2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-C.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (English)

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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
English	Mean	†	‡	120	!	131		140		149	148	145
	s.e.	†	‡	7.7	!	5.7		2.3		1.3	1.1	2.4
	N	0	‡	34		99		461		3,953	2,044	792
Student gender
Male	Mean	†	‡	‡		137	!	139		151	151	143
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		6.7	!	3.4		1.7	1.6	2.7
	N	0	‡	‡		55		248		1,879	887	309
Female	Mean	†	‡	‡		123	!	141		147	146	147
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		6.7	!	2.5		1.5	1.5	2.7
	N	0	‡	‡		44		213		2,072	1,157	483
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	†	‡	‡		145	!	144		155	154	153
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		8.6	!	2.3		1.5	1.4	2.8
	N	0	‡	‡		37		277		2,366	1,177	450
Black	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		123		123	123	122
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		5.5		1.8	2.5	3.7
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		78		686	340	130
Hispanic	Mean	†	‡	‡		116	!	125		133	131	124
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		8.7	!	4.7		2.6	2.7	5.0
	N	0	‡	‡		31		65		563	370	170
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		‡		161	158	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		‡		3.1	5.0	‡
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		‡		220	107	‡
American Indian	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	†	‡	‡		137	!	147		154	151	149
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		13.9	!	2.3		1.3	1.1	2.3
	N	0	‡	‡		32		211		2,750	1,569	638
Vocational	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		133		126	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		5.4		4.0	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		67		66	‡	‡
Both	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		141		139	140	130
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		4.8		2.2	2.0	5.6
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		88		1,011	439	154
Neither	Mean	†	‡	‡		123	!	126		127	‡	‡
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		7.4	!	5.2		3.7	‡	‡
	N	0	‡	‡		37		95		126	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		137		148	143	138
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		5.0		2.9	3.0	4.7
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		106		1,067	608	273
Suburban	Mean	†	‡	‡		130	!	142		152	148	150
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		8.3	!	3.5		1.6	1.4	2.5
	N	0	‡	‡		41		202		1,871	894	335
Rural	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		138		141	151	144
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		4.0		2.7	2.5	4.3
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		153		1,015	542	184
School type
Public	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		138		147	147	144
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		2.7		1.4	1.2	2.5
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		421		3,667	1,952	756
Nonpublic	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		151	!	165	163	167	!
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		2.4	!	2.1	3.3	4.0	!
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		40		286	92	36
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		144		153	151	146
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		4.5		3.5	2.6	5.0
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		72		647	264	72
South	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		130		145	142	142
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		5.2		1.7	2.0	2.7
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		163		1,920	966	502
Midwest	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		145		152	153	153
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		2.9		1.9	2.5	3.1
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		115		541	431	123
West	Mean	†	‡	‡		‡		138		148	148	144
	s.e.	†	‡	‡		‡		9.1		3.4	2.8	10.8
	N	0	‡	‡		‡		111		845	383	95

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† Not applicable. The inclusion/exclusion criteria used to produce the tabulations require high school graduates to have a positive number of English credits.

! 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 April 2007 (MH)