NAEP - U.S. History 2006: Achievement Levels

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More students perform at or above Basic in 2006 at all three grades than in previous assessment years

GRADE 4

GRADE 8

GRADE 12

Fourth-grade NAEP U.S. history achievement-level results

Key for the graphic above. The first represents percent at Advanced, percent at or above Proficient, percent at or above Basic for Accommodations not permitted. The second bar represents percent at Advanced, percent at or above Proficient, and percent at or above Basic for Accommodations permitted.

Findings

The percentage of students performing at or above Basic in 2006 was higher than in 1994 and 2001.
The percentage at or above Proficient in 2006 was not statistically different from the percentages in 1994 or 2001.

* 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.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

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