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RESULTS FROM THE 2005 HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT STUDY

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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 rule
CREDITS EARNED
CURRICULUM
GPA
NAEP MATH
NAEP SCIENCE

Graduates with Better High School Records Score Higher On NAEP Science

Highest Science Course
With each additional course level completed in science, graduate's average NAEP science score increased. The average NAEP science score among graduates whose highest course was advanced science was at the Basic level while among graduates whose highest course was chemistry or lower course fell below the Basic level.
CREDITS
EARNED
GPA
CURRICULUM
LEVEL
HIGHEST
SCIENCE

NAEP science scores, by highest level science course completedAverage scale scores in science by highest level science taken: 2005

*Significantly different from next highest level course taken.
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.