NAEP 2005 HSTS: Courses Taken - GPA - Total


	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

**Trend in grade point average, by gender: Various years, 1990-2005**
	Grade point average of graduates
	1990			1994			1998			2000			2005

Male	2.59	*	(0.015)	2.68	*	(0.014)	2.79	*	(0.019)	2.83		(0.016)	2.86		(0.009)
Female	2.77	^,*	(0.012)	2.90	^,*	(0.014)	3.00	^,*	(0.019)	3.05	^,*	(0.014)	3.09	**	(0.010)


*Significantly different from 2005.
**Significantly different from males.
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), various years, 1990-2005.