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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 52-K.Number and percentage of high school graduates earning course credits in all secondary subjects, by Classification of Secondary School Courses (CSSC) code: Selected years 1982–2000 (General Skills)
| CSSC code | Course title | High school graduation year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | 1982 | ||
| ALL GENERAL SKILLS COURSES | |||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 1,202,902 | 1,106,307 | 719,337 | 833,400 | 918,889 | 674,780 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 40.61 | 38.65 | 29.94 | 30.26 | 29.68 | 23.87 | |
| 070153 | PERSONAL RECORDKEEPING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 52,694 | 23,222 | 3,733 | 17,135 | 54,459 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 1.78 | 0.81 | 0.16 | 0.62 | 1.76 | — | |
| 070613 | SPEED WRITING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 17,038 | 18,592 | 47,916 | 39,092 | 33,580 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.58 | 0.65 | 1.99 | 1.42 | 1.08 | — | |
| 090441 | YEARBOOK PRODUCTION 1 | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 144,099 | 162,510 | 116,314 | 116,681 | 139,250 | 76,404 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 4.87 | 5.68 | 4.84 | 4.24 | 4.50 | 2.70 | |
| 090442 | YEARBOOK PRODUCTION 2 | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 15,775 | 17,682 | 8,730 | 12,453 | 22,544 | 9,453 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.53 | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.33 | |
| 090811 | SIGN LANGUAGE 1 | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 10,657 | 17,641 | 4,426 | 10,672 | 4,631 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.36 | 0.62 | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0.15 | — | |
| 090812 | SIGN LANGUAGE 2 | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 2,692 | 5,664 | 1,344 | 2,014 | — | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.07 | — | — | |
| 090821 | BRAILLE COMMUNICATIONS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | 344 | 48 | — | — | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | 0.01 | # | — | — | — | |
| 230413 | HANDWRITING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | 139 | 2,284 | 63 | 101 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | 0.01 | 0.08 | # | # | |
| 230414 | INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 29,111 | 13,891 | 20,892 | 10,961 | 26,585 | 17,617 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.98 | 0.49 | 0.87 | 0.40 | 0.86 | 0.62 | |
| 231215 | SPEED READING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 12,667 | 21,197 | 9,920 | 12,913 | 28,184 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.43 | 0.74 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.91 | — | |
| 240121 | SUMMER ABROAD | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 3,715 | 1,106 | 322 | 547 | 60 | 2,403 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.02 | # | 0.09 | |
| 240131 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 115,921 | 144,929 | 39,566 | 51,987 | 37,271 | 46,270 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 3.91 | 5.06 | 1.65 | 1.89 | 1.20 | 1.64 | |
| 320100 | BASIC SKILLS, CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 3,197 | 32 | 595 | 131 | 5,154 | 39,569 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.11 | # | 0.02 | # | 0.17 | 1.40 | |
| 320101 | RECORDKEEPING, PERSONAL (CHANGED TO 070153) | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | 67 | 1,711 | — | 2,988 | 7,783 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | # | 0.07 | — | 0.10 | 0.28 | |
| 320111 | SPEED READING (CHANGED TO 231215) | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | — | 1,056 | 39,746 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | — | 0.03 | 1.41 | |
| 320116 | SPEED WRITING (CHANGED TO 070613) | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | — | 3,252 | 37,249 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | — | 0.11 | 1.32 | |
| 320117 | STUDY DYNAMICS (CHANGED TO 320211) | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | — | 4,543 | 31,620 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | — | 0.15 | 1.12 | |
| 320200 | BASIC SKILLS, GENERAL, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 36 | 103 | 1,133 | 757 | 10,029 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | # | # | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.32 | — | |
| 320201 | RESOURCE ROOM (NON SPECIAL ED) | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 31,383 | 4,933 | 11,296 | 5,577 | — | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 1.06 | 0.17 | 0.47 | 0.20 | — | — | |
| 320211 | STUDY DYNAMICS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 168,246 | 165,730 | 100,777 | 107,103 | 60,063 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 5.68 | 5.79 | 4.19 | 3.89 | 1.94 | — | |
| 320221 | TEST TAKING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 118,731 | 118,294 | 45,689 | 61,977 | 20,001 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 4.01 | 4.13 | 1.90 | 2.25 | 0.65 | — | |
| 320231 | INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC PROGRAM | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 26,192 | 4,661 | 3,567 | — | — | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.88 | 0.16 | 0.15 | — | — | — | |
| 330100 | CITIZENSHIP/CIVIC ACTIVITIES, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 215 | — | 816 | 39 | 37 | 3,311 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | # | # | 0.12 | |
| 330111 | STUDENT ASSISTANT | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 469,936 | 466,867 | 328,841 | 444,822 | 522,377 | 394,409 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 15.87 | 16.31 | 13.69 | 16.15 | 16.87 | 13.95 | |
| 330131 | STUDENT GOVERNMENT | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 49,845 | 29,430 | 30,237 | 24,934 | 28,493 | 26,007 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 1.68 | 1.03 | 1.26 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.92 | |
| 330141 | TUTORING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 59,352 | 47,240 | 26,658 | 15,013 | 18,182 | 35,975 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 2.00 | 1.65 | 1.11 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 1.27 | |
| 330151 | COMMUNITY SERVICE | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 131,183 | 92,131 | 35,564 | 23,843 | 45,081 | 19,361 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 4.43 | 3.22 | 1.48 | 0.87 | 1.46 | 0.68 | |
| 430221 | FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | 133 | — | — | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | 0.01 | — | — | — | |
| 450604 | FILING YOUR INCOME TAXES | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 2,168 | — | — | 892 | — | 2,340 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.07 | — | — | 0.03 | — | 0.08 | |
| 5XXXXX | ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION GENERAL SKILLS COURSES | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 115,303 | 87,555 | 45,312 | 47,073 | 51,135 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 3.89 | 3.06 | 1.89 | 1.71 | 1.65 | — | |
— Data not available.
# Rounds to zero.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.
Last updated 2 December 2005 (HM)
