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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 RESOURCES UNDERSTANDING HSTS DOWNLOADS AND TOOLS ABOUT NAEP OTHER REPORT CARDS FOR THE MEDIA FOR RESEARCHERS rule
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Percentage of graduates by graduate-reported highest level of education of either parent and highest level mathematics course completed: 2005
  Parental education
Course Less than
high school		 Graduated from
high school		 Some education
after high school		 Graduated
from college
Algebra I
   or below
13
*
(1.3)
13
*
(0.9)
7
*
(0.6)
4
 
(0.3)
Geometry 21 * (1.8) 18 * (1.0) 14 * (0.7) 10   (0.5)
Algebra II 38 * (1.7) 39 * (1.3) 39 * (1.1) 30   (0.8)
Advanced
   mathematics
21
*
(1.5)
22
*
(1.1)
29
*
(0.9)
33
 
(0.9)
Calculus 6 * (0.7) 8 * (0.6) 11 * (0.7) 23   (0.8)
*Significantly different from graduates with at least one parent who graduated from college.
NOTE: Standard errors of the estimates appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2005.
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.