2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 50-C.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. + 2 F.L.)

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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. + 2 F.L.	159	1.0	3,903	135	1.4	3,489
Student gender
Male	162	1.4	1,629	137	1.7	1,773
Female	156	1.1	2,272	132	1.5	1,716
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	164	1.2	2,397	141	1.6	1,929
Black	132	1.9	631	112	2.4	622
Hispanic	144	2.2	543	119	2.3	669
Asian/Pacific Islander	168	2.8	244	139	5.4	154
American Indian	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Other	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	160	1.1	3,180	139	1.5	2,032
Vocational	†	†	0	127	3.5	174
Both	151	2.0	723	130	2.1	984
Neither	†	†	0	126	2.8	299
Community type
Urban	155	2.4	1,160	130	2.7	945
Suburban	160	1.6	1,876	137	1.6	1,488
Rural	158	1.4	867	134	2.7	1,056
School type
Public	158	1.1	3,587	134	1.4	3,349
Nonpublic	166	1.9	316	157	3.2	140
Region of the country²
Northeast	161	2.9	576	137	3.8	522
South	153	1.5	2,208	126	2.0	1,369
Midwest	162	1.4	558	143	2.4	692
West	166	2.8	561	134	3.5	906

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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)