Average scale scores for grade 12 civics, by parental education level, from 2 questions and jurisdiction: 2010, 2006, and 1998
YearJurisdictionDid not finish high schoolGraduated high schoolSome education after high schoolGraduated collegeUnknown
Average scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard Error
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† Not applicable.
NOTE: The NAEP Civics scale ranges from 0 to 300. 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), 1998, 2006, and 2010 Civics Assessments.
2010National128(1.4)137(1.2)147(1.1)158(0.9)115(2.7)
2006National126(1.8)138(1.0)150(0.9)162(1.1)118(2.4)
1998National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)