2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 43-J.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned, in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Specific 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
Specific Labor Market Preparation	Mean	312		312		307		303	299		296	295		288
	s.e.	2.2		2.4		1.9		1.6	1.7		2.1	2.4		2.7
	N	763		521		845		1,159	814		581	442		906
Student gender
Male	Mean	313		313		308		307	304		299	298		290
	s.e.	3.4		3.2		3.0		2.5	2.1		3.0	2.6		3.4
	N	270		198		332		550	394		318	226		521
Female	Mean	312		312		306		300	294		292	291		283
	s.e.	2.3		2.8		2.5		1.8	1.8		2.5	3.7		2.5
	N	493		323		511		607	419		260	210		378
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	318		317		312		311	306		303	303		290
	s.e.	2.2		2.0		2.1		1.6	1.9		2.4	2.2		3.2
	N	484		319		513		684	452		328	245		545
Black	Mean	280		285		278		276	272		271	269		269
	s.e.	3.5		7.2		4.8		2.9	3.4		4.9	4.6		3.4
	N	111		66		127		200	157		100	85		157
Hispanic	Mean	292		290		285		280	284		278	279		286
	s.e.	4.2		4.4		3.3		3.4	2.9		3.7	5.0		4.8
	N	103		77		149		185	154		107	78		142
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	327	!	328	!	330	!	321	319	!	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	6.0	!	11.0	!	6.1	!	5.2	6.1	!	‡	‡		‡
	N	61		43		45		62	34		‡	‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	314		313		308		305	300		295	301		287
	s.e.	2.2		2.3		2.0		1.6	1.7		2.4	3.9		5.3
	N	719		490		799		1,095	651		337	142		63
Vocational	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
Both	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	299		302	296		290
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	4.4		3.3	3.1		2.7
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	113		205	260		743
Neither	Mean	279	!	298	!	268	!	275	‡		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	6.7	!	7.6	!	6.4	!	4.5	‡		‡	‡		‡
	N	44		31		46		64	‡		‡	‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	311		309		305		296	292		295	289		287
	s.e.	3.7		4.7		4.4		2.7	3.3		4.6	4.8		4.2
	N	268		146		245		357	208		146	123		243
Suburban	Mean	314		314		310		306	301		295	296		289
	s.e.	3.0		2.9		2.9		2.8	2.8		2.9	3.8		4.8
	N	405		330		430		547	396		255	169		336
Rural	Mean	307		308	!	300		306	300		297	296		286
	s.e.	6.1		4.0	!	3.0		2.1	2.3		3.6	2.7		3.1
	N	90		45		170		255	210		180	150		327
School type
Public	Mean	310		310		305		302	299		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	2.3		2.8		2.1		1.8	1.7		‡	‡		‡
	N	652		401		736		1,056	778		‡	‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	326		320		318		313	304	!	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	6.0		2.5		5.3		3.5	6.5	!	‡	‡		‡
	N	111		120		109		103	36		‡	‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	319		313		311		301	300		294	293	!	275
	s.e.	4.4		3.7		3.9		4.3	2.2		5.0	6.5	!	3.3
	N	168		105		137		179	104		72	44		110
South	Mean	309		307		303		300	295		292	289		283
	s.e.	4.9		4.0		3.2		2.9	2.9		2.6	3.2		3.1
	N	264		192		374		550	434		305	248		516
Midwest	Mean	313		319		314		312	306		302	302		294
	s.e.	3.9		4.5		3.8		1.9	3.4		3.7	5.6		6.7
	N	136		88		141		202	114		98	79		154
West	Mean	309		310		301		299	299		296	295		295
	s.e.	3.7		4.3		5.5		3.5	4.3		7.8	5.9		5.6
	N	195		136		193		228	162		106	71		126

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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)