NAEP 2005 HSTS: Courses Taken - GPA - Core Subjects


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**Trend in grade point average, by core subject and race/ethnicity: Various years, 1990-2005**
	Grade point average of graduates
Race/ethnicity	1990			1994			1998			2000			2005

English

White	2.57	*	(0.014)	2.68	*	(0.017)	2.81	*	(0.024)	2.83	*	(0.018)	2.89		(0.011)
Black	2.27	^,*	(0.024)	2.28	^,*	(0.021)	2.43	^,*	(0.027)	2.45	^,*	(0.022)	2.55	**	(0.016)
Hispanic	2.44	^,*	(0.022)	2.54	^,*	(0.047)	2.57	**	(0.047)	2.61	**	(0.061)	2.64	**	(0.017)
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.70	*	(0.120)	2.83	^,*	(0.064)	2.96	**	(0.039)	3.06	**	(0.038)	3.05	**	(0.027)

Mathematics

White	2.38	*	(0.015)	2.48	*	(0.016)	2.63	*	(0.024)	2.67		(0.016)	2.70		(0.012)
Black	2.09	^,*	(0.026)	2.09	^,*	(0.023)	2.26	**	(0.034)	2.23	^,*	(0.016)	2.32	**	(0.016)
Hispanic	2.22	^,*	(0.031)	2.35	^,*	(0.029)	2.36	^,*	(0.049)	2.45	**	(0.049)	2.48	**	(0.014)
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.57	*	(0.115)	2.79	**	(0.056)	2.77		(0.073)	2.92	**	(0.038)	2.89	**	(0.022)

Science

White	2.44	*	(0.019)	2.55	*	(0.016)	2.69	*	(0.023)	2.74		(0.018)	2.77		(0.015)
Black	2.14	^,*	(0.029)	2.18	^,*	(0.027)	2.32	**	(0.027)	2.33	**	(0.021)	2.36	**	(0.017)
Hispanic	2.25	^,*	(0.040)	2.40	**	(0.050)	2.41	**	(0.047)	2.48	**	(0.056)	2.50	**	(0.018)
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.66	^,*	(0.073)	2.75	**	(0.073)	2.82	**	(0.052)	2.95	**	(0.040)	2.88	**	(0.030)

Social studies

White	2.61	*	(0.015)	2.72	*	(0.020)	2.85	*	(0.023)	2.90	*	(0.021)	2.96		(0.011)
Black	2.28	^,*	(0.023)	2.32	^,*	(0.028)	2.51	**	(0.038)	2.49	^,*	(0.024)	2.58	**	(0.016)
Hispanic	2.48	^,*	(0.046)	2.58	**	(0.053)	2.59	**	(0.055)	2.65	**	(0.059)	2.66	**	(0.018)
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.81	^,*	(0.058)	2.91	^,*	(0.067)	2.98	**	(0.039)	3.11	**	(0.042)	3.06	**	(0.031)

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