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Grade 8 National Results

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  • 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.
Average Scores
Achievement Levels
Percentiles
Demographics

U.S. history scores at all five selected percentiles for students who were eligible for free school lunch through the National School Lunch Program were higher in 2010 than in 2006. Scores at the 75th and 90th percentiles were higher in 2010 than in 2006 for students eligible for reduced-price lunch.

Because of the improved quality of the data on students' eligibility for NSLP, the percentage of students for whom information was not available has decreased compared to the percentages reported prior to the 2006 assessment. See the "demographics" tab to view the proportion of students in each category.

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.