Table SH126. Standard errors for table H126: Percentage of public high school graduates who earned credits, by curricular area: 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2009
Curricular area
1990
2000
2005
2009
All curricular areas, total
†
†
†
†
Academic, any
†
†
†
†
Core academics, any
†
†
†
†
English
†
†
†
†
Mathematics
†
0.02
0.02
0.01
Science
0.11
0.09
0.04
0.02
Social studies
0.02
0.06
0.03
0.04
Fine arts
1.46
1.36
0.72
0.61
Foreign languages
1.17
0.99
0.55
0.49
Enrichment/other
0.25
0.43
0.05
0.15
Career/technical education (CTE), any
0.24
0.49
0.28
0.44
Non-occupational CTE, any
0.90
1.51
0.84
1.21
Family and consumer sciences education
1.73
1.35
1.09
1.00
General labor market preparation, any
1.06
1.85
1.08
1.38
Occupational education, any
0.78
0.78
0.45
0.61
Agriculture and natural resources
0.90
0.87
0.54
0.58
Business
1.49
1.82
1.08
1.05
Communications and design
0.88
1.27
0.79
0.91
Computer and information sciences
1.47
1.61
0.91
0.87
Construction and architecture
0.54
0.51
0.33
0.43
Consumer and culinary services
1.02
1.04
0.77
0.62
Engineering technologies
0.58
1.09
0.53
0.62
Health sciences
0.65
1.28
0.67
0.65
Manufacturing
1.26
0.98
0.81
0.52
Marketing
0.56
0.82
0.54
0.54
Public services
0.70
1.11
0.61
0.56
Repair and transportation
0.71
0.61
0.38
0.43
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National
Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 1990, 2000,
2005, and 2009.
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