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Male students at grade 12 score higher than female students in 2006

 GRADE 4
 GRADE 8
GRADE 12

Twelfth-grade NAEP U.S. history achievement-level results, by gender

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

Finding

  • Higher percentages of both male and female students performed at or above Basic in 2006 than in 1994 and 2001.

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

* 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.

See more information about achievement gaps and changes in gaps at grade 4grade 8, and grade 12 in the NAEP Data Explorer.

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