2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
English	Mean	†	‡	‡	282	295		304	301	298
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	6.1	3.0		1.3	1.7	2.4
	N	0	‡	‡	64	398		3,248	1,675	627
Student gender
Male	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	295		306	302	294
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	2.9		1.5	2.2	4.3
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	212		1,566	746	240
Female	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	295		302	300	300
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	4.1		1.7	1.8	2.0
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	185		1,672	922	384
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	300		309	308	304
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	3.0		1.3	1.9	2.7
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	226		2,000	977	342
Black	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	270	!	278	271	270
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	6.4	!	2.2	3.1	4.3
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	52		553	295	90
Hispanic	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	277		287	281	285
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	4.2		2.4	2.9	5.2
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	74		456	292	145
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	308	!	328	327	322	!
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	6.4	!	6.3	3.1	4.7	!
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	35		148	80	34
American Indian	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	305		309	305	299
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	2.9		1.3	1.5	2.4
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	195		2,273	1,285	516
Vocational	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	280	!	272	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	8.4	!	3.9	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	38		76	‡	‡
Both	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	286		296	291	291
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	5.1		2.3	3.1	5.7
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	67		771	367	110
Neither	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	285		272	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	5.5		2.5	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	98		128	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	290		302	298	293
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	8.0		1.5	3.3	4.9
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	106		878	518	206
Suburban	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	299		307	301	301
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	3.4		2.1	2.4	3.3
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	178		1,584	778	288
Rural	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	293		297	304	295
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	4.4		2.0	3.3	4.5
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	114		786	379	133
School type
Public	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	293		302	300	296
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	3.2		1.3	1.8	2.5
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	346		2,947	1,572	595
Nonpublic	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	310	!	318	319	321	!
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	3.5	!	4.0	4.3	6.8	!
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	52		301	103	32
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	288		306	304	303
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	5.5		3.9	4.8	5.0
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	76		534	223	63
South	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	287		300	294	293
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	5.9		2.0	2.6	3.4
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	141		1,518	833	382
Midwest	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	301		308	309	307
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	5.3		1.8	3.3	3.2
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	102		459	329	95
West	Mean	†	‡	‡	‡	297		303	300	294
	s.e.	†	‡	‡	‡	7.1		3.0	3.9	9.0
	N	0	‡	‡	‡	79		737	290	87

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† Not applicable. The inclusion/exclusion criteria used to produce the tabulations require high school graduates to have a positive number of English credits.

! 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 17 April 2007 (MH)