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Table 1. Mean grade point average of high school graduates, by course subject: 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2000

Mean grade point average
Subject field	1990 Graduates	1994 Graduates	1998 Graduates	2000 Graduates
Mathematics	2.34	2.44	2.56	2.60
Science	2.39	2.50	2.62	2.67
English	2.52	2.63	2.74	2.77
Social Studies	2.56	2.67	2.79	2.83
Fine Arts	3.13	3.28	3.35	3.38
Foreign Languages	2.58	2.67	2.78	2.82
Computer-Related Studies	2.81	2.95	3.08	3.17
Consumer & Homemaking Education	2.77	2.97	3.07	3.10
General Labor Market Preparation	2.73	2.84	3.01	3.13
Specific Labor Market Preparation	2.86	3.02	3.15	3.20
General Skills	3.38	3.38	3.47	3.44
Personal Health & Physical Education	3.11	3.21	3.27	3.34
Religion	2.89	2.94	3.14	3.33
Military Science	2.79	2.97	2.98	3.03
Special Education	2.63	2.74	2.92	2.97
All Other Courses	2.97	3.02	3.10	3.22

SOURCE: Table 3 in U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The High School Transcript Study: A Decade of Change in Curricula and Achievement, 1990-2000. NCES 2004-455, by Robert Perkins, Brian Kleiner, Stephen Roey, and Janis Brown. Project Officer: Janis Brown. Washington, DC: 2004.

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