| Table 116. | Average student proficiency in geography and U.S. history, by student characteristics: 1994 |
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| Geography scores |History scores | | Geography scores |History scores
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Characteristic | Percentage | 4th | 8th | 12th | 4th | 8th | 12th | Characteristic |Percentage | 4th | 8th | 12th | 4th | 8th | 12th
|distribution|graders|graders|graders|graders|graders|graders| |distributio|graders|graders|graders|graders|graders|graders
| of 12th | | | | | | | | of 12th | | | | | |
| graders in | | | | | | | |graders in | | | | | |
| geography | | | | | | | | geography | | | | | |
_________________|____________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________________________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
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 | 7 | 186 | 238 | 263 | 177 | 241 | 263
Southeast .....| 23 | 200 | 252 | 278 | 201 | 251 | 282 | graduate ............ | 22 | 197 | 250 | 274 | 197 | 251 | 276
Central .......| 28 | 215 | 268 | 289 | 212 | 266 | 288 | Graduated high school .| 25 | 216 | 265 | 286 | 214 | 264 | 287
West ..........| 29 | 205 | 255 | 286 | 202 | 256 | 286 | Some college ..........| 44 | 216 | 272 | 294 | 216 | 270 | 296
| | | | | | | | Graduated college .....| | | | | | |
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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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