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Table 4.5b. Percentage distribution of students across U.S. history achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2001 and 2006 |
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Grade and level | Total1 | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | |||||||||||
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2001 | 2006 | 2001 | 2006 | 2001 | 2006 | 2001 | 2006 | 2001 | 2006 | 2001 | 2006 | ||||||
4th grade | |||||||||||||||||
Below basic | 34 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 59 | 54 | 60 | 51 | 26 | 29 | ‡ | 59 | |||||
At or above basic | 66 | 70 | 76 | 84 | 41 | 46 | 40 | 49 | 74 | 71 | ‡ | 41 | |||||
At or above proficient | 18 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 22 | ‡ | 6 | |||||
At advanced | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | # | # | # | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‡ | # | |||||
8th grade | |||||||||||||||||
Below basic | 38 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 65 | 60 | 64 | 54 | 35 | 25 | 43 | 57 | |||||
At or above basic | 62 | 65 | 71 | 79 | 35 | 40 | 36 | 46 | 65 | 75 | 57 | 43 | |||||
At or above proficient | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 5 | |||||
At advanced | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | # | # | # | # | 2 | 1 | 1 | # | |||||
12th grade | |||||||||||||||||
Below basic | 57 | 53 | 51 | 44 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 73 | 49 | 46 | 63 | 68 | |||||
At or above basic | 43 | 47 | 49 | 56 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 54 | 37 | 32 | |||||
At or above proficient | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | |||||
At advanced | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | # | # | # | # | 5 | 3 | # | # |
# Rounds to zero. |
‡ Reporting standards not met. |
1 Total excludes race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. |
NOTE: For a discussion of the U.S. history achievement level definitions, see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ushistory/achieve.asp. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 and 2006 U.S. History Assessments and NAEP Data Explorer, retrieved January 22, 2008, from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/. |
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