Digest of Education Statistics 1997
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

                 |____________________________________|_______________________|                         |___________________________________|_______________________

 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 .....|           |       |       |       |       |       |

_________________|____________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________________________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

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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