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

Table 122

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                          |    Percentage of 4th-graders      |     Percentage of 8th-graders     |      Percentage of 12th-graders
                          |___________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________
                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
         Selected         |Below   |At or   |At or   |        |Below   |At or   |At or   |        |Below   |At or   |At or   |
     characteristics      |basic   |above   |above   |At      |basic   |above   |above   |At      |basic   |above   |above   |At
       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 ...........|30 (1.1)|70 (1.1)|22 (1.2)| 3 (0.4)|29 (1.0)|71 (1.0)|28 (1.0)| 4 (0.4)|30 (0.9)|70 (0.9)|27 (1.2)| 2 (0.5)
                          |________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
Sex                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Male ...................|29 (1.3)|71 (1.3)|26 (1.7)| 4 (0.7)|28 (1.3)|72 (1.3)|30 (1.2)| 5 (0.6)|27 (1.1)|73 (1.1)|32 (1.4)| 2 (0.7)
  Female ................ |32 (1.4)|68 (1.4)|19 (1.3)| 2 (0.5)|31 (1.1)|69 (1.1)|25 (1.1)| 3 (0.4)|33 (1.2)|67 (1.2)|22 (1.4)| 1 (0.4)
                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Race/ethnicity            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  White ..................|19 (1.3)|81 (1.3)|29 (1.6)| 4 (0.6)|18 (0.9)|82 (0.9)|36 (1.3)| 5 (0.5)|22 (0.9)|78 (0.9)|33 (1.5)| 2 (0.6)
  Black ..................|66 (2.4)|34 (2.4)| 3 (0.6)|   (0.2)|66 (2.9)|34 (2.9)| 5 (0.7)|   (0.3)|68 (2.3)|32 (2.3)| 5 (1.0)| 0 (0.1)
  Hispanic ...............|51 (2.7)|49 (2.7)|10 (1.7)| 1 (0.4)|50 (3.6)|50 (3.6)|10 (1.2)| 1 (0.5)|52 (2.8)|48 (2.8)|10 (1.8)| 0 (0.2)
  Asian ..................|21 (4.8)|79 (4.8)|32 (6.0)| 5 (3.3)|21 (4.3)|79 (4.3)|40 (3.9)| 8 (3.6)|31 (3.9)|69 (3.9)|32 (5.7)| 3 (1.6)
                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Region                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Northeast ..............|33 (2.7)|67 (2.7)|22 (2.5)| 3 (0.8)|24 (2.2)|76 (2.2)|33 (2.0)| 6 (1.0)|31 (2.3)|69 (2.3)|25 (2.1)| 2 (0.6)
  Southeast ..............|36 (2.6)|64 (2.6)|17 (2.0)| 2 (0.5)|38 (2.1)|62 (2.1)|21 (1.6)| 3 (0.5)|40 (1.5)|60 (1.5)|20 (1.3)| 1 (0.6)
  Central ................|22 (2.6)|78 (2.6)|28 (3.3)| 4 (1.3)|20 (1.7)|80 (1.7)|36 (2.1)| 6 (0.9)|25 (2.1)|75 (2.1)|32 (2.9)| 2 (1.0)
  West .................. |30 (1.7)|70 (1.7)|21 (1.7)| 3 (0.6)|33 (2.4)|67 (2.4)|23 (2.0)| 3 (0.7)|28 (2.1)|72 (2.1)|29 (2.6)| 2 (0.7)
                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Parents' level            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
of education              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Not high school graduate|48 (5.2)|52 (5.2)| 8 (3.3)| 0  0.0 |53 (3.4)|47 (3.4)| 8 (1.6)| 1 (0.5)|59 (2.9)|41 (2.9)| 7 (2.0)| 0 (0.0)
  Graduated high school ..|37 (2.9)|63 (2.9)|15 (2.1)| 1 (0.6)|38 (2.0)|62 (2.0)|15 (1.5)| 1 (0.6)|44 (2.0)|56 (2.0)|14 (1.6)| 0 (0.3)
  Some college ...........|20 (2.3)|80 (2.3)|30 (3.4)| 3 (1.1)|21 (1.3)|79 (1.3)|29 (2.3)| 3 (0.8)|25 (1.5)|75 (1.5)|24 (1.8)| 1 (0.7)
  Graduated college ......|22 (1.5)|78 (1.5)|31 (2.0)| 5 (0.9)|18 (1.2)|82 (1.2)|41 (1.4)| 7 (0.7)|19 (1.1)|81 (1.1)|40 (1.6)| 3 (0.8)
__________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

NOTE.--Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1994 Geography Report Card. (This table was prepared May 1999.)

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