2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
General Labor Market Preparation	Mean	308		301		296		290		283		282	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8		1.4		2.1		2.2		3.9		4.9	!	‡	‡
	N	2,657		1,398		1,134		557		198		57		‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	309		304		299		293		286		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1		1.9		3.2		2.7		6.2		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,231		632		494		292		108		‡		‡	‡
Female	Mean	307		299		295		288		278		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0		1.6		1.7		2.8		3.9		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,424		766		632		263		83		‡		‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	313		307		303		298		289		287	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8		1.6		2.1		2.3		5.0		5.7	!	‡	‡
	N	1,605		810		669		321		107		37		‡	‡
Black	Mean	281		274		273		266		257	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.6		2.7		4.2		4.2		5.5	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	334		255		240		122		40		‡		‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	289		286		277		270		273	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9		2.8		4.0		4.9		5.7	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	507		221		142		80		33		‡		‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	329		311		329	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.0		3.0		8.8	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	167		75		43		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	313		304		300		296		285		284	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8		1.3		1.8		3.0		4.3		7.4	!	‡	‡
	N	1,984		1,024		780		338		116		34		‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	267	!	‡		274	!	278	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	9.9	!	‡		5.7	!	4.6	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	40		19		32		32		‡		‡		‡	‡
Both	Mean	295		296		294		287		286	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3		4.1		4.6		3.1		11.6	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	521		295		288		144		54		‡		‡	‡
Neither	Mean	286		273	!	275	!	272	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.8		4.7	!	6.1	!	5.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	112		60		34		43		‡		‡		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	307		295		286		286		284	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5		3.4		5.2		5.7		8.6	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	844		462		275		101		34		‡		‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	310		304		300		290		281		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9		2.0		2.9		3.3		9.1		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,344		639		521		264		69		‡		‡	‡
Rural	Mean	302		301		297		293		284		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.3		2.9		3.0		3.0		3.8		‡		‡	‡
	N	469		297		338		192		95		‡		‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	306		300		296		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9		1.5		2.2		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,296		1,311		1,097		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	319		319		314	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.1		4.4		3.5	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	361		87		37		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	311		302		293		285	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	5.3		4.2		4.3		5.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	498		178		151		60		‡		‡		‡	‡
South	Mean	303		296		293		284		277		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6		2.2		2.9		3.1		5.2		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,200		617		607		298		113		‡		‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	313		306		304		303		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9		1.7		4.3		2.9		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	405		256		213		92		‡		‡		‡	‡
West	Mean	307		299		295		289		285	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.1		3.5		6.2		4.8		4.5	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	554		347		163		107		37		‡		‡	‡

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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)