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RESULTS FROM THE 2005 HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT STUDY

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RESULTS SUMMARY COURSES TAKEN GPA NAEP SCORES MATHEMATICS SCIENCE STUDENT GROUPS RESOURCES UNDERSTANDING HSTS DOWNLOADS AND TOOLS ABOUT NAEP OTHER REPORT CARDS FOR THE MEDIA FOR RESEARCHERS rule
CREDITS EARNED
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CURRICULUM LEVEL
HIGHEST MATHEMATICS

Graduates Completing Higher Level Mathematics Courses Have Higher NAEP Scores

NAEP scores were higher for those graduates who completed the most challenging mathematics courses. For example, the average NAEP mathematics score of graduates whose highest mathematics course was geometry was lower than that for graduates whose highest course was algebra II. Similarly, the average score for graduates who took calculus was higher than that for those whose highest mathematics course was advanced mathematics.
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NAEP mathematics scores, by highest level mathematics course completed

Average scale scores in mathematics by highest level mathematics taken: 2005

*Significantly different from next highest level course completed.
NOTE:  View data with standard errors for all graduates.

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.