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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 science scores, by science grade point average quartile and graduate-reported highest level of education of either parent: 2005
  NAEP science score
Parental education Bottom
25% GPA		 Second
25% GPA		 Third
25% GPA		 Top
25% GPA
Less than high school 118 * (2.7) 129 * (2.6) 132 * (2.9) 146 * (2.9)
Graduated high school 125 * (1.5) 136 * (1.8) 145 * (2.1) 159 * (1.9)
Some education
   after high school		 133 (1.5) 143 (1.4) 151
*		 (1.5) 170
*		 (1.3)
Graduated college 134   (1.5) 147 (1.2) 161   (1.0) 178   (1.0)
*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.