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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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NAEP mathematics scores, by grade point average and graduate-reported highest level of education of either parent: 2005

  NAEP mathematics score
Parental education Bottom
25% GPA
Second
25% GPA
Third
25% GPA
Top
25% GPA

Less than high school 119 * (2.7) 129 * (2.5) 138 * (3.3) 155 * (3.3)
Graduated high school 126 * (1.6) 137 * (1.5) 147 * (1.9) 165 * (2.0)
Some education
   after high school
129
*
(1.6) 144
*
(1.3) 154
*
(1.4) 173
*
(1.7)
Graduated college 135   (1.3) 151   (1.2) 163   (1.2) 186   (0.9)

*Significantly different from graduates with at least one parent who graduated from college.
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.