Table 20-A.Correlation of NAEP mathematics and science scores of high school graduates with number of course credits earned, by subject field and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Mathematics)
| Characteristic | Mathematics |
Science |
|---|
| Pearson rho |
s.e. |
N |
Pearson rho |
s.e. |
N |
|---|
| Mathematics |
.39 |
0.022 |
6,031 |
.31 |
0.019 |
7,392 |
|---|
| Student gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Male |
.40 |
0.027 |
2,809 |
.33 |
0.026 |
3,402 |
|---|
| Female |
.37 |
0.024 |
3,201 |
.29 |
0.021 |
3,988 |
|---|
| Student race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| White |
.44 |
0.024 |
3,570 |
.32 |
0.023 |
4,326 |
|---|
| Black |
.25 |
0.050 |
1,003 |
.24 |
0.045 |
1,253 |
|---|
| Hispanic |
.28 |
0.053 |
995 |
.26 |
0.043 |
1,212 |
|---|
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
.38 |
0.094 |
312 |
.38 |
0.089 |
398 |
|---|
| American Indian |
.32 |
0.140 |
50 |
.13 |
0.123 |
72 |
|---|
| Other |
.57 |
1.114 |
6 |
-.74 |
0.205 |
6 |
|---|
| Student program |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Academic |
.35 |
0.025 |
4,296 |
.26 |
0.026 |
5,212 |
|---|
| Vocational |
.16 |
0.074 |
139 |
-.03 |
0.087 |
174 |
|---|
| Both |
.32 |
0.041 |
1,321 |
.27 |
0.039 |
1,707 |
|---|
| Neither |
.07 |
0.086 |
275 |
.02 |
0.087 |
299 |
|---|
| Community type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Urban |
.40 |
0.033 |
1,736 |
.33 |
0.029 |
2,105 |
|---|
| Suburban |
.38 |
0.036 |
2,868 |
.29 |
0.025 |
3,364 |
|---|
| Rural |
.41 |
0.034 |
1,427 |
.32 |
0.040 |
1,923 |
|---|
| School type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Public |
.40 |
0.022 |
5,538 |
.31 |
0.021 |
6,936 |
|---|
| Nonpublic |
.19 |
0.054 |
493 |
.21 |
0.043 |
456 |
|---|
| Region of the country2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Northeast |
.42 |
0.049 |
919 |
.28 |
0.041 |
1,098 |
|---|
| South |
.39 |
0.036 |
2,883 |
.33 |
0.026 |
3,577 |
|---|
| Midwest |
.45 |
0.034 |
1,012 |
.35 |
0.037 |
1,250 |
|---|
| West |
.42 |
0.046 |
1,217 |
.35 |
0.056 |
1,467 |
|---|
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: Sample size counts for student gender and student race/ethnicity do not sum to totals because the "Not Reported" categories were not included in the table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.
Last updated 21 May 2007 (MH)
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