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Grade 4 National Results

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  • View student performance by various student groups, including gender, race/ethnicity, family income level (based on eligibility for the National School Lunch Program), students with disabilities (SD), and English Language Learners (ELL).
  • Move the cursor over data points to see more detail.
  • When viewing average score figures, click on a group within the legend to show detailed information about its performance.
  • When viewing the achievement level or percentile figures, use the drop down menu to show data for each group.
  • Below each figure, click the button for "chart options" to see the data displayed in other chart formats.
Average Scores
Achievement Levels
Percentiles

Civics scores for female fourth-graders at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles were higher in 2010 than 2006. Scores for male students at all five selected percentiles were not significantly different in 2010 compared to 2006.

Read specific descriptions of what fourth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced civics achievement levels.

Read more information on how to interpret NAEP civics results, including how each student group is defined.