2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 48-A.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Mathematics)

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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
Student gender
Male	Mean	‡	‡	‡		126		139	152	162	171
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		3.3		1.4	1.8	1.8	4.4
	N	‡	‡	‡		210		1,044	1,387	562	176
Female	Mean	‡	‡	‡		127		136	149	157	158
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.1		1.4	1.4	1.7	3.3
	N	‡	‡	‡		196		1,174	1,759	666	170
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	‡	‡	‡		129		145	157	164	168
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.7		1.2	1.5	1.7	4.1
	N	‡	‡	‡		238		1,225	1,899	736	205
Black	Mean	‡	‡	‡		118		115	125	130	142	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		5.4		2.1	1.9	2.9	6.1	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		66		434	539	161	48
Hispanic	Mean	‡	‡	‡		119		123	131	142	157	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.0		2.4	2.2	3.9	6.3	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		71		430	492	175	32
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		147	153	170	172	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		5.4	3.8	3.6	9.9	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		79	132	116	48
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	‡	‡	‡		135		141	154	161	165
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		3.4		1.3	1.4	1.5	3.6
	N	‡	‡	‡		148		1,349	2,410	1,020	282
Vocational	Mean	‡	‡	‡		127		125	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.2		5.3	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		83		72	‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	‡	‡	‡		121	!	133	139	151	164
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		7.2	!	1.9	2.4	3.2	8.6
	N	‡	‡	‡		61		667	707	‡	64
Neither	Mean	‡	‡	‡		119		131	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.1		4.4	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		114		132	‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	‡	‡	‡		129		130	147	157	164
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		5.0		2.8	2.8	3.4	4.1
	N	‡	‡	‡		68		627	937	342	126
Suburban	Mean	‡	‡	‡		130		141	153	159	168
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.3		1.6	1.7	2.2	4.3
	N	‡	‡	‡		194		957	1,455	574	161
Rural	Mean	‡	‡	‡		121		137	148	161	157	!
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.2		2.4	2.7	2.7	11.6	!
	N	‡	‡	‡		144		636	754	312	59
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		137	149	158	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		1.1	1.5	1.6	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		2,137	2,869	1,147	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡		156	165	169	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡		2.8	2.0	3.2	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡		83	277	81	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡	‡	‡		131		141	154	157	167
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		4.4		2.9	3.5	4.7	7.2
	N	‡	‡	‡		77		297	462	173	73
South	Mean	‡	‡	‡		115		130	146	155	160
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		6.0		1.5	2.2	1.9	3.2
	N	‡	‡	‡		108		1,075	1,534	660	195
Midwest	Mean	‡	‡	‡		128		145	157	164	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		3.5		2.1	2.1	2.4	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		89		416	550	165	‡
West	Mean	‡	‡	‡		129		137	148	165	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		2.8		3.6	3.9	3.8	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		132		432	600	230	‡

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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)