2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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 Skills	Mean	304	300		300		296		296		296		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.5	2.2		2.1		3.1		4.3		5.2		‡	‡
	N	3,496	921		805		509		198		62		‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	305	302		302		294		296		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	2.9		3.2		4.7		6.7		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,711	449		343		189		82		‡		‡	‡
Female	Mean	303	298		299		297		296		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	2.4		2.7		2.8		3.5		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,768	472		458		320		116		‡		‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	309	306		308		302		305		302	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	2.4		2.3		3.2		3.7		6.3	!	‡	‡
	N	2,188	541		404		267		106		35		‡	‡
Black	Mean	275	273		277		276		280	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9	4.6		4.0		4.4		6.9	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	567	174		135		81		34		‡		‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	289	285		278		279		278	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.4	2.5		3.0		4.9		5.6	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	501	132		181		111		50		‡		‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	325	322	!	325	!	317	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.8	7.8	!	8.5	!	6.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	157	46		59		40		‡		‡		‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	309	304		304		298		299		302	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	2.1		2.5		3.2		3.8		5.7	!	‡	‡
	N	2,439	673		571		387		145		48		‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	278	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	5.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	87	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Both	Mean	291	297		300		292		297	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	4.1		3.6		7.3		12.0	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	836	195		174		76		‡		‡		‡	‡
Neither	Mean	283	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.5	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	134	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	301	299		297		292		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	3.9		3.5		5.5		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	987	255		247		162		‡		‡		‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	307	302		302		298		298		299	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	3.1		3.4		3.3		4.9		6.6	!	‡	‡
	N	1,668	419		352		262		114		31		‡	‡
Rural	Mean	299	297		300		296		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	4.6		3.4		7.5		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	841	247		206		85		‡		‡		‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	302	299		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	2.3		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	3,104	870		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	319	317	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6	4.8	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	392	51		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	304	307		296		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.3	7.5		14.1		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	685	134		72		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
South	Mean	298	291		298		299		300		297	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	3.7		2.9		4.5		4.8		6.1	!	‡	‡
	N	1,760	436		367		208		64		30		‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	309	306		308		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	3.1		3.6		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	641	148		98		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
West	Mean	310	302		299		289		290		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.7	3.9		3.2		5.2		3.9		‡		‡	‡
	N	410	203		268		209		84		‡		‡	‡

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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)