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Higher percentage of grade 4 students at or above Basic
GRADE 4
GRADE 8
GRADE 12

Fourth-grade NAEP civics achievement-level results

Findings

  • The percentage of students performing at or above the Basic level increased since 1998; however, the percentage performing at or above the Proficient level was not significantly different when comparing 2006 with 1998.

Key

* 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), 1998 and 2006 Civics 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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National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
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