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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 race ethnicity and highest level science course completed: 2005
  Race/ethnicity
Course White Black Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander
General/
   earth science
4
 
(0.4)
4
 
(0.4)
6
*
(0.6)
2
*
(0.5)
Biology 20   (0.8) 24 * (1.4) 26 * (1.7) 10 * (1.3)
Chemistry 30   (0.9) 38 * (1.8) 35 * (1.8) 26 * (1.9)
Physics 26   (0.9) 22   (2.2) 19 * (1.5) 27   (1.8)
Advanced science 20   (0.7) 12 * (1.5) 13 * (1.3) 35 * (1.9)
*Significantly different from White graduates.
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.