   43 |   10 |      1
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
Parents' level            |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
of education              |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  Not high school graduate|  63 |   37 |    2 |      0 |  63 |   37 |    3 |      0 |  85 |   15 |    1 |      0
  Graduated high school ..|  43 |   57 |   10 |      1 |  50 |   50 |    7 |      0 |  71 |   29 |    4 |      0
  Some college ...........|  26 |   74 |   21 |      3 |  32 |   68 |   14 |      0 |  58 |   42 |    8 |      1
  Graduated college ......|  26 |   74 |   25 |      4 |  26 |   74 |   22 |      1 |  44 |   56 |   17 |      1
__________________________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________|_____|______|______|________

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1994 U.S. History Report Card. (This table was prepared November 1995.)

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