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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 College Educated Parents Earn More Course Credits  

Total Credits
High school graduates with at least one college-educated parent averaged more credits earned than those whose parents were not college educated.

 
TOTAL
CREDITS
COURSE
TYPES
CORE
SUBJECTS
OTHER ACADEMIC
SUBJECTS

Total course credits earned, by graduate-reported highest level of education of either parent

Average total course credits earned by highest level of parent education: 2005

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

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.