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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 20-M.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 (Religion)
| Characteristic | Mathematics | Science | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson rho | s.e. | N | Pearson rho | s.e. | N | |
| Religion | .11 | 0.027 | 6,031 | .11 | 0.018 | 7,392 |
| Student gender | ||||||
| Male | .04 | 0.041 | 2,809 | .05 | 0.020 | 3,402 |
| Female | .18 | 0.030 | 3,201 | .16 | 0.028 | 3,988 |
| Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||
| White | .09 | 0.027 | 3,570 | .08 | 0.019 | 4,326 |
| Black | .10 | 0.044 | 1,003 | .13 | 0.045 | 1,253 |
| Hispanic | .14 | 0.075 | 995 | .19 | 0.080 | 1,212 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | .02 | 0.055 | 312 | .03 | 0.059 | 398 |
| American Indian | .13 | 0.097 | 50 | .10 | 0.029 | 72 |
| Other | — | — | 6 | -.24 | 0.269 | 6 |
| Student program | ||||||
| Academic | .10 | 0.026 | 4,296 | .10 | 0.021 | 5,212 |
| Vocational | — | — | 139 | -.05 | 0.045 | 174 |
| Both | .01 | 0.031 | 1,321 | -.01 | 0.026 | 1,707 |
| Neither | .33 | 0.090 | 275 | .15 | 0.072 | 299 |
| Community type | ||||||
| Urban | .23 | 0.050 | 1,736 | .18 | 0.057 | 2,105 |
| Suburban | .07 | 0.040 | 2,868 | .09 | 0.024 | 3,364 |
| Rural | .04 | 0.019 | 1,427 | .08 | 0.035 | 1,923 |
| School type | ||||||
| Public | .02 | 0.014 | 5,538 | .01 | 0.016 | 6,936 |
| Nonpublic | -.16 | 0.100 | 493 | -.10 | 0.054 | 456 |
| Region of the country2 | ||||||
| Northeast | .10 | 0.059 | 919 | .12 | 0.049 | 1,098 |
| South | .13 | 0.047 | 2,883 | .11 | 0.039 | 3,577 |
| Midwest | .15 | 0.049 | 1,012 | .10 | 0.028 | 1,250 |
| West | .01 | 0.100 | 1,217 | .10 | 0.040 | 1,467 |
— Not available.
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)
