2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
General Labor Market Preparation	Mean	153		149	143		134		131		124		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4		1.2	1.6		2.6		4.8		6.4		‡	‡
	N	3,112		1,784	1,399		725		247		68		‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	155		150	145		137		132		128	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8		1.8	2.0		3.1		4.7		9.0	!	‡	‡
	N	1,441		780	628		360		124		34		‡	‡
Female	Mean	151		148	141		132		129		121	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6		1.4	1.9		3.0		6.3		9.0	!	‡	‡
	N	1,670		1,004	770		365		123		34		‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	159		156	150		139		135		125	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6		1.1	1.8		2.9		5.7		8.8	!	‡	‡
	N	1,870		994	814		437		143		38		‡	‡
Black	Mean	126		123	120		120		112	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2		2.9	3.2		3.2		5.0	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	416		356	273		151		43		‡		‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	135		133	124		118		121	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6		2.9	3.5		4.1		5.5	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	571		270	204		98		38		‡		‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	166		150	149	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.8		3.7	7.1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	199		107	60		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	158		152	147		138		133		126	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3		1.2	1.7		2.6		6.1		8.1	!	‡	‡
	N	2,334		1,271	935		454		141		45		‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	126	!	‡	129	!	134	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.8	!	‡	6.5	!	8.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	48		‡	45		30		‡		‡		‡	‡
Both	Mean	138		143	140		133		131		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5		2.8	2.5		4.6		4.5		‡		‡	‡
	N	617		421	368		206		69		‡		‡	‡
Neither	Mean	135		‡	121	!	111	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.3		‡	4.7	!	8.9	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	113		‡	51		35		‡		‡		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	151		143	133		127		140	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.1		3.7	3.8		4.4		12.8	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	976		624	305		136		42		‡		‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	156		152	146		138		133		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9		1.5	2.1		2.9		4.0		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,516		746	641		331		89		‡		‡	‡
Rural	Mean	150		148	144		132		125		123	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9		2.9	3.0		4.2		3.1		9.0	!	‡	‡
	N	620		414	453		258		116		39		‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	151		148	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6		1.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,796		1,698	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	166		159	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2		2.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	316		86	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	157		150	142		131		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.7		3.2	4.8		3.9		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	593		219	170		71		‡		‡		‡	‡
South	Mean	149		144	140		132		130		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2		1.7	2.9		3.0		8.6		‡		‡	‡
	N	1,382		835	732		424		147		‡		‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	157		154	148		139		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4		1.4	2.3		5.6		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	487		329	273		111		‡		‡		‡	‡
West	Mean	153		147	141		135		123	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.5		3.7	5.5		6.5		9.2	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	650		401	224		119		42		‡		‡	‡

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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)