2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Fine Arts	Mean	299		300		299		300	301		306		310		309
	s.e.	2.1		2.1		1.7		1.8	2.2		2.4		2.7		2.0
	N	1,009		471		1,430		1,194	679		484		307		457
Student gender
Male	Mean	301		300		302		301	302		311		314		312
	s.e.	2.7		2.2		2.3		2.1	3.4		4.0		4.2		3.5
	N	591		264		716		488	284		187		103		176
Female	Mean	297		299		297		300	300		304		308		307
	s.e.	2.3		3.0		2.2		2.2	2.7		2.3		3.0		2.1
	N	417		207		701		701	395		297		204		279
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	304		304		307		306	308		311		315		313
	s.e.	2.5		2.6		2.0		2.2	2.2		2.4		2.6		2.2
	N	620		271		733		665	411		324		216		330
Black	Mean	278		275		272		273	272		275	!	280	!	285	!
	s.e.	3.0		4.8		2.7		2.8	5.7		5.7	!	7.1	!	5.7	!
	N	183		70		274		205	114		60		40		57
Hispanic	Mean	283		281		284		284	283		286		284	!	292	!
	s.e.	3.8		5.1		3.4		3.3	3.2		5.2		8.8	!	5.0	!
	N	151		84		291		212	104		74		38		41
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	325	!	322	!	327		318	319	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	7.4	!	7.9	!	4.9		4.8	6.3	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	42		34		70		83	33		‡		‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	306		306		305		304	304		309		312		310
	s.e.	1.9		2.4		1.8		1.9	2.5		2.6		2.7		1.9
	N	581		328		928		890	531		385		258		395
Vocational	Mean	268	!	‡		266	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	6.8	!	‡		8.1	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	44		‡		36		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Both	Mean	292		284		292		294	294		303		305	!	311	!
	s.e.	3.8		4.2		2.4		3.1	5.0		5.3		7.1	!	8.3	!
	N	340		93		415		218	108		74		36		37
Neither	Mean	289	!	‡		279	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	8.1	!	‡		3.7	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	44		‡		51		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	293		296		294		300	296		301		309		313
	s.e.	4.3		4.0		2.5		3.0	5.0		6.0		4.6		4.5
	N	262		122		384		401	195		150		93		129
Suburban	Mean	304		300		302		302	303		311		312		309
	s.e.	2.6		2.8		2.8		2.6	3.6		3.8		4.1		2.6
	N	507		259		682		497	327		222		140		234
Rural	Mean	290		303		298		297	301		302		305		304
	s.e.	4.1		4.0		2.8		3.7	3.2		2.7		5.6		3.2
	N	240		90		364		296	157		112		74		94
School type
Public	Mean	298		298		298		298	299		305		‡		‡
	s.e.	2.2		2.4		1.7		1.8	2.4		2.5		‡		‡
	N	936		408		1,345		1,086	597		453		‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	313		307		320		323	314		320	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	7.4		3.7		4.2		3.7	5.9		9.0	!	‡		‡
	N	73		63		85		108	82		31		‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	302		302		295		305	301		318		312	!	319	!
	s.e.	2.8		4.0		4.3		5.7	5.8		6.2		9.0	!	6.6	!
	N	171		104		210		175	105		67		46		41
South	Mean	292		288		296		295	297		304		303		305
	s.e.	2.3		3.5		2.4		2.3	4.8		3.8		3.5		2.7
	N	514		172		740		533	294		239		155		236
Midwest	Mean	304		306		308		306	305		308		314		308
	s.e.	8.6		2.9		2.5		2.5	3.0		4.1		4.7		4.2
	N	97		89		191		229	136		100		64		106
West	Mean	305		303		299		295	301		295		315	!	314
	s.e.	3.9		4.7		3.4		4.4	5.5		6.4		6.5	!	4.2
	N	227		106		289		257	144		78		42		74

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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)