Percentile scores for grade 8 geography, by parental education level, from 2 questions and jurisdiction: 2010, 2001, and 1994
Year
Jurisdiction
Did not finish high school
Graduated high school
Some education after high school
Graduated college
Unknown
10th percentile
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75th percentile
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90th percentile
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NOTE: The NAEP Geography scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994, 2001, and 2010 Geography Assessments.
2010
National
206
(3.0)
225
(2.3)
244
(2.5)
262
(2.8)
279
(2.7)
213
(2.1)
232
(1.8)
252
(1.6)
271
(1.6)
287
(1.3)
226
(2.1)
245
(1.2)
263
(1.7)
281
(0.9)
296
(1.9)
234
(2.2)
255
(0.9)
275
(0.9)
293
(0.5)
307
(1.0)
202
(3.5)
222
(2.0)
242
(1.3)
262
(0.8)
279
(4.6)
2001
National
193
(3.8)
214
(3.3)
236
(2.5)
259
(2.7)
278
(2.8)
208
(2.7)
230
(2.6)
253
(2.0)
274
(1.5)
291
(2.1)
227
(2.4)
246
(3.1)
267
(1.2)
285
(1.7)
299
(1.4)
231
(1.3)
254
(1.8)
276
(1.2)
295
(1.3)
309
(1.4)
199
(7.2)
220
(3.6)
244
(3.6)
265
(2.1)
284
(5.7)
2001¹
National
201
(7.8)
221
(2.3)
241
(1.4)
262
(2.8)
279
(3.7)
212
(2.3)
233
(1.5)
255
(1.1)
275
(1.8)
292
(1.8)
229
(1.9)
248
(2.1)
268
(2.3)
286
(1.3)
300
(1.7)
234
(1.4)
257
(1.1)
277
(1.0)
295
(1.5)
309
(1.3)
206
(2.5)
225
(3.2)
246
(4.8)
267
(2.6)
284
(4.4)
1994¹
National
195
(5.6)
216
(5.1)
240
(1.8)
260
(3.3)
278
(5.5)
207
(2.5)
228
(1.7)
253
(2.7)
273
(2.0)
289
(1.7)
226
(2.2)
246
(1.8)
268
(2.6)
285
(1.9)
300
(3.1)
227
(1.4)
252
(2.0)
276
(1.2)
295
(0.9)
311
(0.9)
187
(4.5)
211
(3.1)
236
(4.6)
259
(2.4)
278
(2.1)