High school graduates who took online mathematics courses on average did not perform as well on the NAEP 2009 twelfth-grade mathematics assessment as those graduates who did not take online mathematics courses.
The average score on the NAEP 2009 twelfth-grade science assessment of graduates who took online science courses did not differ significantly from the score of graduates who did not take online science courses.
Average NAEP twelfth-grade mathematics and science assessment scores, by whether graduates took an online mathematics or science course: 2009
| Mathematics |
Science |
| Average NAEP score |
Standard error |
Average NAEP score |
Standard error |
|---|
| Online mathematics/science course |
141 |
|
(2.2) |
147 |
|
(5.0) |
|---|
| No online mathematics/science course |
156 |
* |
(0.7) |
152 |
|
(0.8) |
|---|
* Significantly different (p<.05) from graduates who took online mathematics or science course.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2009; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Mathematics and Science Assessments.