(29KB)| Table 118. | Percentage of students at or above selected U.S. history proficiency levels, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001 |
| Selected student characteristic | Percentage of 4th-graders | Percentage of 8th-graders | Percentage of 12th-graders | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Below basic | At or above basic | At or above proficient |
At advanced | Below basic | At or above basic | At or above proficient | At advanced | Below basic | At or above basic | At or above proficient | At advanced | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| All students | 33 | (1.1) | 67 | (1.1) | 18 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.5) | 36 | (0.9) | 64 | (0.9) | 17 | (0.8) | 2 | (0.3) | 57 | (1.2) | 43 | (1.2) | 11 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.4) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 34 | (1.3) | 66 | (1.3) | 19 | (1.2) | 2 | (0.7) | 35 | (1.1) | 65 | (1.1) | 18 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.3) | 55 | (1.6) | 45 | (1.6) | 12 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.5) |
| Female | 32 | (1.4) | 68 | (1.4) | 17 | (1.1) | 2 | (0.4) | 37 | (1.2) | 63 | (1.2) | 15 | (0.8) | 1 | (0.4) | 59 | (1.3) | 41 | (1.3) | 10 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 21 | (1.3) | 79 | (1.3) | 24 | (1.4) | 3 | (0.7) | 25 | (1.0) | 75 | (1.0) | 21 | (1.1) | 2 | (0.4) | 51 | (1.4) | 49 | (1.4) | 13 | (1.0) | 1 | (0.4) |
| Black | 56 | (2.1) | 44 | (2.1) | 6 | (1.0) | # | (0.3) | 62 | (2.4) | 38 | (2.4) | 4 | (0.8) | # | (†) | 80 | (1.5) | 20 | (1.5) | 3 | (0.6) | # | (†) |
| Hispanic | 58 | (3.0) | 42 | (3.0) | 7 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.3) | 60 | (1.7) | 40 | (1.7) | 5 | (0.7) | # | (†) | 74 | (2.4) | 26 | (2.4) | 5 | (1.1) | # | (†) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 29 | (3.8) | 71 | (3.8) | 19 | (3.2) | 3 | (1.9) | 32 | (3.8) | 68 | (3.8) | 20 | (3.6) | 2 | (0.8) | 47 | (5.1) | 53 | (5.1) | 21 | (6.0) | 5 | (2.3) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 47 | (6.4) | 53 | (6.4) | 12 | (4.6) | 4 | (†) | 50 | (7.1) | 50 | (7.1) | 8 | (3.5) | 1 | (†) | 66 | (7.2) | 34 | (7.2) | 1 | (†) | # | (†) |
| Parents' highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Not high school graduate | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 59 | (3.3) | 41 | (3.3) | 3 | (1.8) | # | (†) | 80 | (2.1) | 20 | (2.1) | 2 | (0.7) | # | (†) |
| Graduated high school | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 48 | (1.7) | 52 | (1.7) | 7 | (1.0) | # | (†) | 74 | (1.3) | 26 | (1.3) | 4 | (0.8) | # | (†) |
| Some college | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 30 | (1.3) | 70 | (1.3) | 14 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.3) | 61 | (1.3) | 39 | (1.3) | 8 | (0.7) | 1 | (0.2) |
| Graduated college | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 22 | (1.0) | 78 | (1.0) | 27 | (1.1) | 3 | (0.5) | 42 | (1.5) | 58 | (1.5) | 18 | (1.5) | 2 | (0.8) |
| Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eligible | 53 | (1.7) | 47 | (1.7) | 6 | (0.8) | 1 | (0.2) | 59 | (1.4) | 41 | (1.4) | 6 | (0.7) | # | (†) | 77 | (1.8) | 23 | (1.8) | 3 | (0.7) | # | (†) |
| Not eligible | 21 | (1.7) | 79 | (1.7) | 25 | (1.6) | 3 | (0.8) | 27 | (1.2) | 73 | (1.2) | 20 | (1.2) | 2 | (0.3) | 55 | (1.5) | 45 | (1.5) | 11 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.6) |
| Not available | 25 | (2.8) | 75 | (2.8) | 24 | (2.9) | 3 | (1.1) | 30 | (2.4) | 70 | (2.4) | 22 | (2.1) | 3 | (0.6) | 47 | (2.9) | 53 | (2.9) | 17 | (2.3) | 2 | (0.6) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 27 | (3.1) | 73 | (3.1) | 23 | (2.9) | 3 | (1.1) | 28 | (2.2) | 72 | (2.2) | 22 | (2.1) | 2 | (0.8) | 55 | (3.8) | 45 | (3.8) | 13 | (3.2) | 2 | (—) |
| Southeast | 34 | (2.7) | 66 | (2.7) | 16 | (2.2) | 2 | (1.2) | 38 | (2.3) | 62 | (2.3) | 16 | (1.3) | 2 | (0.4) | 61 | (2.3) | 39 | (2.3) | 10 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.3) |
| Central | 25 | (2.3) | 75 | (2.3) | 24 | (2.4) | 3 | (1.1) | 29 | (2.2) | 71 | (2.2) | 19 | (1.5) | 2 | (0.5) | 54 | (2.2) | 46 | (2.2) | 11 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.4) |
| West | 41 | (2.5) | 59 | (2.5) | 13 | (1.2) | 1 | (0.4) | 45 | (1.7) | 55 | (1.7) | 12 | (1.3) | 1 | (0.2) | 58 | (2.2) | 42 | (2.2) | 11 | (1.5) | 1 | (0.4) |
| —Not available † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Excludes persons 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' history proficiency). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. 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: U.S. History 2001. (This table was prepared May 2002.) |