2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-F.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Foreign Languages)

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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
Foreign Languages	Mean	122	129		136	147		159	167		163		148
	s.e.	1.8	2.8		2.0	0.9		1.4	1.6		3.0		5.7
	N	1,019	149		797	2,986		1,465	686		175		115
Student gender
Male	Mean	126	134		141	152		162	169		170	!	135	!
	s.e.	2.0	3.2		2.6	1.2		1.9	2.6		4.3	!	7.7	!
	N	641	85		392	1,318		620	243		58		45
Female	Mean	114	121		132	143		156	166		159		155
	s.e.	2.4	4.0		2.3	1.2		1.4	1.7		3.2		7.0
	N	378	64		405	1,666		845	443		117		70
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	127	133		142	154		164	172		167		168	!
	s.e.	2.2	2.8		2.5	1.0		1.5	1.6		3.1		5.9	!
	N	619	77		442	1,698		875	449		118		48
Black	Mean	103	‡		114	124		138	141	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	2.9	‡		2.6	1.7		2.8	5.1	!	‡		‡
	N	231	‡		152	580		196	50		‡		‡
Hispanic	Mean	107	116	!	122	131		142	141		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.3	9.2	!	2.8	2.4		2.7	4.4		‡		‡
	N	123	35		133	504		251	92		‡		‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡		‡	151		162	169		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	3.5		4.2	3.7		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	133		109	79		‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡		‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	122	134		139	149		160	168		165		157
	s.e.	2.5	3.7		3.4	0.9		1.4	1.6		3.1		5.6
	N	454	79		440	2,177		1,197	628		147		90
Vocational	Mean	122	‡		‡	133	!	‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	5.2	‡		‡	5.2	!	‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	93	‡		‡	36		‡	‡		‡		‡
Both	Mean	122	127	!	133	143		152	160	!	‡		‡
	s.e.	2.7	4.8	!	2.5	1.8		2.6	4.7	!	‡		‡
	N	387	37		270	712		231	47		‡		‡
Neither	Mean	119	‡		‡	135	!	‡	‡		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.9	‡		‡	4.3	!	‡	‡		‡		‡
	N	85	‡		‡	61		‡	‡		‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	115	122	!	131	140		157	162		‡		‡
	s.e.	4.4	5.7	!	3.5	2.7		2.6	2.8		‡		‡
	N	196	41		217	826		491	231		‡		‡
Suburban	Mean	124	129		134	148		159	169		163		148
	s.e.	2.8	4.7		2.3	1.2		1.9	2.2		3.5		7.7
	N	372	63		298	1,301		777	377		113		63
Rural	Mean	122	133	!	142	151		160	167		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.3	4.1	!	4.7	1.7		3.0	4.3		‡		‡
	N	451	45		282	859		197	78		‡		‡
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡		‡	146		157	166		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	1.0		1.5	2.0		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	2,851		1,336	550		‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡		‡	156		169	169		‡		‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡	2.4		2.4	2.1		‡		‡
	N	‡	‡		‡	135		129	136		‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	120	‡		132	143		157	167		166		‡
	s.e.	5.0	‡		6.4	2.7		3.1	3.2		4.3		‡
	N	109	‡		119	263		269	204		85		‡
South	Mean	118	118	!	128	144		157	167		151	!	154	!
	s.e.	2.5	4.6	!	1.8	1.3		2.4	3.0		6.4	!	9.3	!
	N	530	57		350	1,690		654	207		51		38
Midwest	Mean	131	‡		146	154		159	169		‡		‡
	s.e.	3.0	‡		4.5	1.2		2.0	3.0		‡		‡
	N	204	‡		156	440		224	157		‡		‡
West	Mean	114	124	!	137	149		162	164		‡		‡
	s.e.	6.1	5.6	!	2.9	2.8		2.3	4.1		‡		‡
	N	176	48		172	593		318	118		‡		‡

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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)