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Students at all three grades make gains in average scores

 GRADE 4
GRADE 8
 GRADE 12

Average eighth-grade NAEP U.S. history scores

Finding

  • Average scores for students at grade 8 were higher in 2006 than average scores in 1994 and 2001.

Key for the above graphic. The dotted line is no accommodations permitted. The solid line is accommodations permitted.

* Significantly different from 2006.
NOTE: View complete data with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994, 2001, and 2006 U.S. History Assessments.

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