2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 43-A.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned, in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Mathematics)

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Subject field	Statistic	Credits earned in subject field
Subject field	Statistic	0	0.01–0.50	0.51–1.00	1.01–2.00		2.01–3.00		3.01–4.00	4.01–5.00	More than 5.00
Mathematics	Mean	‡	‡	‡	277		289		305	317	324
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	2.4		1.6		1.4	2.3	3.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	330		1,881		2,493	1,018	274
Student gender
Male	Mean	‡	‡	‡	278		290		307	321	329
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.4		1.8		2.0	3.2	4.0
	N	‡	‡	‡	181		897		1,092	480	142
Female	Mean	‡	‡	‡	276		289		304	315	319
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	2.7		2.1		1.4	2.1	4.3
	N	‡	‡	‡	149		977		1,391	535	131
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	‡	‡	‡	280		295		311	324	331
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	2.7		1.7		1.7	2.4	3.1
	N	‡	‡	‡	194		1,053		1,536	609	163
Black	Mean	‡	‡	‡	262	!	266		280	284	287	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.6	!	2.8		2.5	4.0	7.6	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	47		376		383	157	35
Hispanic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	264		279		285	298	301	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.5		2.1		2.3	5.1	9.3	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	67		339		393	148	36
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		310	!	325	333	334	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		10.7	!	4.4	4.4	5.9	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		57		120	77	38
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	286		292		308	320	324
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.2		1.9		1.4	2.3	3.5
	N	‡	‡	‡	112		1,153		1,946	852	231
Vocational	Mean	‡	‡	‡	268	!	279	!	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	6.5	!	5.1	!	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	57		61		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	‡	‡	‡	275	!	285		298	305	322	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.5	!	2.1		2.9	5.1	5.7	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	53		539		523	163	43
Neither	Mean	‡	‡	‡	273		283		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.4		4.5		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	108		128		‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	‡	‡	‡	271		283		303	315	317
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.9		2.7		2.1	3.9	5.0
	N	‡	‡	‡	70		526		727	317	96
Suburban	Mean	‡	‡	‡	280		293		307	318	328
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.3		2.2		2.3	3.9	4.4
	N	‡	‡	‡	162		843		1,202	493	145
Rural	Mean	‡	‡	‡	275		287		304	319	316	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	3.7		3.3		2.4	3.1	6.2	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	98		512		564	208	33
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		288		304	317	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		1.6		1.4	2.5	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		1,777		2,233	926	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		310		319	322	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		2.6		4.1	4.0	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		104		260	92	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡	‡	‡	276		291		307	321	322	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.4		3.8		4.0	7.0	7.3	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	64		253		393	151	46
South	Mean	‡	‡	‡	268		282		299	310	323
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.5		2.4		2.4	3.2	4.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	89		916		1,162	533	179
Midwest	Mean	‡	‡	‡	281		295		313	326	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.9		3.1		2.0	2.7	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	68		306		464	159	‡
West	Mean	‡	‡	‡	279		291		304	322	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.3		3.8		3.9	4.8	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	109		406		474	175	‡

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! Interpret data with caution. Users are cautioned against performing t-tests on cells with NAEP proficiency estimates that have been calculated with less than 62 observations (N). NAEP considers a cell size of 62 the minimum required for performing meaningful comparisons.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Means and standard errors based on less than 30 observations are not reported.

¹ American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.

² "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.

Last updated 23 May 2007 (MH)