# Presentation: 431502

## The Nation’s Report Card: Geography 2001

## National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

## Features of the 2001 Geography Assessment

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994 and 2001 Geography Assessments.

## Content of the 2001 Geography Assessment

## Percentage of Test Questions by Geography Content Area: 2001

- SOURCE: National Assessment Governing Board, *Geography Framework for the 1994 and 2001 National Assessment of Educational Progress*.

## Results Reported from the 2001 Geography Assessment

## National Scale Score Results Across Years

## National Percentiles Scores Across Years

## National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 4

## National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 8

## National Achievement-Level Results Across Years: Grade 12

## Average Scale Scores Across Years by Gender

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1994 and 2001 Geography Assessments.

## Average Scale Scores by Parents’ Highest Education Level and Type of School, Grade 8: 2001

- * Nonpublic is significantly different from public.
- † Score for each level of parent education is significantly higher than the score for lower levels.
- — Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.
- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Average Scale Scores by Parents’ Highest Education Level and Type of School, Grade 12: 2001

- * Nonpublic is significantly different from public.
- † Score for each level of parent education is significantly higher than the score for lower levels.
- — Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.
- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Average Scale Scores Across Years by Race/Ethnicity

## Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Average Scale Scores Across Years

## Grade 4 Sample Questions: Multiple-choice

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Grades 4 and 8 Sample Questions: Multiple-choice

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Grades 8 and 12 Sample Question: Short constructed-response

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Grades 8 and 12 Sample Question: Complete Response

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Grade 12 Sample Question: Extended Constructed-Response

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Results by Teacher Undergraduate/Graduate Major or Minor/Special Emphasis, Grades 4 and 8: 2001

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics,
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Results by Teacher Preparedness in Geography, Grades 4 and 8: 1994 and 2001

## Results by Frequency of Geography Course Taking Since Sixth Grade, Grade 8: 2001

- †  Significantly different from average scores of students who took fewer years.
- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Results by Students’ Reports on Grades Geography Taken Since Ninth Grade, Grade 12: 1994 and 2001

- †  Significantly different from average scores of students who took three or four years.
- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

## Results by Students Reports of Study Skills and Topics Once or Twice a Week, Grade 8: 1994 and 2001

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