NAEP - HSTS 2000 Tabulations Report - Table 42. Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned and subject field: 2000

Table 42.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned and subject field: 2000

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Subject field	Statistic	Credits earned in subject field
Subject field	Statistic	0	0.01–0.50		0.51–1.00		1.01–2.00	2.01–3.00		3.01–4.00		4.01–5.00		More than 5.00
Mathematics	Mean	‡	‡		‡		277	289		305		317		324
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		2.4	1.6		1.4		2.3		3.2
	N	‡	‡		‡		330	1,881		2,493		1,018		274
Science	Mean	‡	‡		270		281	296		312		322		330
	s.e.	‡	‡		4.3		1.5	1.2		1.5		2.7		3.2
	N	‡	‡		92		1,161	2,371		1,677		477		231
English	Mean	†	‡		‡		282	295		304		301		298
	s.e.	†	‡		‡		6.1	3.0		1.3		1.7		2.4
	N	0	‡		‡		64	398		3,248		1,675		627
Social Studies	Mean	‡	‡		‡		303	300		301		302		311
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		6.2	1.7		1.3		1.5		2.9
	N	‡	‡		‡		108	1,666		2,570		1,210		458
Fine Arts	Mean	299	300		299		300	301		306		310		309
	s.e.	2.1	2.1		1.7		1.8	2.2		2.4		2.7		2.0
	N	1,009	471		1,430		1,194	679		484		307		457
Foreign Languages	Mean	272	283		287		301	314		324		322		311
	s.e.	2.1	4.9		1.9		1.0	1.5		2.1		2.5		6.8
	N	860	121		620		2,370	1,223		574		158		105
Computer-Related Studies	Mean	301	304		302		300	300		300		294	!	303	!
	s.e.	1.9	2.0		1.6		2.6	3.8		3.9		7.0	!	6.3	!
	N	1,854	1,173		1,564		1,020	253		91		32		44
Consumer & Homemaking Education	Mean	308	298		290		284	280		278	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.3		1.9		2.1	3.2		7.6	!	‡		‡
	N	3,769	816		762		494	134		41		‡		‡
General Labor Market Preparation	Mean	308	301		296		290	283		282	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.8	1.4		2.1		2.2	3.9		4.9	!	‡		‡
	N	2,657	1,398		1,134		557	198		57		‡		‡
Specific Labor Market Preparation	Mean	312	312		307		303	299		296		295		288
	s.e.	2.2	2.4		1.9		1.6	1.7		2.1		2.4		2.7
	N	763	521		845		1,159	814		581		442		906
General Skills	Mean	304	300		300		296	296		296		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.5	2.2		2.1		3.1	4.3		5.2		‡		‡
	N	3,496	921		805		509	198		62		‡		‡
Personal Health & Physical Education	Mean	314	300		304		302	301		299		296		293
	s.e.	4.6	2.9		2.1		1.5	2.4		3.0		3.0		2.9
	N	133	335		995		1,927	1,534		675		272		160
Religion	Mean	300	310		298	!	319	315	!	315		‡		‡
	s.e.	1.2	4.8		6.4	!	4.7	4.1	!	3.9		‡		‡
	N	5,519	65		32		79	50		268		‡		‡
Military Science	Mean	302	291	!	278		278	290		290	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.2	4.6	!	3.8		4.0	5.1		6.3	!	‡		‡
	N	5,632	58		121		73	62		57		‡		‡
Special Education	Mean	303	297		292		290	281	!	‡		‡		246	!
	s.e.	1.1	3.5		5.2		15.8	10.6	!	‡		‡		6.1	!
	N	5,320	253		214		115	47		‡		‡		52
All Courses Other Than Above	Mean	302	298		293		294	280	!	‡		‡		289	!
	s.e.	1.1	4.5		7.6		13.3	13.5	!	‡		‡		4.9	!
	N	5,454	257		141		82	39		‡		‡		43

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† Not applicable. The inclusion/exclusion criteria used to produce the tabulations require high school graduates to have a positive number of English credits.

! Interpret data with caution. Users are cautioned against performing t-tests on cells with NAEP proficiency estimates that have been calculated with less than 62 observations (N). NAEP considers a cell size of 62 the minimum required for performing meaningful comparisons.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Means and standard errors based on less than 30 observations are not reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.

Table 42.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned and subject field: 2000

Last updated 9 March 2007 (HM)

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