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- View performance by various student groups, including gender and race/ethnicity, within each of the three specific content areas that
make
up the economics assessment. The percentage of total time students
spent answering questions in each content area is shown in
parentheses after each description below.
- Below each figure, click the button for "chart options" to see the data displayed in other chart
formats.
- Statistical tests are conducted to determine whether the changes or differences between two result numbers are
statistically significant. To conduct a
significance test using the NAEP Data Explorer, click on the link under each table below.
- Market economy—addresses how individuals and businesses make economic choices as buyers and sellers in the marketplace
(45 percent).
- National economy—examines the overall conditions in the U.S. economy (40 percent).
- International economy—explores how national economies interact with one another (15 percent).
Find out more about
what the assessment measures, and see
sample questions from each of the content areas.
Average ScoresPercentiles
Market EconomyNational EconomyInternational Economy
There were no significant changes in the average scores for twelfth-grade students in the market economy content area in 2012 compared to 2006.
Male students and Hispanic students scored higher in 2012 than in 2006 in the national economy content area.
There were no significant changes in the average score for twelfth-grade students in the international economy content area in 2012 compared to 2006.
Market EconomyNational EconomyInternational Economy
The score for all students was higher at the 10th percentile in 2012 than in 2006 in the market economy content area.
Students overall and male students scored higher at the 10th and 25th percentiles in 2012 than in 2006 in the national economy content area. Hispanic students at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles scored higher in 2012 than in 2006; and Black students scored higher at the 25th percentile.
There were no significant changes in the scores for twelfth-grade students in the international economy content area in 2012 compared to 2006 across any of the five selected percentiles.