Percentile scores for grade 12 U.S. history, by parental education level, from 2 questions and jurisdiction: 2010, 2006, 2001, and 1994
YearJurisdictionDid not finish high schoolGraduated high schoolSome education after high schoolGraduated collegeUnknown
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NOTE: The NAEP U.S. History scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994, 2001, 2006, and 2010 U.S. History Assessments.
2010National229(3.1)248(2.7)268(2.4)289(3.4)308(1.9)236(1.5)255(1.6)277(1.3)298(1.5)317(1.4)250(1.5)268(1.5)287(1.2)306(1.2)321(1.4)258(1.7)279(1.1)300(0.8)319(0.9)335(0.9)220(4.6)241(4.7)264(1.7)285(3.4)305(5.1)
2006National229(3.0)248(3.2)269(1.9)287(2.5)304(1.7)240(2.0)258(1.5)279(1.2)299(1.2)316(1.5)254(1.8)272(2.4)290(1.0)308(0.8)324(1.5)262(1.2)281(0.8)302(1.2)321(0.8)336(1.2)223(1.7)240(3.4)260(3.9)282(8.4)298(1.5)
2001National226(4.6)244(2.7)267(2.5)288(1.5)304(2.6)235(1.9)254(1.8)275(0.6)294(1.3)311(0.8)248(1.4)267(1.1)287(1.7)305(1.1)322(2.2)258(2.0)279(1.2)300(1.4)318(1.4)335(2.2)215(11.0)238(3.1)261(2.9)283(2.0)305(2.6)
2001¹National232(5.2)250(1.5)270(2.9)290(1.3)305(2.4)237(1.5)255(1.3)275(1.9)295(1.2)311(1.7)249(2.4)268(1.4)287(1.0)305(0.8)322(1.3)258(1.4)279(1.1)300(1.1)318(1.6)335(2.2)222(3.6)241(2.6)262(4.1)283(6.2)305(6.5)
1994¹National224(4.2)243(1.8)264(2.1)285(1.0)301(2.6)237(1.8)255(1.4)277(1.3)297(1.3)314(1.8)249(1.7)268(1.6)288(2.2)307(1.8)322(1.9)255(1.6)277(1.6)299(0.9)318(1.3)333(0.7)213(6.8)232(3.8)256(9.0)280(2.8)296(4.0)