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NAEP U.S. History 2010
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Nation's Report Card
 
In June 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics released the report of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for U.S. History in grades 4, 8 and 12.
 
A summary of the scale scores and percentage of students performing at the four achievement levels is provided below.
 
Achievement Levels
Because an insufficient number of private schools responded, NAEP cannot report the scores of the private schools as a separate category.  The Catholic schools, one sector of the private school grouping, did have high enough participation rates in grade 4 and 12 to have separate reports.
Scale Scores and Achievement Percentages of Students in Public and Catholic Schools
 
Grade 8 U.S. History
Public
 Catholic
Scale Scores (rated from 0-500)
265
281
Achievement Levels
 
 
Below Basic
32
13
Basic
52
56
Proficient
15
29
Advanced
1
2
 
 
The full report is available at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ushistory/