Minimum core curriculum credits | 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | 1982 | ||||||
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Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp. + 2 F.L. | 17.6 | 1.29 | 15.1 | 1.56 | 12.8 | 0.88 | 13.4 | 0.93 | 10.4 | 0.81 | 1.9 | 0.22 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp. | 22.0 | 1.41 | 18.7 | 1.65 | 16.1 | 1.15 | 17.2 | 1.01 | 14.2 | 0.89 | 2.6 | 0.27 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 2 F.L. | 47.8 | 1.53 | 44.7 | 1.91 | 39.3 | 1.13 | 30.3 | 1.25 | 20.3 | 1.00 | 9.2 | 0.44 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. | 58.6 | 1.64 | 55.9 | 2.44 | 49.9 | 1.49 | 38.9 | 1.51 | 28.0 | 1.16 | 14.0 | 0.54 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 2 Math + 2 Sci. | 78.2 | 1.60 | 75.7 | 2.17 | 74.9 | 1.52 | 66.8 | 2.02 | 53.5 | 1.73 | 31.6 | 1.06 |
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. Estimates in this table may differ somewhat from other NCES reports for reasons such as differences in inclusion/exclusion criteria for student records or changes in the taxonomy used to summarize the courses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.