Percent of students at or above selected geography proficiency levels, by selected characteristics and grade level: 1994

Table 115.

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                          |Percentage of 4th graders   |Percentage of 8th graders   |Percentage of 12th graders
                          |----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
         Selected         |Below|At or |At or |At or   |Below|At or |At or |At or   |Below|At or |At or |At or
     characteristics      |basic|above |above |above   |basic|above |above |above   |basic|above |above |above
       of students        |     |basic |profi-|advanced|     |basic |profi-|advanced|     |basic |profi-|advanced
                          |     |      |cient |        |     |      |cient |        |     |      |cient |
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
--------------------------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------
            1             |  2  |  3   |  4   |   5    |  6  |  7   |  8   |   9    | 10  |  11  |  12  |   13
--------------------------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------
All students .............|  30 |   70 |   22 |      3 |  29 |   71 |   28 |      4 |  30 |   70 |   27 |      2
                          |-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------
Sex                       |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  Male ...................|  29 |   71 |   26 |      4 |  28 |   72 |   30 |      5 |  27 |   73 |   32 |      2
  Female ................ |  32 |   68 |   19 |      2 |  31 |   69 |   25 |      3 |  33 |   67 |   22 |      1
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
Race/ethnicity            |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  White ..................|  19 |   81 |   29 |      4 |  18 |   82 |   36 |      5 |  22 |   78 |   33 |      2
  Black ..................|  66 |   34 |    3 |      0 |  66 |   34 |    5 |      0 |  68 |   32 |    5 |      0
  Hispanic ...............|  51 |   49 |   10 |      1 |  50 |   50 |   10 |      1 |  52 |   48 |   10 |      0
  Asian ..................|  21 |   79 |   32 |      5 |  21 |   79 |   40 |      8 |  31 |   69 |   32 |      3
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
Region                    |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  Northeast ..............|  33 |   67 |   22 |      3 |  24 |   76 |   33 |      6 |  31 |   69 |   25 |      2
  Southeast ..............|  36 |   64 |   17 |      2 |  38 |   62 |   21 |      3 |  40 |   60 |   20 |      1
  Central ................|  22 |   78 |   28 |      4 |  20 |   80 |   36 |      6 |  25 |   75 |   32 |      2
  West .................. |  30 |   70 |   21 |      3 |  33 |   67 |   23 |      3 |  28 |   72 |   29 |      2
                          |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
Parents' level            |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
of education              |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |        |     |      |      |
  Not high school graduate|  48 |   52 |    8 |      0 |  53 |   47 |    8 |      1 |  59 |   41 |    7 |      0
  Graduated high school ..|  37 |   63 |   15 |      1 |  38 |   62 |   15 |      1 |  44 |   56 |   14 |      0
  Some college ...........|  20 |   80 |   30 |      3 |  21 |   79 |   29 |      3 |  25 |   75 |   24 |      1
  Graduated college ......|  22 |   78 |   31 |      5 |  18 |   82 |   41 |      7 |  19 |   81 |   40 |      3
--------------------------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------|-----|------|------|--------

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1994 Geography Report Card. (This table was prepared November 1995.)

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