Among 2009 graduates who attained a midlevel curriculum but did not attain a rigorous curriculum, 45 to 77 percent lacked two or more requirements needed to attain a rigorous curriculum.
More Black and Hispanic than White 2009 graduates were missing multiple requirements needed to attain a rigorous curriculum.
Percentage distribution of graduates who attained a midlevel curriculum but not a rigorous curriculum, by missing requirement and race/ethnicity: 2009
| Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
|---|
| White |
14.2 |
|
(0.92) |
9.0 |
|
(0.70) |
12.3 |
|
(0.60) |
35.2 |
|
(0.71) |
29.3 |
|
(0.91) |
|---|
| Black |
7.0 |
* |
(0.88) |
7.4 |
|
(1.29) |
8.2 |
* |
(1.19) |
39.0 |
* |
(1.49) |
38.3 |
* |
(1.67) |
|---|
| Hispanic |
9.4 |
* |
(0.96) |
8.3 |
|
(0.85) |
8.5 |
* |
(0.99) |
38.8 |
* |
(1.64) |
34.8 |
* |
(1.71) |
|---|
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
16.3 |
|
(2.13) |
14.4 |
|
(3.10) |
24.4 |
|
(6.57) |
32.5 |
|
(2.72) |
12.3 |
* |
(1.86) |
|---|
* Significantly different (p<.05) from White graduates.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Details may not sum to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2009.