[Chapter 2.Elementary and Secondary Education--The Digest of Education Statistics, 2000] Download this table as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (27 kb Excel file). Download this table as a Lotus 123 spreadsheet (13 kb Lotus file). Download this table in PDF format (17 kb PDF file). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 120.Average student proficiency in geography and U.S. history, by selected characteristics: 1994 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Geography scores |History scores Selected |__________________________________________|_____________________________ characteristics |Percentage |4th- |8th- |12th- |4th- |8th- |12th- of students |distribution|graders |graders |graders |graders |graders |graders |of 12th- | | | | | | |graders in | | | | | | |geography | | | | | | ___________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ___________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Total ...................| 100 --- |206 (1.2)|260 (0.7)|285 (0.7)|205 (1.0)|259 (0.6)|286 (0.8) |____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Sex | | | | | | | Male ....................| 50 (1.0)|208 (1.4)|262 (0.9)|288 (0.8)|203 (1.5)|259 (0.8)|288 (0.8) Female ..................| 50 (1.0)|203 (1.4)|258 (0.8)|281 (0.9)|206 (1.1)|259 (0.7)|285 (0.9) | | | | | | | Race | | | | | | | White ...................| 74 (0.3)|218 (1.5)|270 (0.8)|291 (0.8)|215 (1.2)|267 (0.8)|292 (0.8) Black ...................| 12 (0.4)|168 (2.5)|229 (1.7)|258 (1.4)|177 (1.6)|239 (1.4)|265 (1.5) Hispanic ................| 8 (0.2)|183 (2.5)|239 (1.9)|268 (1.5)|180 (2.7)|243 (1.3)|267 (1.6) | | | | | | | Parents' level of education| | | | | | | Not high school graduate | 7 (0.4)|186 (3.7)|238 (1.7)|263 (1.2)|177 (3.3)|241 (1.3)|263 (1.4) Graduated high school ...| 22 (0.8)|197 (2.5)|250 (1.2)|274 (1.1)|197 (1.8)|251 (0.8)|276 (1.1) Some college ............| 25 (0.7)|216 (2.5)|265 (1.0)|286 (1.0)|214 (2.1)|264 (0.8)|287 (1.2) Graduated college .......| 44 (1.2)|216 (1.6)|272 (1.0)|294 (0.9)|216 (1.2)|270 (0.8)|296 (0.9) | | | | | | | Type of school | | | | | | | Public ..................| 89 (1.0)|204 (1.4)|258 (0.8)|283 (0.8)|203 (1.2)|257 (0.7)|284 (0.8) Private schools .........| 11 (1.0)|221 (2.2)|276 (1.3)|294 (1.6)|222 (1.9)|278 (1.1)|299 (1.3) Catholic schools ......| 6 (0.9)|222 (2.6)|276 (1.6)|291 (3.0)|221 (2.5)|279 (1.5)|298 (2.2) Other private .........| 4 (0.6)|220 (3.8)|276 (2.6)|298 (2.0)|224 (3.1)|277 (2.1)|299 (2.2) | | | | | | | Region | | | | | | | Northeast ...............| 21 (0.5)|203 (2.7)|266 (1.9)|284 (1.6)|204 (2.4)|266 (1.7)|289 (1.9) Southeast ...............| 23 (0.8)|200 (2.5)|252 (1.6)|278 (1.1)|201 (1.9)|251 (1.3)|282 (1.4) Central .................| 28 (0.7)|215 (3.2)|268 (1.6)|289 (1.8)|212 (2.6)|266 (1.3)|288 (1.4) West ....................| 29 (0.7)|205 (1.7)|255 (1.8)|286 (1.9)|202 (2.1)|256 (1.1)|286 (1.6) ___________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ ---Not available. 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. Standard errors appear in parentheses. 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 May 1999.) [Chapter 2. Elementary and Secondary Education][Link to Chapter 1] [Chapter 2][Link to Chapter 3][Link to Chapter 4][Link to Chapter 5] [Link to Chapter 6][Link to Chapter 7] [Link to Table of Contents][Link to List of Figures] [Link to List of Tables][Link to Tabular Presentation Guide] [Link to Sources Guide][Link to Definitions] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [NCES Footer] National Center for Education Statistics Office of Educational Research & Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education (map) 1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Phone: (202) 502-7300