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RESULTS FROM THE 2005 HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT STUDY

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RESULTS SUMMARY COURSES TAKEN GPA NAEP SCORES MATHEMATICS SCIENCE STUDENT GROUPS RESOURCES UNDERSTANDING HSTS DOWNLOADS AND TOOLS ABOUT NAEP OTHER REPORT CARDS FOR THE MEDIA FOR RESEARCHERS rule
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NAEP science scores, by science credits earned and race/ethnicity: 2005
  NAEP science score
Race/ethnicity 2.5 or less
credits		 2.6-3.0
credits		 3.1-4.0
credits		 More than
4.1 credits
White 138   (1.2) 150   (0.8) 164   (0.8) 175   (1.4)
Black 109 * (2.3) 120 * (1.6) 128 * (1.8) 143 * (3.7)
Hispanic 113 * (2.0) 131 * (1.6) 144 * (2.4) 162 * (2.9)
Asian/Pacific Islander 131   (4.6) 148 * (3.5) 160   (2.8) 179   (3.1)
*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.