2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 43-O.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned, in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Special 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
Special Education	Mean	303	297		292		290		281	!	‡	‡	246
	s.e.	1.1	3.5		5.2		15.8		10.6	!	‡	‡	6.1
	N	5,320	253		214		115		47		‡	‡	52
Student gender
Male	Mean	305	302		295		289	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.5	6.4		5.4		16.2	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,449	117		118		55		‡		‡	‡	‡
Female	Mean	302	294		289		292	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	3.2		6.1		17.3	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,858	136		94		55		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	310	300		297		304	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	3.9		6.6		17.0	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,174	155		115		55		‡		‡	‡	‡
Black	Mean	276	282	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	8.2	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	904	31		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	287	287	!	273	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	6.6	!	4.7	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	835	50		55		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	325	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	282	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	308	300		298		299		288	!	‡	‡	238
	s.e.	1.1	2.9		6.1		15.9		9.7	!	‡	‡	12.9
	N	3,838	177		127		76		31		‡	‡	30
Vocational	Mean	274	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	5.5	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	107	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	295	305	!	288	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2	15.8	!	7.0	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,164	44		58		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	282	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	211	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	301	295		293	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	11.2		4.5	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,567	69		57		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	306	299		295		301		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	4.6		9.8		16.9		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,485	138		94		77		‡		‡	‡	‡
Rural	Mean	301	294	!	286		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	5.4	!	4.1		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,268	46		63		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	302	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	4,828	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	318	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	492	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	307	‡		‡		267	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.0	‡		‡		8.2	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	783	‡		‡		35		‡		‡	‡	‡
South	Mean	298	292		301		263	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	6.4		10.2		6.6	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,646	75		95		33		‡		‡	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	308	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.7	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	926	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
West	Mean	304	303		289	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.0	4.2		4.9	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	965	123		54		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡

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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)