Percentile scores for grade 8 geography, by public or nonpublic school, 5 categories and jurisdiction: 2010, 2001, and 1994
YearJurisdictionPublicOther privateCatholicBureau of Indian EducationDepartment of Defense
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† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: The NAEP Geography 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, and 2010 Geography Assessments.
2010National219(0.9)240(0.9)262(1.0)282(0.7)299(0.9)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)242(4.5)260(3.6)278(2.7)295(2.8)308(1.5)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
2001National211(1.9)236(1.5)262(1.1)284(1.0)301(1.5)235(10.5)253(7.2)272(4.5)292(5.8)307(6.1)243(3.3)261(3.7)279(2.1)296(2.3)309(1.9)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
2001¹National215(1.3)239(1.4)264(0.8)285(1.5)302(1.3)232(8.9)253(5.7)272(5.0)292(4.2)307(4.2)241(5.0)260(2.6)279(2.1)295(1.9)308(1.8)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
1994¹National211(0.7)235(1.1)261(1.2)283(1.0)301(1.0)235(6.4)257(4.4)278(4.9)297(3.2)312(1.4)240(2.3)258(1.8)277(1.7)296(2.9)312(1.4)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)