2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Computer-Related Studies	Mean	147	150	146	147		145		141		147	!	157
	s.e.	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.6		2.9		4.9		5.4	!	5.9
	N	2,362	1,375	1,910	1,207		323		116		32		67
Student gender
Male	Mean	146	150	147	152		155		151		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.8	2.1	2.3	1.9		4.0		5.7		‡		‡
	N	1,020	592	877	592		183		63		‡		‡
Female	Mean	147	149	145	142		131		126	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.1		3.3		4.0	!	‡		‡
	N	1,341	782	1,033	615		140		53		‡		‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	153	155	152	154		153		149		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.7		3.4		6.6		‡		‡
	N	1,401	877	1,064	670		187		63		‡		‡
Black	Mean	120	125	124	123		120	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	2.2	2.6	2.8	2.9		3.7	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	406	219	318	223		52		‡		‡		‡
Hispanic	Mean	127	127	133	133		132	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.4	3.5	2.6	5.5		8.5	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	358	177	388	206		55		‡		‡		‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	159	157	162	150		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.4	5.5	5.2	7.0		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	131	69	94	70		‡		7		‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	153	155	150	150		149		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7		3.7		‡		‡		‡
	N	1,698	1,059	1,457	812		154		‡		‡		‡
Vocational	Mean	124	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.9	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	80	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Both	Mean	134	135	137	142		143		145		‡		‡
	s.e.	2.7	2.4	3.4	2.6		4.3		6.0		‡		‡
	N	448	219	370	351		150		83		‡		‡
Neither	Mean	125	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.0	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	136	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	144	146	143	144		139		135	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	3.8	4.6	2.8	3.5		5.6		6.4	!	‡		‡
	N	641	386	577	362		71		32		‡		‡
Suburban	Mean	151	151	150	149		146		148	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.7	2.1	2.4	2.6		5.0		6.5	!	‡		‡
	N	1,206	701	773	467		132		47		‡		‡
Rural	Mean	138	151	143	147		148		135	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	3.7	3.6	3.0	2.0		4.1		6.9	!	‡		‡
	N	515	288	560	378		120		37		‡		‡
School type
Public	Mean	145	148	145	146		‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.6	2.1	1.9	1.6		‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	2,253	1,201	1,789	1,158		‡		‡		‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	168	164	161	157	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.5	2.7	2.5	4.0	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
	N	109	174	121	49		‡		‡		‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	155	152	149	146		123	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.3	3.9	3.0	3.6		5.8	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	439	197	249	152		39		‡		‡		‡
South	Mean	140	145	144	143		150		138		‡		‡
	s.e.	2.7	2.2	2.4	2.0		3.9		4.1		‡		‡
	N	995	533	1,072	673		183		73		‡		‡
Midwest	Mean	149	153	151	154		149	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	2.7	3.3	2.7	2.9		6.6	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	354	357	277	180		48		‡		‡		‡
West	Mean	147	150	141	148		145	!	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	2.4	4.8	5.9	5.4		6.5	!	‡		‡		‡
	N	574	288	312	202		53		‡		‡		‡

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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)