2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-H.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Consumer & Homemaking 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
Consumer & Homemaking Education	Mean	153	143		139		132	123		126		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.0		1.7		2.0	3.2		5.8		‡	‡
	N	4,551	948		979		637	188		69		‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	153	141		140		135	126	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	2.8		2.3		3.6	7.7	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	2,409	421		359		166	32		‡		‡	‡
Female	Mean	153	144		138		131	122		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	2.2		2.2		2.1	3.3		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,141	526		620		471	156		‡		‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	159	148		147		139	129		134	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.5		1.9		2.3	3.7		6.5	!	‡	‡
	N	2,786	572		501		333	82		41		‡	‡
Black	Mean	129	122		121		112	104		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	2.6		2.1		2.8	4.2		‡		‡	‡
	N	577	166		242		166	76		‡		‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	134	126		123		119	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2	3.8		4.6		4.0	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	767	156		160		103	‡		‡		‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	161	146	!	152	!	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.1	7.0	!	5.8	!	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	302	41		36		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	158	147		142		137	127		124	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	1.9		2.1		2.1	3.8		6.1	!	‡	‡
	N	3,269	648		674		435	116		53		‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	126	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.5	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	113	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
Both	Mean	143	135		135		125	115	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	3.3		2.7		3.3	4.3	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	1,010	246		234		146	55		‡		‡	‡
Neither	Mean	133	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.5	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	159	‡		‡		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	149	140		133		130	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	3.4		3.6		4.3	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,368	281		271		148	‡		‡		‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	156	144		136		135	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	2.7		2.3		2.8	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,169	432		397		270	‡		‡		‡	‡
Rural	Mean	150	141		146		130	125		126	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	4.6		2.8		3.6	4.3		6.1	!	‡	‡
	N	1,014	235		311		219	98		38		‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	152	141		138		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	2.1		1.8		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	4,197	897		940		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	165	160	!	157	!	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	5.6	!	6.2	!	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	354	51		39		‡	‡		‡		‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	156	140		133		138	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.2	5.2		5.1		6.8	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	757	131		116		72	‡		‡		‡	‡
South	Mean	149	141		134		129	117		123	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	2.1		2.4		2.2	3.9		8.6	!	‡	‡
	N	2,078	458		507		354	121		48		‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	159	149		147		135	128	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.7	3.8		2.6		4.0	6.9	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	662	207		210		123	34		‡		‡	‡
West	Mean	152	136		138		129	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6	4.9		4.0		6.1	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,054	152		146		88	‡		‡		‡	‡

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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)