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Overall
Core Academic Courses
Other Academic Courses

 English was the only core academic course in which GPA was measurably higher in 2009 than in 2005 (2.85 in 2009 compared to 2.82 in 2005).

Trend in GPAs for core academic courses: 1990-2009
Core academic course 1990 1994 1998 2000 2005 2009
Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error
Mathematics 2.34 * (0.014) 2.44 * (0.014) 2.56 * (0.022) 2.60 * (0.014) 2.63   (0.010) 2.65   (0.012)
Science 2.39 * (0.017) 2.50 * (0.016) 2.62 * (0.021) 2.67   (0.016) 2.69   (0.012) 2.70   (0.011)
English 2.52 * (0.013) 2.63 * (0.016) 2.74 * (0.021) 2.77 * (0.017) 2.82 * (0.010) 2.85   (0.011)
Social studies 2.56 * (0.013) 2.67 * (0.018) 2.79 * (0.021) 2.83 * (0.019) 2.88   (0.010) 2.89   (0.011)
 

* Significantly different (p<.05) from 2009.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), various years, 1990-2009.