2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
Religion	Mean	146	153	!	149	!	161		158	!	161	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	4.7	!	6.3	!	3.2		6.0	!	2.3	‡	‡
	N	6,871	60		60		83		30		278	‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	148	‡		‡		‡		‡		158	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		3.0	‡	‡
	N	3,206	‡		‡		‡		‡		84	‡	‡
Female	Mean	144	‡		‡		‡		‡		162	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		2.7	‡	‡
	N	3,664	‡		‡		‡		‡		193	‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	153	158	!	152	!	162		‡		161	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	5.5	!	7.0	!	3.6		‡		2.2	‡	‡
	N	3,890	48		46		68		‡		238	‡	‡
Black	Mean	122	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,230	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	129	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,172	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	158	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	382	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	151	155	!	156	!	162		‡		162	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.0	4.4	!	6.5	!	2.9		‡		2.3	‡	‡
	N	4,747	55		44		77		‡		255	‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	127	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.6	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	171	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	139	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,672	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	125	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	281	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	142	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,961	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	149	‡		145	!	156	!	‡		160	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	‡		6.8	!	7.3	!	‡		1.9	‡	‡
	N	3,048	‡		31		44		‡		186	‡	‡
Rural	Mean	144	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,862	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	146	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	6,794	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	170	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.5	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	77	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	149	‡		‡		153	!	‡		163	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.3	‡		‡		23.2	!	‡		3.5	‡	‡
	N	923	‡		‡		32		‡		95	‡	‡
South	Mean	142	‡		146	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.5	‡		3.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,426	‡		34		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	150	‡		‡		165	!	‡		159	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.5	‡		‡		4.2	!	‡		3.7	‡	‡
	N	1,102	‡		‡		31		‡		84	‡	‡
West	Mean	146	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,420	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡

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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)