Indicator 4.5: Student Performance in U.S. History and Geography
Table 4.5b. Average U.S. history scale scores, by race/ethnicity and grade: 1994 and 2001
1994
205
215
177
180
205
190
2001
209
220
188
186
213
197
1994
259
267
239
243
263
246
!
2001
262
271
243
243
267
249
1994
286
292
265
267
285
279
!
2001
287
292
269
274
295
277
!
! Interpret data with caution.
NOTE: Accommodations were permitted. Scale score ranges from 0 to 500. For a discussion of the U.S. history scale score definitions, see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ushistory/scale.asp .
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994 and 2001 U.S. History Assessments.