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Missing Requirement to Attain Midlevel
Missing Requirement to Attain Rigorous

 A higher percentage of female graduates than male graduates lacked only the science requirements to attain a midlevel curriculum, while more male graduates were lacking only the foreign language requirement.

Percentage of graduates who attained a standard curriculum, but not a midlevel curriculum, by missing requirement and gender: 2009
Percentage distribution of graduates who attained a standard curriculum but did not attain a midlevel curriculum, by missing requirement and gender: 2009
Gender Why the graduate did not attain a midlevel curriculum
Science only Mathematics only Foreign language only More than one
Percentage of graduates Standard error Percentage of graduates Standard error Percentage of graduates Standard error Percentage of graduates Standard error
Male 30.2   (1.59) 18.1   (1.84) 19.9   (1.24) 31.7   (1.39)
Female 41.1 * (1.97) 19.7   (1.77) 14.1 * (1.11) 25.1 * (1.47)
 

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

NOTE: Details may not sum to total because of rounding.

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

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