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Core Academic Courses
Other Academic Courses

 Although average GPAs increased in all three other academic course fields from 1990 to 2009, the average GPA in foreign languages did not change from 2005 to 2009.

Trend in GPAs for other academic courses: 1990-2009
Other academic course 1990 1994 1998 2000 2005 2009
Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error Average GPA Standard error
Fine arts 3.13 * (0.017) 3.28 * (0.017) 3.35 * (0.022) 3.38 * (0.017) 3.39 * (0.010) 3.42   (0.010)
Foreign languages 2.58 * (0.020) 2.67 * (0.016) 2.78 * (0.021) 2.82 * (0.018) 2.87   (0.012) 2.89   (0.012)
Computer-related studies 2.81 * (0.020) 2.95 * (0.019) 3.08 * (0.030) 3.17 * (0.020) 3.17 * (0.012) 3.21   (0.011)
 

* Significantly different (p<.05) from 2009.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), various years, 1990-2009.