The Nation's Report Card[TM]: America's High School Graduates. NCES 2007-467

Autor/inn/en	Shettle, C.; Roey, S.; Mordica, J.; Perkins, R.; Nord, C.; Teodorovic, J.; Lyons, M.; Averett, C.; Kastberg, D.; Brown, J.
Institution	National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC.
Titel	The Nation's Report Card[TM]: America's High School Graduates. NCES 2007-467
Quelle	(2007), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Graduates; Race; High Schools; Credits; Academic Records; Pacific Islanders; Grade Point Average; Calculus; Course Selection (Students); High School Students; Grades (Scholastic); Mathematics Achievement; Science Achievement; Student Evaluation; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Parent Influence; Educational Attainment; Scores; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; White Students; Asian American Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Rasse; Abstammung; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Publication; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Akademieschrift; Publikation; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Notenspiegel; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA
Abstract	This report presents information about the types of courses 2005 high school graduates took during high school, how many credits they earned, and the grades they received. Information on the relationships between high school records and performance in mathematics and science on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is also included. Transcripts were collected from a nationally representative sample of 26,000 high school graduates. The 2005 results are compared to the results of earlier transcript studies, and differences among graduates by race/ethnicity, gender, and parent education are examined. Study findings include: 2005 graduates earned approximately three more credits (about 360 additional hours of instruction during their high school careers) than their 1990 counterparts. In 2005, the overall grade point average (GPA) was approximately a third of a letter grade higher than in 1990. Graduates with stronger academic records obtain higher NAEP scores. For example, graduates whose highest mathematics course was geometry or below had average NAEP mathematics scores below the Basic achievement level, while graduates who took calculus had average NAEP scores at the Proficient level. Female graduates' GPAs overall and in mathematics and science were higher than the GPAs of male graduates during each year the HSTS was conducted. Among those who took higher level mathematics and science courses, male graduates had higher NAEP scores than female graduates. Increased percentages of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander graduates completed at least a midlevel curriculum in 2005 compared with 1990. The GPAs of all four racial/ethnic groups also increased during this time. In 2005, both Black and Hispanic graduates were less likely than White graduates to have completed calculus or advanced science courses and to have higher GPAs. (Contains 34 figures.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Fax: 301-470-1244; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/help/orderinfo.asp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10