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Lower performing students make gains at grade 4

GRADE 4
 GRADE 8
 GRADE 12

Fourth-grade NAEP civics percentile scores

Findings

  • Student scores were higher in 2006 than in 1998 at the 10th and 25th percentiles.

* Significantly different from 2006.
NOTE: Lower-performing students are represented by the 10th and 25th percentiles, while higher-performing students are represented by the 75th and 90th percentiles. 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.

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