| Table 114. | Average student proficiency in geography, U.S. history, and literature, by student characteristics: 1986 and 1988 |
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| Percentage |Geography|History scores in 1988 |Literature
|distribution |scores of|_______________________|scores of
Characteristic | of 12th | 12th | 4th | 8th | 12th | 11th
| graders | graders |graders|graders|graders| graders
| in 1988 | in 1988 | | | | in 1986
____________________________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
____________________________|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|__________
United States ............| 100 | 293.1 | 220.6 | 263.9 | 295.0 | 285.0
|_____________|_________|_______|_______|_______|__________
Sex | | | | | |
Male .....................| 48 | 301.2 | 222.9 | 266.2 | 298.5 | 282.8
Female ...................| 52 | 285.7 | 218.2 | 261.6 | 291.8 | 287.3
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Race | | | | | |
White ....................| 76 | 301.1 | 227.5 | 270.4 | 301.1 | 289.9
Black ....................| 14 | 258.4 | 199.5 | 246.0 | 274.4 | 267.5
Hispanic .................| 7 | 271.8 | 202.7 | 244.3 | 273.9 | 264.8
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Region | | | | | |
Northeast ................| 26 | 295.0 | 222.6 | 270.1 | 296.9 | 293.0
Southeast ................| 23 | 283.3 | 215.5 | 258.0 | 289.2 | 282.6
Central ..................| 25 | 298.2 | 223.8 | 265.3 | 297.9 | 284.3
West .....................| 26 | 295.3 | 220.7 | 262.8 | 295.5 | 280.4
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Size and type of community | | | | | |
Rural ....................|\1\ 5 | --- | 220.0 | 266.8 | 296.2 | 273.7
Urban disadvantaged ......|\1\ 5 | --- | 198.2 | 246.2 | 273.8 | 265.2
Urban advantaged .........|\1\ 14 | --- | 236.9 | 275.9 | 307.8 | 301.4
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School program | | | | | |
Academic .................| 59 | 304.0 | --- | --- | 307.1 | 298.7
General ..................| 32 | 278.0 | --- | --- | 279.8 | 271.7
Vocational/technical .....| 9 | 276.0 | --- | --- | 275.1 | 265.9
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Hours of TV viewing | | | | | |
each day | | | | | |
0 to 2 hours .............| 51 | 300.0 | 222.6 | 269.6 | 299.0 | ---
3 to 5 hours .............| 44 | 289.0 | 225.5 | 265.0 | 293.3 | ---
6 or more hours ..........| 6 | 266.0 | 210.8 | 251.1 | 276.7 | ---
| | | | | |
Hours spent on homework | | | | | |
each day | | | | | |
None assigned ............| 8 | 277.0 | 223.6 | 253.4 | 280.7 | ---
Did not do it ............| 9 | 289.0 | 209.0 | 247.2 | 291.6 | ---
1/2 hour or less .........| 21 | 295.0 | 221.6 | 264.2 | 295.4 | ---
1 hour ...................| 34 | 294.0 | 223.2 | 265.7 | 295.6 | ---
2 hours ..................| 17 | 295.0 | --- | 267.9 | 299.4 | ---
More than 2 hours ........| 10 | 299.0 | --- | 267.2 | 302.4 | ---
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Parents' level of education | | | | | |
Not high school graduate .| 8 | 267.0 | 202.7 | 244.9 | 274.2 | 266.2
Graduated high school ....| 24 | 283.5 | 214.1 | 256.1 | 285.3 | 273.4
Some college .............| 23 | 294.2 | 228.0 | 269.1 | 296.8 | 288.3
Graduated college ........| 43 | 305.3 | 231.4 | 274.9 | 306.0 | 297.6
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Reading materials in | | | | | |
the home | | | | | |
0 to 2 types .............| 13 | 273.0 | 207.7 | 246.6 | 275.0 | ---
0 to 3 types .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 265.4
3 types ..................| 24 | 287.0 | 220.2 | 261.3 | 289.3 | ---
4 types ..................| 63 | 300.0 | 231.1 | 272.0 | 302.0 | 279.3
5 types ..................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 291.7
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Parents living at home | | | | | |
Both .....................| 78 | 297.0 | 223.1 | 268.1 | 298.9 | 290.3
One parent ...............| 17 | 285.0 | 212.2 | 255.1 | 289.7 | 282.1
Neither ..................| 5 | 274.0 | 202.0 | 248.3 | 273.2 | 271.6
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Mothers working outside | | | | | |
the home | | | | | |
Full-time ................| 55 | 293.0 | --- | 265.3 | 296.3 | 288.1
Part-time ................| 17 | 299.0 | --- | 267.4 | 299.9 | 292.5
Not at all ...............| 25 | 295.0 | --- | 264.2 | 295.3 | 286.2
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\1\Data are for 11th graders in 1986. 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, Literature and U.S. History, The U.S. History Report Card, and The Geography Learning of High-School Seniors, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared October 1990.) |
