Percentile scores for grade 12 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
Standard Error
25th percentile
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50th percentile
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75th percentile
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90th percentile
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90th percentile
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75th percentile
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90th percentile
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10th percentile
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50th percentile
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90th percentile
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90th percentile
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¹ Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment.
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
230
(2.8)
248
(2.5)
265
(1.9)
280
(0.8)
294
(1.1)
240
(1.2)
257
(1.3)
276
(1.3)
292
(1.0)
305
(1.0)
249
(1.4)
265
(1.2)
282
(1.0)
297
(1.2)
311
(1.2)
258
(1.3)
275
(1.0)
292
(0.8)
308
(0.6)
320
(0.6)
227
(2.7)
244
(5.7)
261
(1.5)
278
(3.6)
292
(4.8)
2001
National
232
(4.1)
248
(2.3)
267
(2.1)
285
(1.9)
302
(2.4)
239
(1.9)
258
(1.2)
277
(1.1)
295
(0.8)
307
(1.9)
250
(1.3)
267
(1.1)
286
(1.3)
302
(0.6)
315
(2.8)
258
(1.8)
277
(1.1)
296
(1.0)
312
(0.8)
325
(1.5)
219
(2.4)
237
(3.7)
257
(2.6)
279
(6.5)
298
(2.4)
2001¹
National
234
(2.3)
250
(1.9)
269
(2.4)
288
(3.4)
305
(0.9)
242
(2.6)
259
(1.1)
278
(0.9)
295
(1.3)
307
(2.5)
249
(1.6)
268
(0.9)
286
(0.9)
302
(1.2)
315
(1.6)
258
(1.5)
277
(1.4)
296
(1.5)
312
(1.5)
325
(1.7)
221
(7.5)
236
(3.5)
256
(3.1)
279
(4.8)
297
(6.6)
1994¹
National
226
(2.5)
243
(1.7)
263
(3.0)
285
(2.1)
300
(2.8)
237
(1.3)
254
(1.9)
274
(1.2)
295
(1.5)
310
(2.8)
251
(2.1)
270
(1.7)
288
(1.0)
304
(1.7)
317
(2.8)
257
(2.1)
277
(1.6)
298
(1.1)
315
(1.1)
327
(0.9)
215
(20.8)
235
(7.5)
257
(5.1)
280
(18.9)
298
(7.0)