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NAEP Geography Press Release Presentation: Contents

Slide 1: The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001

Slide 2: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

Slide 3: Features of the 2001 Geography Assessment

Slide 4: Content of the 2001 Geography Assessment

Slide 5: Percentage of Test Questions by Geography Content Area: 2001

Slide 6: Results Reported from the 2001 Geography Assessment

Slide 7: National Scale Score Results Across Years

Slide 8: National Percentile Scores Across Years

Slide 9: National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 4

Slide 10: National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 8

Slide 11: National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 12

Slide 12: Average Scale Scores Across Years by Gender

Slide 13: Average Scale Scores by Parents' Highest Education Level and Type of School, Grade 8: 2001

Slide 14: Average Scale Scores by Parents' Highest Education Level and Type of School, Grade 12: 2001

Slide 15: Average Scale Scores Across Years by Race/Ethnicity

Slide 16: Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Average Scale Scores Across Years

Slide 17: Grade 4 Sample Questions: Multiple-choice

Slide 18: Grades 4 and 8 Sample Questions: Multiple-choice

Slide 19: Grades 8 and 12 Sample Question: Short constructed-response

Slide 20: Grades 8 and 12 Sample Question: Complete Response

Slide 21: Grade 12 Sample Question: Extended Constructed-Response

Slide 22: Results by Teacher Undergraduate/Graduate Major or Minor/Special Emphasis, Grades 4 and 8: 2001

Slide 23: Results by Teacher Preparedness in Geography, Grades 4 and 8: 1994 and 2001

Slide 24: Results by Frequency of Geography Course Taking Since Sixth Grade, Grade 8: 2001

Slide 25: Results by Students' Reports on Grades Geography Taken Since Ninth Grade, Grade 12: 1994 and 2001

Slide 26: Results by Students' Reports of Study Skills and Topics Once or Twice a Week, Grade 8: 1994 and 2001

Slide 27: End Slide

Last updated 21 June 2002 (RH)