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Male students at grade 8 score higher than female students in 2006
GRADE 4
GRADE 8
GRADE 12

Eighth-grade NAEP U.S. history achievement-level results, by gender

  Key for the graphic above. The first bar represents percent at or above Proficient, and percent at or above Basic for Accommodations not permitted. The second bar represents percent at or above Proficient, and percent at or above Basic for Accommodations permitted.

Findings

  • Male students showed an increase in the percentage performing at or above Basic in 2006 compared to both 1994 and 2001.
  • Male students showed an increase in the percentage performing at or above Proficient compared to 1994.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

* 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.

See more information about achievement gaps and changes in gaps at grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12 in the NAEP Data Explorer.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
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Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education