(24KB)| Table 119. | Average student scale score in geography and U.S. history, by grade level and selected student characteristics: 2001 |
| Selected student characteristic | Percentage distribution of 12th-graders in geography |
Average geography scores | Percentage distribution of 12th-graders in U.S. history |
Average U.S. history scores | ||||||||||||
| 4th-graders | 8th-graders | 12th-graders | 4th-graders | 8th-graders | 12th-graders | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| All students | 100 | († ) | 209 | (1.0) | 262 | (0.9) | 285 | (0.8) | 100 | († ) | 209 | (1.0) | 262 | (0.8) | 287 | (1.0) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 48 | (0.8) | 212 | (1.1) | 264 | (1.0) | 287 | (0.9) | 49 | (0.6) | 209 | (1.1) | 264 | (0.9) | 288 | (1.3) |
| Female | 52 | (0.8) | 207 | (1.2) | 260 | (1.1) | 282 | (0.8) | 51 | (0.6) | 209 | (1.2) | 261 | (0.9) | 286 | (0.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 70 | (0.3) | 222 | (1.0) | 273 | (1.0) | 291 | (0.9) | 70 | (0.4) | 220 | (1.1) | 271 | (0.8) | 292 | (1.0) |
| Black | 13 | (0.3) | 181 | (1.8) | 234 | (1.7) | 260 | (1.4) | 13 | (0.2) | 188 | (1.8) | 243 | (1.8) | 269 | (1.5) |
| Hispanic | 12 | (0.2) | 184 | (2.8) | 240 | (1.7) | 270 | (1.5) | 12 | (0.2) | 186 | (2.5) | 243 | (1.5) | 274 | (1.7) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 5 | (0.2) | 212 | (2.7) | 266 | (2.5) | 286 | (2.9) | 5 | (0.2) | 213 | (2.7) | 267 | (3.4) | 295 | (4.6) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1 | (0.2) | 199 | (3.6) | 261 | (5.8) | 288 | (3.6) | 1 | (0.2) | 197 | (6.9) | 249 | (4.5) | 277 | (5.5) |
| Parents' highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||
| Not high school graduate | 7 | (0.4) | — | (†) | 241 | (1.7) | 269 | (1.7) | 7 | (0.4) | — | (†) | 243 | (2.3) | 269 | (1.5) |
| Graduated high school | 19 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 253 | (1.2) | 276 | (0.9) | 19 | (0.6) | — | (†) | 253 | (1.1) | 274 | (1.0) |
| Some college | 25 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 266 | (1.0) | 284 | (0.9) | 25 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 265 | (1.0) | 286 | (0.8) |
| Graduated college | 46 | (1.1) | — | (†) | 274 | (0.9) | 293 | (1.1) | 46 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 275 | (0.8) | 298 | (1.3) |
| Free/reduced-price lunch eligibility | ||||||||||||||||
| Eligible | 16 | (1.0) | 186 | (1.7) | 242 | (1.4) | 269 | (1.6) | 16 | (0.9) | 189 | (1.6) | 245 | (1.2) | 271 | (1.3) |
| Not eligible | 64 | (2.2) | 221 | (1.2) | 270 | (1.1) | 287 | (1.0) | 64 | (2.2) | 220 | (1.4) | 269 | (0.9) | 289 | (1.2) |
| Not available | 21 | (2.4) | 218 | (2.5) | 266 | (1.8) | 289 | (1.5) | 21 | (2.5) | 217 | (2.8) | 268 | (2.0) | 295 | (2.0) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 20 | (0.9) | 214 | (2.8) | 266 | (2.4) | 286 | (2.8) | 21 | (0.9) | 215 | (2.5) | 269 | (1.9) | 289 | (3.4) |
| Southeast | 21 | (1.2) | 207 | (2.1) | 260 | (2.0) | 281 | (1.0) | 22 | (1.2) | 208 | (2.6) | 261 | (2.0) | 284 | (1.7) |
| Central | 27 | (0.6) | 219 | (1.8) | 270 | (2.5) | 287 | (1.3) | 26 | (0.6) | 217 | (2.0) | 267 | (1.7) | 289 | (1.4) |
| West | 31 | (1.4) | 200 | (2.5) | 255 | (1.5) | 283 | (1.3) | 31 | (1.5) | 200 | (2.3) | 255 | (1.3) | 286 | (1.6) |
| —Not available. † Not applicable. NOTE: The scores range from 0 to 500 in each test, but the distribution of the scores varies by subject. Therefore, direct score comparisons between the subjects should be avoided. 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 or history). Race catagories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. 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: U.S. History 2001; and The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001. (This table was prepared July 2002.) |