2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 47.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned and subject field: 2000

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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
Mathematics	Mean	‡	‡		131	!	127	138		150	159		165
	s.e.	‡	‡		7.0	!	2.1	1.1		1.3	1.5		3.5
	N	‡	‡		34		406	2,220		3,146	1,228		346
Science	Mean	‡	‡		117		127	142		159	166		176
	s.e.	‡	‡		4.2		1.6	1.2		1.4	2.1		2.9
	N	‡	‡		149		1,359	2,899		2,103	578		280
English	Mean	†	‡		120	!	131	140		149	148		145
	s.e.	†	‡		8	!	5.7	2.3		1.3	1.1		2.4
	N	‡	‡		34		99	461		3,953	2,044		792
Social Studies	Mean	‡	‡		‡		141	145		146	151		152
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		4.7	1.6		1.2	1.4		2.2
	N	‡	‡		‡		130	2,062		3,175	1,398		608
Fine Arts	Mean	143	147		145		144	147		155	154		159
	s.e.	1.6	1.7		1.6		1.6	1.9		1.9	3.0		1.9
	N	1,296	575		1,824		1,407	811		622	343		514
Foreign Languages	Mean	122	129		136		147	159		167	163		148
	s.e.	1.8	2.8		2.0		0.9	1.4		1.6	3.0		5.7
	N	1,019	149		797		2,986	1,465		686	175		115
Computer-Related Studies	Mean	147	150		146		147	145		141	147	!	157
	s.e.	1.6	1.8		1.8		1.6	2.9		4.9	5.4	!	5.9
	N	2,362	1,375		1,910		1,207	323		116	32		67
Consumer & Homemaking Education	Mean	153	143		139		132	123		126	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.2	2.0		1.7		2.0	3.2		5.8	‡		‡
	N	4,551	948		979		637	188		69	‡		‡
General Labor Market Preparation	Mean	153	149		143		134	131		124	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.4	1.2		1.6		2.6	4.8		6.4	‡		‡
	N	3,112	1,784		1,399		725	247		68	‡		‡
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
General Skills	Mean	149	147		146		145	140		143	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.3	1.9		1.7		2.4	3.9		5.1	‡		‡
	N	4,280	1,121		1,037		614	209		80	‡		‡
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
Religion	Mean	146	153	!	149	!	161	158	!	161	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.1	4.7	!	6.3	!	3.2	6.0	!	2.3	‡		‡
	N	6,871	60		60		83	30		278	‡		‡
Military Science	Mean	148	131		134		128	132		133	‡		‡
	s.e.	1.0	4.7		3.5		3.6	4.6		8.6	‡		‡
	N	6,896	69		154		87	80		79	‡		‡
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
All Courses Other Than Above	Mean	148	147		141		144	147	!	‡	‡		139	!
	s.e.	0.9	5.1		3.3		4.8	8.5	!	‡	‡		5.1	!
	N	6,788	223		163		94	38		‡	‡		54

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† Not applicable. The inclusion/exclusion criteria used to produce the tabulations require high school graduates to have a positive number of English credits.

! 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. If necessary, so as not to disclose the number of observations in these cells, other cells were not reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.

Last updated 29 March 2007 (HM)