(40KB)| Table 117. | Percentage of students at or above selected geography proficiency levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001 |
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| Percentage of 4th-graders | Percentage of 8th-graders | Percentage of 12th-graders
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| | | At or| | | | At or| | | | At or|
| | At or| above| | | At or| above| | | At or| above|
Selected | Below| above| profi-| At| Below| above| profi-| At| Below| above| profi-| At
student characteristic | basic| basic| cient|advanced| basic| basic| cient|advanced| basic| basic| cient|advanced
____________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________
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____________________________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________
All students.............|26(1.2)|74(1.2)|21(1.0)| 2(0.3)|26(0.9)|74(0.9)|30(1.2)| 4(0.6)|29(0.9)|71(0.9)|25(1.1)| 1(0.3)
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .....................|25(1.3)|75(1.3)|24(1.4)| 3(0.5)|25(1.0)|75(1.0)|33(1.5)| 5(0.7)|27(1.1)|73(1.1)|28(1.5)| 2(0.4)
Female ...................|28(1.6)|72(1.6)|18(1.1)| 1(0.4)|27(1.2)|73(1.2)|26(1.4)| 3(0.6)|30(1.0)|70(1.0)|21(1.0)| 1(0.3)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ......|13(1.3)|87(1.3)|29(1.5)| 3(0.5)|14(0.9)|86(0.9)|39(1.7)| 5(0.8)|19(0.9)|81(0.9)|31(1.4)| 2(0.4)
Black, non-Hispanic ......|56(2.1)|44(2.1)| 5(0.9)| # (†)|60(2.3)|40(2.3)| 6(0.8)| # (†)|65(2.3)|35(2.3)| 4(0.7)| # (†)
Hispanic .................|51(3.0)|49(3.0)| 6(1.0)| # (†)|52(1.9)|48(1.9)|10(1.0)| 1(0.2)|48(2.6)|52(2.6)|10(1.4)| #(0.1)
Asian/Pacific Islander ...|23(3.4)|77(3.4)|25(3.0)| 1(0.9)|21(3.4)|79(3.4)|32(3.2)| 4(1.8)|28(4.3)|72(4.3)|26(4.7)| 1(0.7)
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Free/reduced price lunch | | | | | | | | | | | |
eligibility | | | | | | | | | | | |
Eligible .................|49(2.2)|51(2.2)| 6(0.9)| # (†)|50(1.8)|50(1.8)|11(1.2)| 1(0.3)|49(2.3)|51(2.3)|11(1.6)| # (†)
Not eligible .............|14(1.1)|86(1.1)|29(1.5)| 3(0.6)|17(0.9)|83(0.9)|37(1.7)| 5(0.8)|25(1.2)|75(1.2)|26(1.6)| 1(0.4)
Not available ............|16(2.5)|84(2.5)|27(3.2)| 3(0.8)|21(2.1)|79(2.1)|33(2.5)| 4(0.9)|24(2.0)|76(2.0)|31(2.1)| 2(0.4)
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Region | | | | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ................|22(3.7)|78(3.7)|24(2.2)| 3(0.9)|22(2.5)|78(2.5)|34(3.3)| 4(1.3)|29(2.3)|71(2.3)|26(4.1)| 2(1.1)
Southeast ................|28(2.5)|72(2.5)|18(1.9)| 1(0.6)|27(2.4)|73(2.4)|26(1.6)| 3(0.6)|33(1.6)|67(1.6)|21(1.3)| 1(0.3)
Central ..................|18(1.7)|82(1.7)|30(2.5)| 3(0.7)|18(2.3)|82(2.3)|38(3.7)| 6(1.3)|24(1.8)|76(1.8)|28(1.9)| 1(0.5)
West .....................|34(2.7)|66(2.7)|14(1.7)| 1(0.3)|34(1.7)|66(1.7)|23(1.7)| 2(0.6)|30(1.9)|70(1.9)|23(1.8)| 1(0.4)
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---Not available. †Not applicable. #Rounds to zero. NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Excludes students unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability (and the accommodations provided were not sufficient to enable the test to properly reflect the students' proficiency in geography). Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001. (This table was prepared July 2002.)
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