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| Table 114. | Average student proficiency in geography and U.S. history, by student characteristics: 1994 |
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|Percentage|Geography scores |History scores | |Percentage|Geography scores |History scores
| distri- |-----------------------|-----------------------| | distri- |-----------------------|-----------------------
Characteristic | bution | 4th | 8th | 12th | 4th | 8th | 12th | Characteristic | bution | 4th | 8th | 12th | 4th | 8th | 12th
| of 12th |graders|graders|graders|graders|graders|graders| | of 12th |graders|graders|graders|graders|graders|graders
| graders | | | | | | | | graders | | | | | |
--------------------|----------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------------------------|----------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
--------------------|----------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|--------------------------|----------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
United States ....| 100 | 206 | 260 | 285 | 205 | 259 | 286 | | | | | | | |
|----------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| | | | | | | |
Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .............| 50 | 208 | 262 | 288 | 203 | 259 | 288 |Type of School | | | | | | |
Female ...........| 50 | 203 | 258 | 281 | 206 | 259 | 285 | Public .................| 89 | 204 | 258 | 283 | 203 | 257 | 284
| | | | | | | | Nonpublic Schools ......| 11 | 221 | 276 | 294 | 222 | 278 | 299
Race | | | | | | | | Catholic Schools .....| 6 | 222 | 276 | 291 | 221 | 279 | 298
White ............| 74 | 218 | 270 | 291 | 215 | 267 | 292 | Other Nonpublic ......| 4 | 220 | 276 | 298 | 224 | 277 | 299
Black ............| 12 | 168 | 229 | 258 | 177 | 239 | 265 | | | | | | | |
Hispanic .........| 8 | 183 | 239 | 268 | 180 | 243 | 267 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |Parents' level of | | | | | | |
Region | | | | | | | | education | | | | | | |
Northeast ........| 21 | 203 | 266 | 284 | 204 | 266 | 289 | Not high school graduate| 7 | 186 | 238 | 263 | 177 | 241 | 263
Southeast ........| 23 | 200 | 252 | 278 | 201 | 251 | 282 | Graduated high school ..| 22 | 197 | 250 | 274 | 197 | 251 | 276
Central ..........| 28 | 215 | 268 | 289 | 212 | 266 | 288 | Some college ...........| 25 | 216 | 265 | 286 | 214 | 264 | 287
West .............| 29 | 205 | 255 | 286 | 202 | 256 | 286 | Graduated college ......| 44 | 216 | 272 | 294 | 216 | 270 | 296
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NOTE.--These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). As with the NAEP reading scale, these scales range from 0 to 500. However, the distribution of scores varies by subject. Therefore, direct score comparisons among the subjects should be avoided. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress 1994 U.S. History Report Card, and The Geography Report Card, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared November 1995.)
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