2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-P.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (All Courses Other Than Above)

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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
All Courses Other Than Above	Mean	148	147		141		144		147	!	‡	‡	139	!
	s.e.	0.9	5.1		3.3		4.8		8.5	!	‡	‡	5.1	!
	N	6,788	223		163		94		38		‡	‡	54
Student gender
Male	Mean	149	153		141		146	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	6.0		5.7		6.7	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,118	117		68		43		‡		‡	‡	‡
Female	Mean	146	139		140		141	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.0	4.9		3.9		5.2	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,668	106		95		51		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	154	155		147		153	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	5.3		4.1		5.8	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	4,029	114		83		42		‡		‡	‡	‡
Black	Mean	122	127	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	4.9	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,144	42		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	131	120	!	121	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	4.0	!	7.1	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,066	49		47		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	159	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	357	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	152	150		145		150	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	0.9	3.9		3.5		6.3	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	4,839	155		111		60		‡		‡	‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	128	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.6	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	151	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	138	150	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.7	11.4	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,599	52		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	126	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	136	!
	s.e.	3.4	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	5.7	!
	N	199	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	46
Community type
Urban	Mean	145	145		135	!	147	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	7.2		9.2	!	9.0	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,926	66		39		46		‡		‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	151	148		142		‡		‡		‡	‡	144	!
	s.e.	1.2	9.4		5.6		‡		‡		‡	‡	7.8	!
	N	3,111	98		69		‡		‡		‡	‡	33
Rural	Mean	145	144	!	141	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	5.4	!	5.5	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,751	59		55		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	146	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	6,354	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	163	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	434	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	151	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,033	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
South	Mean	143	146		143		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.5	5.4		7.6		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,353	115		64		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	152	‡		‡		149	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	‡		‡		4.6	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,121	‡		‡		50		‡		‡	‡	‡
West	Mean	148	147		138	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	12.7		3.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,281	76		57		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡

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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)