2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Consumer & Homemaking Education	Mean	308	298		290		284		280		278	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.3		1.9		2.1		3.2		7.6	!	‡	‡
	N	3,769	816		762		494		134		41		‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	307	298		288		281		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	3.2		3.3		2.8		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,974	393		284		122		‡		‡		‡	‡
Female	Mean	308	298		291		285		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	2.2		1.9		2.6		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,785	423		469		370		‡		‡		‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	313	305		298		290		288		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	2.7		2.3		2.2		3.5		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,317	489		374		284		77		‡		‡	‡
Black	Mean	282	271		272		264		261	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	4.1		3.0		4.3		6.0	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	467	156		193		124		42		‡		‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	289	277		276		268	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6	4.0		3.2		4.2	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	652	132		133		60		‡		‡		‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	327	‡		308	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.0	‡		6.6	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	241	29		31		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	312	303		295		287		285		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.1		2.2		2.4		3.4		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,728	554		540		345		87		‡		‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	270	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	6.6	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	85	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Both	Mean	300	289		281		278		275	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5	3.6		3.6		3.2		6.2	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	799	203		163		111		33		‡		‡	‡
Neither	Mean	283	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.7	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	157	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	304	291		284		288		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	4.0		2.7		5.4		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,172	237		197		101		‡		‡		‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	311	303		290		282		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	2.4		3.5		3.1		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,856	391		326		224		‡		‡		‡	‡
Rural	Mean	305	294		293		286		285		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	4.5		2.7		3.6		4.7		‡		‡	‡
	N	741	188		239		169		69		‡		‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	306	297		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	2.5		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	3,361	766		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	318	320	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.4	4.5	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	408	50		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	309	298		287		282		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.7	5.1		8.2		7.6		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	639	107		85		63		‡		‡		‡	‡
South	Mean	304	294		285		278		277		268	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	3.3		3.0		2.8		3.8		3.5	!	‡	‡
	N	1,721	370		412		263		79		30		‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	314	307		298		291		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5	4.0		2.8		3.0		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	540	181		155		105		‡		‡		‡	‡
West	Mean	307	291		288		284		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	5.3		4.4		8.2		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	869	158		110		63		‡		‡		‡	‡

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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)