2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-J.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Specific 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
Specific Labor Market Preparation	Mean	160		157		153		149	144		142	139	134
	s.e.	1.7		2.5		1.6		1.3	1.5		1.5	2.1	2.4
	N	865		589		1,020		1,457	955		794	558	1,154
Student gender
Male	Mean	161		155		157		152	150		145	142	139
	s.e.	2.7		2.7		2.4		1.9	2.0		1.9	2.6	3.1
	N	295		202		427		639	446		433	316	644
Female	Mean	159		158		151		147	138		137	134	127
	s.e.	2.1		3.0		2.3		1.5	2.1		1.8	3.2	2.1
	N	570		387		593		818	509		361	241	509
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	165		163		160		156	150		148	146	138
	s.e.	1.8		2.6		2.0		1.4	1.8		1.5	2.6	2.8
	N	539		365		590		819	555		478	314	666
Black	Mean	132		132		129		124	122		117	114	114
	s.e.	4.2		3.5		3.4		2.4	3.3		3.7	3.8	2.4
	N	114		98		159		235	177		152	95	223
Hispanic	Mean	142		136		133		127	124		123	127	131
	s.e.	6.3		4.5		3.4		3.1	4.0		3.9	3.1	7.2
	N	133		62		191		277	153		118	104	174
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	166		163	!	164		151	158	!	‡	‡	152	!
	s.e.	6.5		5.0	!	4.7		7.5	6.1	!	‡	‡	9.6	!
	N	66		49		62		84	46		‡	‡	34
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	161		158		155		150	145		142	143	138
	s.e.	1.7		2.7		1.6		1.2	1.5		1.9	2.8	4.0
	N	822		547		976		1,386	783		454	167	77
Vocational	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡	147		144	139	136
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡	4.3		2.2	2.5	2.6
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡	116		289	354	948
Neither	Mean	135	!	142	!	122	!	120	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	6.9	!	5.6	!	5.2	!	4.5	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	43		42		44		71	‡		‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	156		154		147		147	135		134	136	136
	s.e.	3.5		5.7		3.2		2.5	3.0		3.5	4.0	6.3
	N	302		179		279		436	250		199	141	319
Suburban	Mean	162		157		157		150	146		145	139	137
	s.e.	2.2		2.6		2.4		1.9	2.5		2.4	4.3	2.7
	N	449		349		520		650	416		325	217	438
Rural	Mean	156		159	!	151		150	146		141	141	131
	s.e.	3.9		6.2	!	3.4		2.7	2.5		2.3	2.9	3.6
	N	114		61		221		371	289		270	200	397
School type
Public	Mean	158		154		152		148	143		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9		2.9		1.8		1.3	1.5		‡	‡	‡
	N	742		482		943		1,366	914		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	169		166		164		160	154	!	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.5		2.9		2.6		3.1	4.9	!	‡	‡	‡
	N	123		107		77		91	41		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	166		162		153		152	146		141	131	126
	s.e.	3.3		3.2		4.0		3.3	3.6		3.4	3.9	3.0
	N	219		93		129		244	115		85	62	151
South	Mean	157		155		151		146	141		139	134	129
	s.e.	3.5		3.9		3.4		1.7	2.4		2.3	3.0	2.6
	N	290		225		503		666	500		439	312	642
Midwest	Mean	159		154		161		154	152		148	146	141
	s.e.	4.1		6.2		3.5		2.9	3.4		2.6	3.5	2.6
	N	130		101		187		238	149		136	98	211
West	Mean	155		157		149		145	139		138	146	141
	s.e.	2.3		5.3		3.9		3.2	2.5		4.6	7.2	12.3
	N	226		170		201		309	191		134	86	150

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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)