Table 4.5b. Percentage distribution of students across U.S. history achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2001 and 2006

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Table 4.5b. Percentage distribution of students across U.S. history achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2001 and 2006

Grade and level	Total¹		White		Black		Hispanic		Asian/Pacific Islander		American Indian/Alaska Native
Grade and level	2001	2006	2001	2006	2001	2006	2001	2006	2001	2006	2001	2006
4th grade
Below basic	34	30	24	16	59	54	60	51	26	29	‡	59
At or above basic	66	70	76	84	41	46	40	49	74	71	‡	41
At or above proficient	18	18	23	26	5	5	6	6	22	22	‡	6
At advanced	2	2	3	2	#	#	#	1	3	2	‡	#
8th grade
Below basic	38	35	29	21	65	60	64	54	35	25	43	57
At or above basic	62	65	71	79	35	40	36	46	65	75	57	43
At or above proficient	16	17	20	23	5	4	5	6	19	22	9	5
At advanced	1	1	2	2	#	#	#	#	2	1	1	#
12th grade
Below basic	57	53	51	44	81	80	76	73	49	46	63	68
At or above basic	43	47	49	56	19	20	24	27	51	54	37	32
At or above proficient	11	13	13	16	2	2	4	4	21	20	9	4
At advanced	1	1	1	1	#	#	#	#	5	3	#	#

# Rounds to zero.

‡ Reporting standards not met.

¹ Total excludes race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.

NOTE: For a discussion of the U.S. history achievement level definitions, see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ushistory/achieve.asp. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 and 2006 U.S. History Assessments and NAEP Data Explorer, retrieved January 22, 2008, from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/.

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