Classroom Context: U.S. History Instruction

As part of the 2010 U.S. history assessment, principals of twelfth-graders were asked during which grade students in their school typically took a course focused on U.S. history. The percentage of students whose principals responded in each category are below.

The majority of students (72 percent) had principals who reported that students take U.S. history in the eleventh grade.

NOTE: Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. See complete data for the following: U.S. history course in 9th grade, U.S. history course in 10th grade, U.S. history course in 11th grade, U.S. history course in 12th grade.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 U.S. History Assessment.

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