2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 50-D.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.)

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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.	155	1.1	4,752	135	1.7	2,640
Student gender
Male	157	1.4	2,085	137	2.0	1,317
Female	153	1.1	2,665	133	1.8	1,323
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	161	1.2	2,824	140	2.1	1,502
Black	127	1.7	879	114	3.1	374
Hispanic	139	2.3	652	120	2.5	560
Asian/Pacific Islander	167	3.0	265	139	5.8	133
American Indian	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Other	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	157	1.1	3,689	139	1.8	1,523
Vocational	†	†	0	127	3.5	174
Both	144	2.0	1,063	130	2.5	644
Neither	†	†	0	126	2.8	299
Community type
Urban	150	2.6	1,417	133	2.9	688
Suburban	158	1.6	2,145	138	1.8	1,219
Rural	153	1.7	1,190	132	3.4	733
School type
Public	154	1.1	4,427	133	1.8	2,509
Nonpublic	166	1.9	325	157	3.4	131
Region of the country²
Northeast	158	2.9	651	138	4.4	447
South	148	1.5	2,743	126	2.8	834
Midwest	160	1.8	689	142	3.1	561
West	162	3.4	669	133	4.0	798

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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)