Classroom Context: Historical Periods

As part of the 2010 U.S. history assessment, twelfth-graders were asked to indicate the extent to which they studied various periods in United States history throughout their time in high school. The percentage of students who responded in each category are shown below.

More than 90 percent of twelfth-graders reported studying each of the historical periods for at least some of their time in high school.

U.S. Historical Periods: Grade 12 percentage of students

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. See complete data for the following time periods: Before 1815 , 1815 to 1865 , 1865 to 1945 , 1945 to present.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 U.S. History Assessment.

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