2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-O.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Special 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
Special Education	Mean	149	147		136		143		125	!	‡	‡	84
	s.e.	0.9	5.7		4.2		10.4		8.0	!	‡	‡	8.3
	N	6,442	288		331		147		51		‡	‡	86
Student gender
Male	Mean	151	148		135		148		‡		‡	‡	88	!
	s.e.	1.2	5.4		4.4		11.7		‡		‡	‡	8.7	!
	N	2,929	142		150		71		‡		‡	‡	56
Female	Mean	148	145		137		137		‡		‡	‡	78	!
	s.e.	1.0	6.6		6.3		9.5		‡		‡	‡	12.7	!
	N	3,511	146		181		76		‡		‡	‡	30
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	155	152		141		155	!	‡		‡	‡	88	!
	s.e.	1.0	6.8		4.6		8.2	!	‡		‡	‡	11.3	!
	N	3,815	174		176		60		‡		‡	‡	46
Black	Mean	123	123	!	127		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	6.3	!	5.7		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,110	30		62		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	134	131	!	107		113	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	5.1	!	5.2		8.7	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,008	59		66		34		‡		‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	159	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	349	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	153	151		144		148		136	!	‡	‡	76	!
	s.e.	0.9	5.6		4.8		11.5		7.3	!	‡	‡	7.1	!
	N	4,604	206		199		93		33		‡	‡	47
Vocational	Mean	131	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.4	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	128	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	141	142	!	126		131	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	9.9	!	4.5		8.4	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,492	54		85		32		‡		‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	130	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	218	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	146	143		143		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.4	12.8		6.1		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,881	78		88		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	152	151		138		149		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	9.7		6.9		10.2		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	2,908	134		142		101		‡		‡	‡	‡
Rural	Mean	147	142		126		‡		‡		‡	‡	83	!
	s.e.	1.8	3.6		3.8		‡		‡		‡	‡	14.0	!
	N	1,653	76		101		‡		‡		‡	‡	38
School type
Public	Mean	148	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	0.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	5,986	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	163	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	456	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	153	‡		135		109	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.7	‡		12.9		10.2	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	928	‡		68		33		‡		‡	‡	‡
South	Mean	144	136		138		131	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	4.6		6.6		7.1	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	3,259	82		134		40		‡		‡	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	153	‡		129	!	165	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	‡		6.1	!	6.5	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,134	‡		36		38		‡		‡	‡	‡
West	Mean	151	153		137		130	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2	9.5		7.1		9.6	!	‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,121	138		93		36		‡		‡	‡	‡

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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)