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Graduates with College-Educated Parents Have Higher NAEP Mathematics Scores Than Graduates with Less Educated Parents and Similar Academic Records

Credits Earned
High school graduates with at least one college-educated parent had higher average NAEP mathematics scores than those who completed the same number of mathematics credits and whose parents had less education.

CREDITS
EARNED

GPA

CURRICULUM
LEVEL

NAEP mathematics scores, by mathematics credits earned and graduate-reported highest level of education of either parent

Average scale scores in mathematics by mathematics credits earned and highest level of parent education: 2005

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

Learn more about the HSTS reporting groups.