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Students at all three grades make gains in average scores

GRADE 4
 GRADE 8
 GRADE 12

Average fourth-grade NAEP U.S. history scores, by theme in U.S. history

Finding

  • At grade 4, scores in 2006 were higher than in 1994 for Technology, but there was no significant change when compared to 2001.

Key for the above graphic. The dotted line is no accommodations permitted. The solid line is accommodations permitted.

* 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), 1994, 2001, and 2006 U.S. History Assessments.

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