2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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 Skills	Mean	149	147		146	145		140		143		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	1.9		1.7	2.4		3.9		5.1		‡	‡
	N	4,280	1,121		1,037	614		209		80		‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	150	150		148	147		136		137	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.5	2.7		2.6	3.2		5.9		8.0	!	‡	‡
	N	2,097	505		434	236		75		31		‡	‡
Female	Mean	147	145		145	143		142		146	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	2.0		1.9	3.0		4.2		6.2	!	‡	‡
	N	2,182	616		603	377		134		49		‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	154	153		154	152		146		149	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	2.2		1.8	2.7		5.2		5.9	!	‡	‡
	N	2,618	659		548	311		107		53		‡	‡
Black	Mean	123	123		123	124		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	2.6		3.2	4.8		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	726	198		188	96		‡		‡		‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	133	131		127	126		120	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5	2.7		3.5	3.5		4.8	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	619	176		192	145		54		‡		‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	159	153		158	161	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.9	4.8		8.1	5.5	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	200	63		74	45		‡		‡		‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	154	152		149	147		139		145	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.0		1.7	2.8		4.3		6.2	!	‡	‡
	N	2,964	777		755	469		155		54		‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	126	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	5.9	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	104	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Both	Mean	137	138		142	142		153	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	3.9		3.4	4.6		7.1	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	1,079	271		218	87		34		‡		‡	‡
Neither	Mean	130	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	4.7	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	133	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	144	150		143	146		134		140	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	3.4		4.0	4.4		5.3		6.7	!	‡	‡
	N	1,199	310		282	200		70		31		‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	152	149		149	147		147		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.7	2.7		2.6	2.8		4.3		‡		‡	‡
	N	2,028	469		445	270		104		‡		‡	‡
Rural	Mean	146	143		145	140		128	!	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	3.3		2.6	3.8		10.3	!	‡		‡	‡
	N	1,053	342		310	144		35		‡		‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	147	146		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	1.9		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	3,921	1,075		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	162	169	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	4.7	!	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	359	46		‡	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	151	147		153	149	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	3.6	7.2		12.2	8.1	!	‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	794	177		85	33		‡		‡		‡	‡
South	Mean	143	141		143	145		146		144	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	3.2		2.3	3.2		6.0		5.5	!	‡	‡
	N	2,220	493		494	229		80		37		‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	152	154		151	145		‡		‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	2.2		2.9	5.9		‡		‡		‡	‡
	N	781	188		158	79		‡		‡		‡	‡
West	Mean	154	147		143	144		131		142	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.7	3.3		2.8	4.1		6.6		10.4	!	‡	‡
	N	485	263		300	273		93		30		‡	‡

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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)