High School Transcript Survey
In May 2004, the National Center for Education Statistics issued The High School Transcript Study: A Decade of Change in Curricula and Achievement, 1990-2000.
This study provides information regarding current high school course offerings and students' course-taking patterns in United states secondary schools.. It compares the results with similar studies conducted over the past decade as well as with NAEP results for science and mathematics. Data were analyzed in many categories, several of which are listed below.
Course credits earned comparisons- In both public and private schools, students earned more credits in 2000:
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Credits Earned 1990
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Credits Earned 2000
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Public School
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23.5
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26.2
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Private School
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24.7
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26.4
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Course-Taking: Percentage of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses
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AP/IBMath
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AP/IB Science
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Public
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9.2
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8.8
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Private
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13.5
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12.8
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Comparison of Mean Grade Point Averages
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1990
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2000
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Public
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2.68
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2.92
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Private
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2.74
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3.16
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Education Achievement: 12th grade NAEP Scores 2000 Comparisons
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Math
scale: 1-500
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Science
scale: 1-300
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Public
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300
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146
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Private
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318
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163
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2000 GPA related to Course Taking
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National*
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AP/IB Math and Science
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3.61
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AP/IB Math only
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3.53
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AP/IB Science only
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3.33
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Neither AP/IB
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2.85
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* public/private breakout not available
The full report can be found here.