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RESULTS FROM THE 2005 HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT STUDY

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RESULTS SUMMARY COURSES TAKEN CREDITS EARNED CURRICULUM GPA NAEP SCORES STUDENT GROUPS RESOURCES UNDERSTANDING HSTS DOWNLOADS AND TOOLS ABOUT NAEP OTHER REPORT CARDS FOR THE MEDIA FOR RESEARCHERS rule
 TOTAL CREDITS
 COURSE TYPES
 CORE SUBJECTS
 OTHER ACADEMIC SUBJECTS

Graduates Earn More Credits in Academic Subjects

Parental Education
High school graduates with at least one college-educated parent averaged more credits in all course types than those whose parents were not college educated.

 

Credits earned, by course type and graduate-reported highest level of education of either parent

Average course credits earned by course type and highest level of parent education:  2005

*Significantly different from graduates with at least one parent who graduated college.
NOTE:  View data with standard errors for parental education.

Learn more about the HSTS reporting groups.

National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Assessment Governing Board
National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), various years, 1990-2005.