2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 43-P.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned, in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (All Courses Other Than Above)

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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
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
Student gender
Male	Mean	303	302		298	!	297	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	8.2		14.8	!	13.5	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,541	126		59		34		‡		‡	‡	‡
Female	Mean	301	295		289		293	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	3.8		4.7		14.0	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,892	131		82		48		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	308	304		300		303	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	5.5		10.7		14.4	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,257	167		65		34		‡		‡	‡	‡
Black	Mean	275	269	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	5.7	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	907	34		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	285	277	!	280	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2	6.1	!	6.8	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	859	48		50		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	325	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.4	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	287	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	307	298		295		302	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	4.5		7.6		16.2	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,912	193		98		60		‡		‡	‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	273	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	4.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	121	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	293	309	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	11.1	!	‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,222	53		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	279	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	285	!
	s.e.	3.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	6.4	!
	N	199	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	32
Community type
Urban	Mean	299	302	!	291	!	308	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	9.7	!	6.3	!	36.0	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,577	61		30		40		‡		‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	305	297		305		‡		‡		‡	‡	294	!
	s.e.	1.7	7.0		13.8		‡		‡		‡	‡	5.6	!
	N	2,579	143		64		‡		‡		‡	‡	30
Rural	Mean	299	300	!	282	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	9.1	!	8.4	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,298	53		47		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	301	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	4,994	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	318	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	460	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	304	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.4	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	856	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
South	Mean	297	296		291	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	7.6		18.9	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,633	152		56		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	308	‡		‡		307	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	‡		‡		19.2	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	902	‡		‡		38		‡		‡	‡	‡
West	Mean	303	298		285	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.8	6.3		7.4	!	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,063	64		56		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡

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! 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.

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]).

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

Last updated 23 May 2007 (MH)