2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Science	Mean	‡	‡	270		281		296	312	322		330
	s.e.	‡	‡	4.3		1.5		1.2	1.5	2.7		3.2
	N	‡	‡	92		1,161		2,371	1,677	477		231
Student gender
Male	Mean	‡	‡	270	!	281		298	315	328		336
	s.e.	‡	‡	4.9	!	1.9		1.8	2.1	3.7		3.1
	N	‡	‡	56		607		1,081	732	208		115
Female	Mean	‡	‡	271	!	281		295	310	318		325
	s.e.	‡	‡	6.3	!	1.8		1.4	1.6	2.7		3.8
	N	‡	‡	36		552		1,277	942	266		116
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	‡	‡	268	!	286		303	319	325		329
	s.e.	‡	‡	5.5	!	1.6		1.4	1.6	3.1		3.6
	N	‡	‡	43		614		1,363	1,039	337		163
Black	Mean	‡	‡	‡		264		272	282	291	!	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		3.2		2.6	3.2	6.8	!	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		191		470	257	48		‡
Hispanic	Mean	‡	‡	273	!	270		285	295	307	!	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	6.1	!	2.9		2.5	2.9	5.0	!	‡
	N	‡	‡	30		291		367	237	44		‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡	‡		297	!	312	326	339	!	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		3.9	!	4.3	3.7	5.7	!	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		44		95	102	40		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	‡	‡	‡		284		299	314	324		331
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.1		1.2	1.6	2.5		3.1
	N	‡	‡	‡		614		1,699	1,369	393		194
Vocational	Mean	‡	‡	‡		272		‡	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.2		‡	‡	‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		86		‡	‡	‡		‡
Both	Mean	‡	‡	‡		281		290	302	315		322	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.4		2.0	3.2	6.3		7.5	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		291		587	307	83		37
Neither	Mean	‡	‡	266	!	275		‡	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	5.9	!	2.0		‡	‡	‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	31		170		‡	‡	‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	‡	‡	‡		280		295	309	315		323	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.9		2.8	2.8	4.5		5.8	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		289		727	532	106		56
Suburban	Mean	‡	‡	280	!	281		298	315	327		334
	s.e.	‡	‡	4.1	!	2.4		1.9	2.5	4.0		3.1
	N	‡	‡	37		559		1,108	790	239		120
Rural	Mean	‡	‡	‡		282		294	311	317		324	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		3.0		1.8	2.3	2.5		10.4	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		313		536	355	132		55
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡	‡		280		295	311	321		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		1.5		1.2	1.4	2.9		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		1,090		2,183	1,490	440		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡	‡		298		314	322	336	!	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.3		2.8	6.8	5.9	!	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		71		188	187	37		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡	‡	‡		280		295	313	314		324
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.4		4.0	4.8	7.7		5.3
	N	‡	‡	‡		167		292	271	100		75
South	Mean	‡	‡	‡		273		290	304	320		335
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.8		2.0	2.1	3.4		5.2
	N	‡	‡	‡		409		1,235	875	246		101
Midwest	Mean	‡	‡	‡		285		301	322	327		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.6		1.9	1.7	3.0		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		173		381	301	87		‡
West	Mean	‡	‡	272	!	285		304	316	335	!	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	6.9	!	2.7		2.6	5.3	5.8	!	‡
	N	‡	‡	37		412		463	230	44		‡

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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)