2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Foreign Languages	Mean	272	283		287		301	314	324		322		311
	s.e.	2.1	4.9		1.9		1.0	1.5	2.1		2.5		6.8
	N	860	121		620		2,370	1,223	574		158		105
Student gender
Male	Mean	275	286		291		306	318	331		321	!	312	!
	s.e.	2.3	6.3		2.3		1.7	1.8	3.2		4.8	!	7.3	!
	N	527	65		321		1,103	494	203		57		39
Female	Mean	267	279	!	282		297	311	320		322		310
	s.e.	2.5	5.1	!	2.4		1.0	1.8	2.0		2.8		8.7
	N	329	56		299		1,252	728	370		101		66
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	276	297	!	293		308	320	329		327		329	!
	s.e.	2.5	5.2	!	2.1		1.0	1.5	2.2		3.3		6.9	!
	N	514	57		352		1,404	732	399		79		33
Black	Mean	255	258	!	265		278	288	298	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	2.5	5.9	!	2.6		2.9	4.6	5.9	!	‡		‡
	N	210	31		141		400	167	38		‡		‡
Hispanic	Mean	263	‡		276		284	292	300		‡		276	!
	s.e.	4.0	‡		4.0		2.6	3.1	4.4		‡		7.6	!
	N	107	‡		85		392	205	93		‡		48
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡		‡		312	334	336	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		4.1	5.1	6.7	!	‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		106	97	36		‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	274	278		290		303	317	325		321		317
	s.e.	3.4	4.2		2.6		0.9	1.4	1.9		2.6		6.8
	N	400	81		359		1,724	990	522		137		83
Vocational	Mean	263	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.7	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	79	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
Both	Mean	273	‡		283		301	305	321	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	2.2	‡		2.7		2.3	2.9	6.1	!	‡		‡
	N	307	‡		191		541	190	45		‡		‡
Neither	Mean	271	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.8	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	74	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	267	268	!	278		295	312	322		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.9	7.9	!	4.3		2.6	2.3	3.3		‡		‡
	N	162	43		157		687	405	187		‡		‡
Suburban	Mean	272	289	!	287		302	316	327		323		308	!
	s.e.	2.7	8.3	!	2.1		1.6	2.3	2.7		3.3		8.6	!
	N	350	42		285		1,050	664	321		102		54
Rural	Mean	274	288	!	292		306	311	318		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.0	6.2	!	3.9		1.5	3.3	3.7		‡		‡
	N	348	36		178		633	154	66		‡		‡
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡		285		301	313	324		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		1.9		1.0	1.6	2.5		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		588		2,220	1,070	451		‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡		304	!	309	322	326		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		4.7	!	4.9	2.9	4.7		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		32		150	153	123		‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	274	‡		280		295	311	320		322	!	‡
	s.e.	6.3	‡		5.3		3.0	3.3	3.7		4.1	!	‡
	N	87	‡		100		223	236	179		54		‡
South	Mean	267	269	!	280		298	312	326		318		313	!
	s.e.	2.2	5.1	!	2.8		1.6	3.4	4.2		3.7		8.5	!
	N	464	54		277		1,315	486	187		70		30
Midwest	Mean	278	‡		298		311	316	327		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.2	‡		3.7		2.2	2.1	3.6		‡		‡
	N	161	‡		112		335	218	132		‡		‡
West	Mean	269	291	!	290		301	316	325		‡		‡
	s.e.	5.5	8.1	!	4.1		2.3	3.2	6.9		‡		‡
	N	148	36		131		497	283	76		‡		‡

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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)