Although graduates on average earned more credits in all three other academic courses in 2009 than in 1990, average credits earned in fine arts and in computer-related studies did not measurably change from 2005 to 2009.
Trend in average credits earned in other academic courses: 1990-2009
| Average credits earned |
Standard error |
Average credits earned |
Standard error |
Average credits earned |
Standard error |
Average credits earned |
Standard error |
Average credits earned |
Standard error |
Average credits earned |
Standard error |
|---|
| Fine arts |
1.5 |
* |
(0.04) |
1.6 |
* |
(0.04) |
1.9 |
* |
(0.08) |
2.0 |
|
(0.05) |
2.0 |
|
(0.03) |
2.1 |
|
(0.03) |
|---|
| Foreign languages |
1.7 |
* |
(0.04) |
1.8 |
* |
(0.03) |
2.0 |
* |
(0.04) |
2.1 |
* |
(0.04) |
2.1 |
* |
(0.02) |
2.3 |
|
(0.03) |
|---|
| Computer-related studies |
0.5 |
* |
(0.02) |
0.6 |
* |
(0.02) |
0.7 |
* |
(0.03) |
0.8 |
* |
(0.03) |
1.0 |
|
(0.02) |
0.9 |
|
(0.02) |
|---|
* 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.