Report
Issue Brief
NAEPFacts: U.S. History: What Do Students Know, and What Can They Do?
NCES
Author(s):
Vanneman, Alan
Publication date:
October 1996
Survey areas:
Publication number:
NCES 96895
Summary
The 1994 NAEP U.S. history assessment examined the ability of students to answer the "how" and "why" of history as well as the "what". This NAEPFacts paper highlights student performance at the 25th, 60th, and 90th percentiles, giving an overall picture of student abilities and limits.