2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-L.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Personal Health & Physical Education)

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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
Personal Health & Physical Education	Mean	157		146		150		147		148		143	147		138
	s.e.	4.1		2.3		1.5		1.5		2.0		2.1	2.6		3.2
	N	147		399		1,144		2,452		1,830		856	373		191
Student gender
Male	Mean	160		151		151		150		151		144	145		137
	s.e.	4.4		4.3		2.7		2.0		2.1		2.2	2.9		3.7
	N	67		150		411		997		888		500	251		138
Female	Mean	154		142		149		145		145		142	150		140	!
	s.e.	4.4		2.8		1.7		1.6		2.3		2.8	4.3		5.5	!
	N	80		249		731		1,455		942		356	122		53
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	161		153		157		153		154		150	152		143
	s.e.	4.0		3.1		1.7		1.6		2.2		1.9	3.1		3.8
	N	88		214		735		1,459		1,075		446	207		102
Black	Mean	‡		118	!	128		122		123		115	130		‡
	s.e.	‡		4.6	!	3.2		2.1		2.9		3.8	5.2		‡
	N	‡		60		228		456		239		149	70		‡
Hispanic	Mean	145	!	138		128		132		129		126	131		124	!
	s.e.	17.1	!	4.9		3.8		2.9		3.6		3.5	6.6		6.0	!
	N	30		70		106		360		346		186	74		40
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡		‡		158	!	164		155		157	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		8.6	!	4.3		4.7		3.8	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		44		113		139		62	‡		‡
American Indian	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡
Other	Mean	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡		‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	160		154		155		152		152		148	150		140
	s.e.	5.0		2.2		1.7		1.6		2.1		2.0	2.6		3.6
	N	96		258		799		1,678		1,322		628	283		148
Vocational	Mean	‡		‡		‡		120	!	129	!	‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		5.9	!	3.6	!	‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		61		47		‡	‡		‡
Both	Mean	‡		131		140		139		140		132	138		‡
	s.e.	‡		4.6		3.1		2.1		3.7		4.0	4.4		‡
	N	‡		120		290		631		372		152	74		‡
Neither	Mean	‡		‡		‡		125		121		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		‡		5.8		3.8		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		‡		82		89		‡	‡		‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	143	!	140		149		143		144		146	147		146	!
	s.e.	19.9	!	5.2		4.0		3.1		4.4		4.0	4.8		11.2	!
	N	39		140		295		798		515		204	81		33
Suburban	Mean	167		152		151		150		151		146	148		140
	s.e.	3.7		3.2		2.3		2.1		2.6		3.2	3.4		3.1
	N	68		156		592		988		879		436	170		75
Rural	Mean	146	!	141		148		145		146		137	145		131
	s.e.	3.9	!	4.8		3.0		3.2		3.4		3.3	4.3		4.2
	N	40		103		257		666		436		216	122		83
School type
Public	Mean	‡		‡		146		147		147		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		2.0		1.5		2.1		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		925		2,369		1,740		‡	‡		‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡		‡		163		159		164		‡	‡		‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		2.0		3.3		3.1		‡	‡		‡
	N	‡		‡		219		83		90		‡	‡		‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡		141		155		148		155		139	146	!	‡
	s.e.	‡		7.1		4.4		4.5		5.1		7.3	5.1	!	‡
	N	‡		81		84		377		370		123	30		‡
South	Mean	153		144		147		143		139		139	144		140
	s.e.	4.7		3.1		2.7		2.4		2.1		2.5	3.0		4.7
	N	87		259		654		1,251		671		337	205		113
Midwest	Mean	‡		‡		154		151		153		147	150	!	‡
	s.e.	‡		‡		1.9		2.5		3.4		3.5	5.4	!	‡
	N	‡		‡		337		467		208		130	43		‡
West	Mean	‡		‡		140		151		146		146	149		137
	s.e.	‡		‡		9.7		3.8		3.4		3.8	5.2		4.5
	N	‡		‡		69		357		581		266	95		64

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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)