2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 43-L.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned, in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Personal Health & Physical 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
Personal Health & Physical Education	Mean	314		300		304		302		301		299		296		293
	s.e.	4.6		2.9		2.1		1.5		2.4		3.0		3.0		2.9
	N	133		335		995		1,927		1,534		675		272		160
Student gender
Male	Mean	327	!	305		307		304		303		298		295		294
	s.e.	6.6	!	4.9		3.1		1.9		3.1		3.1		3.0		3.4
	N	53		125		361		808		736		416		191		119
Female	Mean	302		296		302		302		299		299		299		294	!
	s.e.	3.5		3.0		2.3		1.8		2.2		3.8		7.3		5.0	!
	N	80		210		631		1,111		796		258		81		34
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	316		305		311		308		306		305		302		301
	s.e.	5.0		3.7		1.6		1.5		2.8		2.7		3.3		3.8
	N	83		186		661		1,167		898		339		141		95
Black	Mean	‡		278	!	275		276		274		269		274	!	‡
	s.e.	‡		6.0	!	6.5		2.3		2.7		4.2		4.9	!	‡
	N	‡		54		187		358		198		103		55		‡
Hispanic	Mean	‡		295	!	291		282		284		278		284		‡
	s.e.	‡		4.6	!	3.9		2.8		3.1		4.6		4.8		‡
	N	‡		51		90		268		311		165		65		‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡		‡		331	!	329		315		326	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		12.8	!	4.4		4.0		6.9	!	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		30		95		106		53		‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	317		308		307		308		305		305		299		298
	s.e.	3.7		2.7		2.0		1.6		2.5		3.6		3.3		3.9
	N	85		225		701		1,361		1,105		487		213		119
Vocational	Mean	‡		‡		‡		263	!	280	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		6.3	!	7.1	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		41		45		‡		‡		‡
Both	Mean	316	!	287		297		293		294		284		‡		‡
	s.e.	10.5	!	4.3		4.6		2.2		3.5		4.5		‡		‡
	N	41		91		239		452		300		131		‡		‡
Neither	Mean	‡		‡		‡		276		273		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		4.7		3.2		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		73		84		‡		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	317	!	295		301		297		300		301		292	!	297	!
	s.e.	7.0	!	5.2		5.6		2.2		2.8		3.5		6.0	!	10.6	!
	N	34		121		263		624		432		166		59		37
Suburban	Mean	326	!	306		305		307		302		300		297		293	!
	s.e.	8.3	!	3.5		2.8		2.3		3.5		5.1		4.6		4.6	!
	N	51		124		539		843		779		352		133		47
Rural	Mean	302	!	296		304		299		298		294		295		290
	s.e.	4.2	!	6.7		4.5		2.9		2.9		3.1		5.1		2.6
	N	48		90		193		460		323		157		80		76
School type
Public	Mean	‡		‡		299		302		300		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		3.1		1.6		2.6		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		774		1,805		1,450		‡		‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡		‡		320		314		315		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		2.8		5.5		4.8		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		221		122		84		‡		‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡		287		312		301		308		288		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		6.3		4.4		4.4		7.6		9.4		‡		‡
	N	‡		64		94		321		300		87		‡		‡
South	Mean	311		299		297		299		296		290		292		295
	s.e.	6.2		4.1		4.2		3.0		1.9		4.3		2.8		4.5
	N	65		214		557		917		580		283		157		110
Midwest	Mean	314	!	‡		312		306		304		308		‡		‡
	s.e.	8.8	!	‡		1.8		2.7		4.7		3.3		‡		‡
	N	33		‡		292		372		167		82		‡		‡
West	Mean	‡		‡		287	!	307		298		304		303		290	!
	s.e.	‡		‡		7.2	!	4.4		3.7		5.1		7.7		3.5	!
	N	‡		‡		52		317		487		223		73		39

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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)