2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 50-B.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by completion status of minimum core course curriculum credits and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp.)

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Characteristic	NAEP science scores of graduates who:
	Earned minimum core curriculum credits			Did not earn minimum core curriculum credits
	Mean	s.e.	N	Mean	s.e.	N
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp.	156	1.5	1,778	145	1.1	5,614
Student gender
Male	160	1.8	870	145	1.4	2,532
Female	152	1.8	908	144	1.2	3,080
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	162	1.5	1,073	151	1.3	3,253
Black	128	2.4	303	121	1.8	950
Hispanic	145	3.0	244	126	2.1	968
Asian/Pacific Islander	169	4.3	118	153	2.7	280
American Indian	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Other	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	157	1.5	1,403	150	1.1	3,809
Vocational	†	†	0	127	3.5	174
Both	149	2.9	375	136	2.1	1,332
Neither	†	†	0	126	2.8	299
Community type
Urban	150	3.4	539	142	2.7	1,566
Suburban	160	2.6	721	147	1.2	2,643
Rural	155	1.8	518	141	2.6	1,405
School type
Public	155	1.7	1,667	143	1.1	5,269
Nonpublic	167	3.1	111	162	2.4	345
Region of the country²
Northeast	159	3.5	190	149	3.4	908
South	152	2.4	1,053	139	1.5	2,524
Midwest	159	2.2	263	150	1.5	987
West	162	4.1	272	143	3.1	1,195

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† Not applicable. Because of the definitions of the student program types, it is not possible for Vocational or Neither students to take the course combinations shown in all but the last set of indicated minimum credits. Students who took 4 years of English, 3 years of Social Studies, 3 years of Science, and 3 years of Mathematics are, by definition, classified as Academic or Both.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Means and standard errors based on less than 30 observations are not reported. If necessary, so as not to disclose the number of observations in these cells, other cells were 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]).

NOTE: Subject field abbreviations used in this table include Eng. = English, S.S. = Social Studies, Math = Mathematics, Sci. = Science, Comp. = Computer Science, and F.L. = Foreign Languages.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.

Last updated 16 April 2007 (HM)