2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

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

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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
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
Student gender
Male	Mean	‡	‡	‡	141		146	148		154	157
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	4.8		1.9	1.7		1.8	2.4
	N	‡	‡	‡	72		1,042	1,383		629	264
Female	Mean	‡	‡	‡	141	!	144	145		149	149
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.7	!	2.0	1.2		1.7	2.9
	N	‡	‡	‡	58		1,018	1,792		769	344
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	‡	‡	‡	148		151	153		156	157
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	5.2		1.7	1.3		1.6	2.6
	N	‡	‡	‡	74		1,206	1,778		865	393
Black	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		124	121		123	127
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		2.6	1.9		2.9	6.5
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		345	596		201	85
Hispanic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		121	131		137	142
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		2.6	2.7		2.8	4.9
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		334	552		218	81
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		152	161		163	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.9	4.1		4.1	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		136	159		70	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	155	!	152	150		153	155
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.5	!	1.6	1.2		1.5	2.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	43		1,252	2,310		1,093	512
Vocational	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		128	124	!	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.9	7.4	!	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		116	32		‡	‡
Both	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		138	138		143	137
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.0	2.1		2.8	3.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		541	755		291	96
Neither	Mean	‡	‡	‡	138	!	126	118		‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	6.6	!	3.5	5.0		‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	46		153	78		‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	‡	‡	‡	132	!	141	143		149	153
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.6	!	3.5	3.0		3.0	4.5
	N	‡	‡	‡	50		532	902		406	211
Suburban	Mean	‡	‡	‡	148	!	147	150		154	155
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.2	!	1.8	1.7		1.9	3.1
	N	‡	‡	‡	45		1,027	1,368		655	263
Rural	Mean	‡	‡	‡	140	!	143	144		148	146
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.3	!	3.1	2.1		2.5	4.5
	N	‡	‡	‡	35		503	905		337	134
School type
Public	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		143	145		150	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		1.6	1.2		1.5	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		1,954	2,976		1,293	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		164	163		162	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.8	2.6		2.9	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		108	199		105	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	‡	‡	‡	139	!	141	151		157	154
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	8.5	!	4.6	3.5		2.9	4.7
	N	‡	‡	‡	31		236	429		281	117
South	Mean	‡	‡	‡	144	!	143	141		145	148
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	7.4	!	2.2	1.6		2.1	3.7
	N	‡	‡	‡	49		920	1,661		662	280
Midwest	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		150	151		154	155
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		2.7	1.8		2.1	3.6
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		333	502		252	129
West	Mean	‡	‡	‡	‡		145	147		152	153
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡	‡		3.4	3.1		3.8	8.2
	N	‡	‡	‡	‡		573	583		203	82

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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)