2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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.

Last updated 9 March 2007 (HM)