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	RESULTS SUMMARY COURSES TAKEN GPA NAEP SCORES STUDENT GROUPS ALL GRADUATES GENDER RACE/ETHNICITY PARENTAL EDUCATION RESOURCES UNDERSTANDING HSTS DOWNLOADS AND TOOLS ABOUT NAEP OTHER REPORT CARDS FOR THE MEDIA FOR RESEARCHERS

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2005 Graduates Earn More Credits Than Previous Graduation Classes

Other Academic Subjects
High school graduates in 2005 earned more credits than 1990 graduates in foreign languages, fine arts and computer-related studies. However, computer-related studies was the only field among the three other academic courses to show an increase in the credits earned compared with 2000 graduates.

TOTAL
CREDITS

COURSE
TYPES

CORE
SUBJECTS

OTHER ACADEMIC
SUBJECTS

Trend in credits earned, by other academic course fields

Average course credits earned by all graduates in each other academic field: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2005

*Significantly different from 2005.
NOTE: View data with standard errors for all graduates.

Learn more about the HSTS reporting groups.