2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Fine Arts	Mean	143		147		145		144		147		155		154		159
	s.e.	1.6		1.7		1.6		1.6		1.9		1.9		3.0		1.9
	N	1,296		575		1,824		1,407		811		622		343		514
Student gender
Male	Mean	147		149		146		145		148		161		165		160
	s.e.	1.8		1.9		2.1		2.0		3.3		2.4		3.4		2.8
	N	712		286		914		599		332		243		122		194
Female	Mean	137		145		144		144		147		151		148		159
	s.e.	2.5		2.3		2.0		1.8		1.9		2.2		3.9		2.2
	N	584		289		908		808		479		379		221		320
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	148		153		152		151		152		160		158		164
	s.e.	1.9		2.0		1.8		1.8		2.1		2.1		3.8		2.0
	N	768		349		934		800		485		407		214		369
Black	Mean	121		116		123		119		122		130		132	!	130
	s.e.	3.2		3.0		2.5		2.9		4.1		3.5		4.4	!	4.8
	N	238		97		350		244		115		86		57		66
Hispanic	Mean	124		125		130		131		128		137		144	!	138	!
	s.e.	4.1		4.0		2.9		3.3		3.9		4.1		6.9	!	5.8	!
	N	199		93		321		263		149		86		44		57
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	164		‡		153		150		155	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.9		‡		4.5		5.4		7.0	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	68		‡		120		75		42		‡		‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	147		151		150		149		151		158		156		162
	s.e.	1.8		1.9		1.8		1.6		2.1		1.9		3.1		1.9
	N	747		390		1,206		1,000		608		519		291		451
Vocational	Mean	124	!	‡		122	!	129	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.7	!	‡		5.3	!	9.4	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	52		‡		40		33		‡		‡		‡		‡
Both	Mean	138		139		137		138		141		142		143	!	144	!
	s.e.	2.6		2.6		2.7		2.8		5.1		4.1		5.4	!	8.0	!
	N	453		145		532		303		131		73		36		34
Neither	Mean	135	!	‡		120	!	112		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	5.0	!	‡		5.1	!	6.4		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	44		‡		46		71		‡		‡		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	142		137		143		142		146		151		155		155
	s.e.	4.9		4.2		3.6		3.6		3.4		3.1		4.4		4.9
	N	318		157		556		435		220		172		111		136
Suburban	Mean	147		149		148		146		150		159		155		162
	s.e.	1.6		2.1		2.3		2.0		2.8		2.5		5.1		2.6
	N	619		295		784		604		383		268		157		254
Rural	Mean	134		150		142		144		141		152		149		159
	s.e.	3.8		4.1		2.7		3.5		3.6		3.6		3.4		4.1
	N	359		123		484		368		208		182		75		124
School type
Public	Mean	142		145		143		142		144		154		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.7		1.9		1.8		1.6		2.1		2.0		‡		‡
	N	1,231		518		1,733		1,299		736		591		‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	157		161	!	165		163		165		164	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	4.5		4.1	!	2.4		3.0		3.0		4.4	!	‡		‡
	N	65		57		91		108		75		31		‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	144		154		143		147		158		163		161	!	164	!
	s.e.	4.0		3.5		3.8		4.7		4.8		5.2		5.5	!	8.4	!
	N	212		121		238		204		122		96		48		57
South	Mean	136		135		142		142		143		150		154		160
	s.e.	2.1		2.4		2.5		2.5		2.6		2.3		2.6		2.8
	N	675		234		992		627		363		269		163		254
Midwest	Mean	150		153		150		148		152		158		149		157
	s.e.	2.8		3.9		2.1		2.9		4.0		3.4		6.8		2.6
	N	125		107		244		263		171		135		77		128
West	Mean	150		148		147		143		136		151		155	!	160
	s.e.	4.3		3.9		3.8		3.6		3.6		4.3		6.1	!	4.4
	N	284		113		350		313		155		122		55		75

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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)