Subject field | Statistic | Credits earned in subject field | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
Specific Labor Market Preparation | Mean | 160 | 157 | 153 | 149 | 144 | 142 | 139 | 134 | ||||||||
s.e. | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |||||||||
N | 865 | 589 | 1,020 | 1,457 | 955 | 794 | 558 | 1,154 | |||||||||
Student gender | |||||||||||||||||
Male | Mean | 161 | 155 | 157 | 152 | 150 | 145 | 142 | 139 | ||||||||
s.e. | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | |||||||||
N | 295 | 202 | 427 | 639 | 446 | 433 | 316 | 644 | |||||||||
Female | Mean | 159 | 158 | 151 | 147 | 138 | 137 | 134 | 127 | ||||||||
s.e. | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 | |||||||||
N | 570 | 387 | 593 | 818 | 509 | 361 | 241 | 509 | |||||||||
Student race/ethnicity1 | |||||||||||||||||
White | Mean | 165 | 163 | 160 | 156 | 150 | 148 | 146 | 138 | ||||||||
s.e. | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | |||||||||
N | 539 | 365 | 590 | 819 | 555 | 478 | 314 | 666 | |||||||||
Black | Mean | 132 | 132 | 129 | 124 | 122 | 117 | 114 | 114 | ||||||||
s.e. | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.4 | |||||||||
N | 114 | 98 | 159 | 235 | 177 | 152 | 95 | 223 | |||||||||
Hispanic | Mean | 142 | 136 | 133 | 127 | 124 | 123 | 127 | 131 | ||||||||
s.e. | 6.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 7.2 | |||||||||
N | 133 | 62 | 191 | 277 | 153 | 118 | 104 | 174 | |||||||||
Asian/Pacific Islander | Mean | 166 | 163 | ! | 164 | 151 | 158 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 152 | ! | |||||
s.e. | 6.5 | 5.0 | ! | 4.7 | 7.5 | 6.1 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | 9.6 | ! | ||||||
N | 66 | 49 | 62 | 84 | 46 | ‡ | ‡ | 34 | |||||||||
American Indian | Mean | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
s.e. | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
N | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
Other | Mean | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
s.e. | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
N | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
Student program | |||||||||||||||||
Academic | Mean | 161 | 158 | 155 | 150 | 145 | 142 | 143 | 138 | ||||||||
s.e. | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | |||||||||
N | 822 | 547 | 976 | 1,386 | 783 | 454 | 167 | 77 | |||||||||
Vocational | Mean | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
s.e. | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
N | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
Both | Mean | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 147 | 144 | 139 | 136 | ||||||||
s.e. | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |||||||||
N | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 116 | 289 | 354 | 948 | |||||||||
Neither | Mean | 135 | ! | 142 | ! | 122 | ! | 120 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||
s.e. | 6.9 | ! | 5.6 | ! | 5.2 | ! | 4.5 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||
N | 43 | 42 | 44 | 71 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
Community type | |||||||||||||||||
Urban | Mean | 156 | 154 | 147 | 147 | 135 | 134 | 136 | 136 | ||||||||
s.e. | 3.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.3 | |||||||||
N | 302 | 179 | 279 | 436 | 250 | 199 | 141 | 319 | |||||||||
Suburban | Mean | 162 | 157 | 157 | 150 | 146 | 145 | 139 | 137 | ||||||||
s.e. | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | |||||||||
N | 449 | 349 | 520 | 650 | 416 | 325 | 217 | 438 | |||||||||
Rural | Mean | 156 | 159 | ! | 151 | 150 | 146 | 141 | 141 | 131 | |||||||
s.e. | 3.9 | 6.2 | ! | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||||||||
N | 114 | 61 | 221 | 371 | 289 | 270 | 200 | 397 | |||||||||
School type | |||||||||||||||||
Public | Mean | 158 | 154 | 152 | 148 | 143 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
s.e. | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
N | 742 | 482 | 943 | 1,366 | 914 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
Nonpublic | Mean | 169 | 166 | 164 | 160 | 154 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||
s.e. | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.9 | ! | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
N | 123 | 107 | 77 | 91 | 41 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
Region of the country2 | |||||||||||||||||
Northeast | Mean | 166 | 162 | 153 | 152 | 146 | 141 | 131 | 126 | ||||||||
s.e. | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | |||||||||
N | 219 | 93 | 129 | 244 | 115 | 85 | 62 | 151 | |||||||||
South | Mean | 157 | 155 | 151 | 146 | 141 | 139 | 134 | 129 | ||||||||
s.e. | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | |||||||||
N | 290 | 225 | 503 | 666 | 500 | 439 | 312 | 642 | |||||||||
Midwest | Mean | 159 | 154 | 161 | 154 | 152 | 148 | 146 | 141 | ||||||||
s.e. | 4.1 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | |||||||||
N | 130 | 101 | 187 | 238 | 149 | 136 | 98 | 211 | |||||||||
West | Mean | 155 | 157 | 149 | 145 | 139 | 138 | 146 | 141 | ||||||||
s.e. | 2.3 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 12.3 | |||||||||
N | 226 | 170 | 201 | 309 | 191 | 134 | 86 | 150 |
! 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.