2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Social Studies	Mean	‡	‡	‡	303		300	301		302		311
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	6.2		1.7	1.3		1.5		2.9
	N	‡	‡	‡	108		1,666	2,570		1,210		458
Student gender
Male	Mean	‡	‡	‡	298	!	300	304		302		314
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	6.6	!	2.1	1.8		2.4		3.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	54		838	1,168		513		224
Female	Mean	‡	‡	‡	308	!	300	298		301		308
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	8.4	!	2.1	1.4		1.4		3.8
	N	‡	‡	‡	54		825	1,393		691		231
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		306	307		307		315
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		1.9	1.4		1.6		3.1
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		991	1,459		731		312
Black	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		274	273		275		288	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.0	2.3		4.1		5.8	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		256	484		183		57
Hispanic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		279	286		287		296	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		2.8	2.6		4.0		4.5	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		281	436		198		60
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		316	324		332	!	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		5.0	3.9		6.4	!	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		104	124		61		18
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	321	!	308	305		303		312
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.9	!	1.7	1.3		1.4		2.9
	N	‡	‡	‡	49		1,056	1,857		936		397
Vocational	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		272	273	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		5.3	6.8	!	‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		81	37		‡		‡
Both	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		293	292		295		302	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.3	2.6		3.1		5.9	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		380	610		260		61
Neither	Mean	‡	‡	‡	289	!	276	277		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.1	!	3.1	3.9		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	39		149	66		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		294	297		301		312
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.5	2.2		2.7		3.8
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		426	734		354		172
Suburban	Mean	‡	‡	‡	301	!	302	304		304		315
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	8.7	!	2.5	2.1		2.2		4.3
	N	‡	‡	‡	43		859	1,183		562		212
Rural	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		300	298		297		296
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.0	2.2		3.0		4.8
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		381	653		294		74
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		298	299		300		310
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		1.8	1.4		1.6		3.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		1,548	2,355		1,110		423
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		327	312		313		323	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		5.0	4.2		2.8		3.9	!
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		118	215		100		35
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		289	306		305		315
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		5.7	3.7		3.3		6.3
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		189	395		212		94
South	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		297	295		297		307
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.5	1.7		2.5		4.1
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		728	1,317		583		208
Midwest	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		308	305		308		314
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.0	3.0		2.7		5.4
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		256	405		233		89
West	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		300	302		297		307
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		2.3	3.9		5.9		5.8
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		493	453		182		67

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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)