- More U.S. History Results

Grade 8 National Results

View student performance by various student groups, including gender, race/ethnicity, type of school, family income level (based on eligibility for the National School Lunch Program), parental education, students with disabilities (SD), and English Language Learners (ELL).
Move the cursor over data points to see more detail.
When viewing average score figures, click on a group within the legend to show detailed information about its performance.
When viewing the achievement level or percentile figures, use the drop down menu to show data for each group.
Below each figure, click the button for "chart options" to see the data displayed in other chart formats.

Student Disability Status

English Language Learners

For eighth-graders attending public schools, U.S. history scores were higher at all five selected percentiles in 2009 than in 1994, with scores at the 10th, 25th, and 50th percentiles higher in 2010 than in 2006.

Figure: Public and Private
Figure: Public, Catholic, and Other Private
Table: Public and Private
Table: Public, Catholic, and Other Private

Read specific descriptions of what eighth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced U.S. history achievement levels.

Read more information on how to interpret NAEP U.S. history results, including how each student group is defined.