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AUTHOR Gifford, Antoinette G.; And OthersTITLE Course Enrollment Patterns in Secondary Schools: 1975

to 1987.INSTITUTION MPR Associates, Berkeley, CA.SPONS AGENCY National Assessment of Vocational Education (ED),

Washington, DC.PUB DATE Apr 89CONTRACT 300-87-0011NOTE 201p.; For related documents, see ED 283 020, ED 290

881, ED 299 412, ED 297 150, CE 053 752-774, and CE053 783-797.

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EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC13 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Academic Education; Credits; *Enrollment; Enrollment

Rate; *Enrollment Trends; *High School Graduates;High Schools; School Demography; *School Statistics;*Secondary School Curriculum; *StudentCharacteristics; Vocational Education

IDENTIFIERS High School and Beyond (NCES); National Assessment ofEducational Progress; National Longitudinal SurveyYouth Cohort; Time Series Analysis

ABSTRACTThis data handbook presents enrollment statistics for

public and private high school graduates for selected years between1975 and 1987. The data used to generate these statistics were takenfrom stud,ahts' high school transcripts. Three data sets were used togenerate the statistics in this time series report: the NationalAssessment of Educational Progress (1987); High School and Beyond(1982); and the National Longitudinal Survey--Youth Cohort (1975-82).The Secondary School Taxonomy was used to organize the data into aconsistent framework. There are 147 tables in this report, organizedin three series. The first series shows general enrollment trends forstudents with various demographic characteristics. The second seriesshows in greater detail the trends in academic enrollments, and thethird series presents enrollment trends in the vocational educationcurriculum. Appendixes provide detailed discussions of the datasources and research methodology. (KC)

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NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OFVOCATIONAL EDUCATION

COURSE ENROLLMENT PATTERNSIN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: 1975 TO 1987

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Antoinette G. Gifford*Dean Harde*

E. Gareth Hoachlander*Robert H. Meyer**

John E. Tuma*

April, 1989

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Acknowledgements

The development and creation of the time - series handbook was a formidable undertaking that

required the assistance of many people. The authors would Ike to thank all those who contributed to

the design, development, and preparation of this data handbook.

A special thanks to Ellen Liebman who built the analysis files for the HUB and NAEP data

sets. in addition to the first taxonomy and many of the tables in this handbook. Her intimate

knowledge of the transcript files, as well as her Irreverent humor were airways appreciated throughout

this project. Toni Hassel, Linda Hong, Sharlene Mulder. Leslie Rata licit, and Kent Withrow all

contributed to the formatting and production of the tables. We are gfateful for their cheerful

willingness to endure numerous additions, deletions, and revisions.

We would also like to thank Robert Meyer, Project Officer with the National Assessment of

Vocatbnal Education. He provided invaluable direction and support during the cores of this project.

Although many have contributed to this project, final responsibility for the content and

accuracy of this volume belongs to the authors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Tables vi

Appendices

Appendix

I Alternative Measures of High School Enrolnent Experiences 1-1

I Sources of National High School Enrollment Data.

I Technical Appendix to the Time-Series Data Handbook. III-1

Sample Selection Rules and Reweighting ProceduresConstructed Classification Variables III-11

Accuracy of Estimates III-12

IV The Secondary School Taxonomy IV-1

PREFACE TO THE TIME-SERIESDATA HANDBOOK

This data handbook presents enrollment statistics for high school graduates for selected years

between 1975 and 1987. The data used to generate these statistics wer 'ten from students' high

school trans ts. This volume shows enrollment statistics for students both public and onyxe

high schools tor selected years between 1975 and 1987. A companion volume presents enrollment

statistics for students at public high schools only for selected years between 199 and 1987.1

Three data sets were used to generate the statistics in this time series report: the National

Assessment of Educational Progress (1987), High School and Beyond (1982). and the National

Longitudinal SurveyYouth Cohort (1975-1982).2 These data sets were selected because they

included =mime high school transcripts. The advantages of high school transcript irdomiation over

other types of enrollment measures are analyzed in Appendix I. The data sets used in this report. as

well as other sources of national data on high school course enrollments, are described in detail in

Appendix II.

The NLS-Youth data set included data on students who graduated between 1975 and 1982.

Using this one data set, therefore, we were able to construct estimates of credits completed by

graduates in each year between 1976 and 1982. However, there were not enough cases to

estimate credits for the class of 1975 separately. Each yearly =hart in the NLS -Youth data set was

relatively small, approximately 1,000 students. This was a sufficiently large sample to generate the

basic enrollment statistics such as total credits earned in vocational or academic education, and even

enough to estimate yearly enrollment statistic's by various student characifidstics, such as students'

gender or race/ethnicity. Several tables, however, present estimates of credits completed by

students using more than one dassification variable at the same time: sex by cace/ethrticity or sex by

postsecondary education plans. These tables required larger sample sizes to produce accurate

enrollment estimates, so we aggregated several years of data, 1975-78 and 1979-82, from the NLS-

Youth data set to generate these estimates.

Bo:h the NLS-Youth and the HS&B data sets cover high school enrollments In 1982. Both

estimates are presented In the tables, except where sample size prevented us from showing the

NLS-Youth estimates separately for 1982. The NLS-Youth estimates for 1982 are marked by an

asterisk r), and the HS&B estimates are marked by a cross (t).

1 Th. ETS data sot contains information about public high school students only. Hence, me data for studentsfrom all types of high schoolspublic. private, and Catholic =mid only go as far back as 1975.2 The year in which the sampled students graduated is shown in parentheses.

Only high school graduates are represented in these tablas. Dropouts and other students for

whom we did not have complete high school transcripts were excluded from the sample of studeras

used to generate these enrollment statistics. This was done to ensure that the samples of student ;

were consistent across data sets. The specific rules for restricting the samples to high schoo

graduates are described for each data set in Appendix III. Appendix III also discusses the accuracy of

the estimates in these tables.

The Secondary School Taxonomy was used to organize the transcript data from each data set

into a consistent framework.3 Appendix IV describes the Secondary School Taxonomy and the

procedures used to arrange courses from each of the four data sets into this framework, as well as

several discrepancies that remained between data sets due to differences in the way courses were

originally aggregated in the different data sets.

There are three series of tables in this report. The first series shows general enrollment trends

for students with various demographic characteristics. The second series shows in greater detail the

trends in academic enrollments, and the third series presents enrollment trends in the vocational

education curriculum.

Participation in the different curricular areas is primarily measured in two ways: the average

number of credits earned and the percentage of students who earned vodka within a particular

curricular area. The percentages were calculated as the fraction of the total number of students who

met the row ciassdicetion criteria (e.g. male, Hispanic) and participated in the curricular area identified

by the column label. Unless otherwise specified, credits earned reflect the average number credits

earned in the curricular area specified by the column label over all students in the population

specified by the row classification criteria.4 Therefore, the averages reflect both measures of

participation: the percentage of students taking courses in a curricular area, and the intensity of the

coursetaking behavior ofthose who participated. For example, the High School and Peyond data

show that students earned an average of 1.1 credits in foreign lang6ages, and that 53 percent of ail

students participated in the foreign language curriculum while in high school. This means that, on

average, students who took foreign languages completed slightly more than 2 credits in this area

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3 The Secondary Scher! Taxonomy was dovebped by Robert Meyer and MPR fssociates so that transcriptdata could be organited into a consistent framework. The taxonomy arranges courses by Mums content and.where possible, by the Waal of difficulty. Appendix IV of this report briefly desaibes the Secondary SchoolTaxonomy and the prccedures we used for winging courses into thisb structure. For more information aboutthe taxonomy and for a complete listing of the courses in each data set. see Antoinette Gifford, E. GarethHoachlander, and John E. Turns, The Secondary School Trxonomy Final Report, a draft report prepared for theNational Assessment of Vocational Education, Office of Planning, Budgeting. and Evaluation, U.S Departmentof Education, Novembor 1288.4 There are several tables in which the average number of credits reflects the number of credits earnedby onty

those students who participated in the particular curricular area.

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(1.1 credits 0.53 2.1). When using these data, th3 researcher is cautioned against drawing

conclusions without examining both the average number of credits earned and the level of

participation in the specified curricular VOL In general, we have found that the intensity of

participation (credits completed) has been relatively constant over time in most subjects when the

level of participation (percentage of students completing courses) is considered.

A third measure, representation, was used to describe the proportion of credits earned In

vocational education by different groups of students (Series C). The representation figure is

calculated in two steps; first, the average number of credits earned by a particular group is divided by

the average number of credits earned by all graduates. The resulting ratio indicates whether a

particuler subgroup enrolled in that part of the curriculum at :to same rate as the population overall. if

the ratio is greater than 1, then the subgroup enrolled at rates greater than those for graduates as a

whole. Similarly, if the ratio is less than 1, then the subgroup enrolled at rates lower than the

population overall. For example, the NLS-Youth data for 1976 reveal that female graduates earned

an average of 1.02 credits in consumer and homemaking economics (CHE), compared to about .61

credits for all graduates. The credit ratio for females would be 1.67 (1.02 .61 1.67) indicating that

females were more likely to enroll in CHE than the population overall.

The second calculation multiplies this ratio of credits by the fraction of high school graduates in

the specified subgroup. This calculation shows the percentage of credits completed by the

specified subgroup in the particular subject area By comparing the share of the population in a

group with their representation in a subject, one can ascertain whether the group is under- or

overrepresented in that part of the CURICUIUM. To continue the earlier example, it females comprised

about 51 percent of an high school graduates in 1976, we can estimate that they earned about 85

percent of all CHE credits (1.67 x .52 85 percent).

The enrollment statistics (columns) were calculated from transcript information, as were two of

the student characteristics (row classification) variables. The row classification variables constructed

from transcript information were high school grade point average (HS GPA) and grade level (the year

in which the course was taken). The construction of these variables is described in Appendix III.

Most of the row classifications were taken directly from the data sets as categorical variables.

However, the classification categories for similar variables were not the same in each data set. For

example, both High School and Beyond and the National Assessment of Educational Progress

categorize race/ethnicity as Asian, black, Hispanic, native American, or white; the Educational

Testing Service data categorize race/ethnicity as Asian, black, Hispanic, or white; and the National

Longitudinal SurveyYouth Cohort data categorize this characteristic as black, Hispanic, or non-

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black/non-Hispanic. Differences in the way students were categorized makes comparisons over time

difficult, but es Iful analysis should enable users of these data to draw accurate inferences about

high school course-taking over time. Furthermore, in cases where the variable categorization

schemes could not be reconciled in the different data sets, the categories in one data set were

established to most closely approximate the categories in the other data sits. Different

categorization schemes within similar variables use different labels, so data users will be able to tell

when the categories are not the same.

All of the variables of interest were not available in each data set. Father's and Mother's

Education were not available in the NAEP (1987) transcript data. but this variable was of interest and

was therefore shown for the other data sets. Similarly, (students') Plans Next Year was not available in

the NAEP transcript files, so it was shown only for the years 1975 through 82.

Finally, all of the data sets, with the exception of ETS, were weighted samples: the weights

provided with the data set were designed to produce estimates of the national population of high

school graduates. However, because the weighting procedures are themselves based on estimated

data, our weighted populations differed slightly from other published numbers of total high school

graduates in the specified years. In order to maintain consistency with other published information

and consistency between years, we adopted estimates of the national population of high school

graduates from the Digest of Education Statistic.s, and assumed that our weighted population

estimates were correct in the proportional representation of students by various student

characteristics.5 We would have had to make this same assumption had we used the weighted

population estimates of high school graduates derived from the data sets.

The use of population estimates from the Digest of Education Statistics solved several

problems. In the case of NLS-Youth, our estimates were averages for the aggregations of the years

represented, and the use of the Digest population estimates corrected for problems introduced by

averaging across years. Second, since ETS did not contain any student weights, we had to rely on

an alternative source for our estimate of the population of 1969 high school graduates in any case.

Finally, the NAEP data were calculated based on a sample of students that included both 11th

graders and 17 year-olds, and some of this latter group were not in the 11th grade at the time of the

surveys. The inclusion of 17 year-olds in the sample did not affect the estimates of average credits

taken or the rates of participation, but they did result in an inflated populaVon estimate for 1987.

Since one of the questions addressed by this report is the growth or decline of !Mal vocational

enrollments nationwide (i.e. the total number of credits completed in vocational education by all

5 Digest of Education Statistics, 1988. (Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S.Department of Education), Table 77.

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students), consisterd population estimates were very important. By using the Digest population

figures, we can be confident that the apparent growth or decline in total enrollments is not the result

of different weighting strategies, but is a function of growth and decline of the high school

population and of the average number of credits completed by students in the different cohorts.

List of Teb,es

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SERIES A GENERAL COURSEWORK PATTERNS 1975 to 1987 1

Table 1-1- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In DifferentCurriculum Arias. 1975 Its 1967 2

Table 1.2- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Sex, 197510 1987 3

Table 1 -3-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby Race/Ellinicky, 1975 to 1987 5

Table 1-4- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby Sax and Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1982 7

Table 1-5- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby High School Program, 1975 to 1982 9

Table 1-6- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby Father's Education, 1975 to 1982 11

Table 1-7- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Mother's Education, 1975 to 1982 14

Table 1-8- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentato of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby High School Uthanicity, 1975 to 1987 16

Table 1-9- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Region, 1975 to 1987 19

Table 1-10- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby High School Type, 1975 to 1987 22

Table 1-11-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 2 4

Table 1-12-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Sex and PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 2 7

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Average Number o1 Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolud in Different Curriculum Areasby High School Grades, 1975 to 1987 29

Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areas

by Grade Level, 1975 la 1982 32

Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates. Enrolled In Different Curricukrm Areasby Plans Next Yeas, 1982 33

Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby District Per Pupil Expenditure, 1982 to 1987 .33

Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates in Different Curriculum Areas, 1975 to 1987 3 4

Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Curriculum Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987 35

Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates in Different Curriculum Areas by Region. 197510 1987 37

Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Curriculum Areas by Grade Level, 1975 La 1982... 4 0

Percentage of Al Credits Taken In Each Curricular Area, 1975 to 1987 41

Percentage of Al Credits Taken in Each Curricular Area by Sex, 1975 to 1987 4 2

Percentage of Graduates with Different Numbers of Total Credits, 1975 to 1987 44

Percentage of Graduates with Different Numbers of Totr Credits by Sex, 1975 to 1987 44

Percentage of Graduates with Different Numbers of Total Credits by PSE Plans. 1975 to 1982 4 5

ACADEMIC COURSEWORK PATTERNS 1975 to 1987 4 6

Average Number of Course Crer.gts Completed In Academic Subjects, 1975 to 1987 4 7

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 4 8

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subi-cts by Race/Ethnicliy,1975 to 1987

Average Number of Credits Completed In Different Curriculum Areas by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987.. 52

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Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subjects by High School Program,1975 to 1982 54

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by Father's Educallon,1975 to 1982 56

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by Mother's Educallon,1975 to 1982 be

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by High School Urbanicily,1975 to 1987.. 61

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by High School Region,1975 to 1987 63

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subjects by Type of School,1975 to 1987 65

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subjects by PSE Plans,1975 to 1982 68

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subjects by Sex PSE Plans,1975 to 1982 70

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by High School Grades, 1975 to 1987 72

Average Number of Academic Credits Completed by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987 75

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by Plans Next Year, 1982 ...76

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Academic Subjects by District per Pupil Expenditure, 1969 to 1987 76

Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates in Different Academic Subjects, 1975 to 1987 77

Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Academic Subjects by Sex, 197510 1987 78

Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Academic Subjects by Region, 1975 to 1987 80

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Mathematics, 1975 to 1987 83

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Malhematicsn by Sex, 1975 to 1987 ti4

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Mathematics by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 86

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Mathematics by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 88

Average Number of Course Credit!, Completed In Mathematics by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987 90

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Average Number of Course Credos Completed In Science, 197510 1987 ..9 1

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Science by Sex, 1975 to 1987 92

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Science by Race/Ethnicity. 197510 1987 94

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Science by PSE Pions. 1975 to 1987 98

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Sdence by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987 ...98

Average Number of Course Credits Cornp Iteed In English, 1975 to 1987 99

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Encash by Sex, 1975 to 1987 100

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in English by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 102

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In English by PSE Plans 1975 to 1982 104

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in English by Grade Level, 197510 1987 .106

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Social Studies, 1975 to 1987 107

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Social Studies by Sex, 1975 to 1987 10f;

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Social Studies by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 110

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Social Studies by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1987..... 112

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Social Studies by Grade Level, 197510 1987. .114

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Find Arts, 1975 to 1987 115

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Fine Arts by Sex, 197510 1987 116

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Fine Arts by Race/Ethnicity, 19 75 to 1987 118

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Fine Ads by PSE Plans. 1975 to 1982. 120

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Fine Ads by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987. 122

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Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language, 1975 to 1987 123

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Di Heron; Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987 124

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language by liace/EthnIdly, 1975 to 1987 126

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 128

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Different Foreign Language Levels by Grade Level, 1975 10 1987 130

Average Number of Course Credits completed In Different Foreign Language, 1975 10 1987 131

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987 132

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language by Race/E1hnidly, 1975 to 1987 134

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 r 36

Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Different Foreign Language by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987 138

Percentage of Graduates Enroliel In Mathematics, 1975 to 1987 139

Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Science Subjects, 1975 10 1987 139

Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In English Studies, 1975 to 1987 140

Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Soda! Studies, 1975 to 1987 140

Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Fine Ms, 1975 to 1987 141

Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Foreign Language, 1975 to 1987 'r 4 2

Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In AA Academics, 1975 to 1987 143

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Mathematics, 1975 to 1987 144

Percentage Dismbuilon of Cc atuates by Number of Credits Completed in Mathematics by Sex, 1975 10 1987 144

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed in Sdence, 1975 to 1987 145

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Table 22-2-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Science by Sex, 1975 to 1987 145

Table 23-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed in Mathematics and Science, 1975 to 1987 146

Table Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Cracks Completed in Mathematics and Sdence by Sex, 1975 to 1987 146

Table 24-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In English, 1975 lo 1987 147

Table 24-2-- Percentage DIstdbution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In English by Sex. 1975 to 1987 14 7

Table 25-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Sodal Studies, 197510 1987 148

Table 25-2-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Sodal Studies by Sex, 1975 to 1987 148

Table 26-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Fine Ms, 1969 to 1987 149

Table 26.2-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed in Fine Ms by Sex, 1975 to 1987 149

Table 27-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed in Foreign Language, 1975 to 1987 150

Table 27-2-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987.. 150

Table 28-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Academic Subjects. 1975 to 1987 151

Table 28-2-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Completed In Academic Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 151

SERIES C VOCATIONAL COURSEWORK PATTERNS 1975 to 1987 152

Table 29-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas, 1975 to 1987. 153

Table 29-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987 154

Table 29-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 156

Table 29-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Sex and Race/Eihnicity, 1975 to 1987 158

Table 29-5-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas by PSE Plans, 1975to 1982 160

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Table 29-6-- Average Number of Course CreditsCompleted in Vocational Areas by Sex and PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 . 161

Table 29-7-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas by 111911 School Grades. 1975 to 1987 163

Table 29-8-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Grade Level. 1975 to 1987 166

Table 29.9-- Av )rage Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas by Plans next Year. 1982 167

Table 30-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas, 1975 to 1987 168

Table 30-2-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas by Sex, 1976 to 1987 169

Table 30-3-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas by Race/Eihnicily, 1975 to 1987 171

Table 31-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects. 1975 to 1987 173

Table 3172-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 174

Table 31-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects by Race/Ethnicity. 1975 to 1987 176

Table 32-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Specific Vocational Subjects, 1975 to 1987 179

Table 33-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Four or More Credits In Specific Vocational Subjects, 1975 to 1987 179

Table 34-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Specific Vocational Subjects, II Participating, 1975 to 19787 180

Table 35-1-- Total Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects, 197510 1987 181

Table 36-1-- Total Student Participation in Specific Vocational Subjects. 1976 to 1987 181

Table 37-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in GIMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987 182

Table 37-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in GLMP Curriculum by Sex, 1975 to 1987 183

Table 38-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in GLMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987 185

Table 39-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed, II Participating in GIMP Cadmium, 1975 to 1987 185

Table 40-1-- Total Number of Course Credits Completed in GLMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987 186

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Table 41-1- Total Student Par 6dpolion In GLA4P Curriculum, 1975 to 1987 186

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Table 43.2- -

Table 44-1-

Table 44-2--

Table 45-1- -

Table 45-2-

Table 46-1--

Percentage Diskibution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areasby Sex, 1975 le 1987 187

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areasby Race/EIhnicily, 1975 to 1987 189

Percentage Distribution al Total Course L. .Ails Completed by Different Vocational Areasby PSE Plans, 1975 to 1987 191

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas194

197

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202

204

207

209

211

211

212

by Father's Education, 197510 1987

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational reasby Mother's Education, 1975 lc 1987

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areasby High School Grades, 1975 to 1987

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Specific labor Motel Subjectsby Sex, 1975 io 1987

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed Specific Labor Market &bleatsby flace/Elhnidty, 1975 to 1987

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by General Vocational Subjectsby Sex, 1975 to 1987

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by General Vocational Subjectsby Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Vocational Education Credits, 1975 to 1987

Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Vocational Education Creditsby Sex, 1975 to 1987

Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Nurnbers of Credits InSpecific Labor Markel Vocational Education Subjects, 1975 to 1987

List of Tables


Table 47-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits in Primary Vocational Education Including CH&Eby Half Credil/Semester Intervals. 1975 to 1987 .212

Table 47-2-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits la Primary Vocational Education Including CH&Eby Half Credit/Semester Mien ale by Sex, 1975 to 1987 213

Table 48-1-- Percentage Distribution of Grade les with Different Numbers of Credits Al Vocational Education Not Including CH&Eby HaN CrediUSemester Intervals 1975 to 1987 214

Table 48-2-- Percentage Distributior. of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits Al Vocational Education Not Including CH&Eby Hall Credit/Semester !Marvels by Sex, 1975 to 1987 .2 i 4

Table 49-1-- Average Number of Course Cracks Complete'$ and Percentage of Graduateswith Credits in Personal/Other Subjects, 1975 to 1987 215

Table 50-1-- Total Number of Course Credits Completed and Padidpation in Personal/Other Subjects, 1975 to 1987 215

SERIES A: GENERAL COURSEWORK PATTERNS 1975 to 1987

National AsLessment of Vocational Education4,8

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labia 1-1- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In DifferentCurriculum Areas, 1975 to 19871

HSGradPop

'0004

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Croft;

PereUse Sp Educ Sp Educ

Percent Credits Percent

1976 3,148 20.75 14.12 4.19 95.79 2.44 97.52 0.00 0.071977 3,155 21.10 14.14 4.46 95.95 2.50 95.81 0.00 0.001978 3,127 20.98 14.01 4.54 98.89 2.42 97.78 0.00 0.241975-1978 3,141 20.86 14.15 4.33 96.58 2.42 97.07 0.00 0.081979 3,117 21.09 13.90 4.70 98.26 2.49 99.00 0.00 0.351980 3,043 20.99 13.95 4.54 96.94 2.49 98.68 0.00 0.121981 3,020 21.38 14.04 4.84 97.04 2.50 97.87 0.00 0.001982. 2,995 21.65 14.17 4.90 96.60 2.58 98.97 0.00 0.001979-1982 3,044 21.28 14.01 4.74 97.22 2.52 98.66 0.00 0.121982t 2,995 21.61 14.46 4.38 9G.61 2.75 98.16 0.02 1.331987 2,693 22.84 15.83 4.21 97.34 2.80 97.53 NA NA

I While not statistical/ significant, there Is some difference in the average number 01 vocational education credits for the Class of 1982 using HS&B and NIS-Youth. Thisvariation is largely due to differences In the way that courses were aggregated in the Iwo data sets. In the NLS-Youth survey, many courses which the :....xonorny assigned to the

personal and other use category were aggregated with courses which the taxonomy assigned to career exploration. Since they could not be separated, all of these courses wereplaced into the career exploration category. Thus, the estimates provided lot vocational a Jucalion credits are somewhat, but not significantly larger. In Series C, which exploresvocational *ducat an participation In greater detail, the total credits in vocational education appear with and without including credits taken in career exploration.

From the National Longitudinal Study, Youth Cohortt From the High School and Beyond 1980 Sophomore Cohort.

nNalinaVAsnessment of Vor.alinral Ffloraiin,

3 0Page k

Table 1-2- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGadPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

Total TotalVoc Ed Voc EdCredits Percent

ParsUse

Credits

ParsUse Sp Educ Sp Educ


Male 48.94 20.38 14.24 3.79 95.64 2.35 97.26 0.00 0.14Female 51.06 21.11 14.00 4.58 95.94 2.53 97.76 0.00 0.00

1977Male 45.61 20.91 14.09 4.30 95.07 2.52 95.22 0.00 0.00Female 54.39 21.25 14.17 4.60 96.68 2.48 96.31 0.00 0.00

1978Male 48.82 20.76 13.78 4.44 98.14 2.54 96.36 0.00 0.0CFemale 51.18 21.18 14.24 4.64 97.65 2.31 99.13 0.00 0.47

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 14.10 4.13 96.21 2.45 96.53 0.00 0.04Female 53.30 21.06 14.18 4.51 96.90 2.39 97.53 0.00 0.12

1979Male 50.22 20.89 13.65 4.68 98.28 2.56 98.41 0.00 0.00Female 49.78 21.29 14.15 4.73 98.24 2.41 99.61 0,01 0.70

1980Male 49.54 20.82 13.99 4.34 96.09 2.49 98.67 0.01 0.24Female 50.46 2/ A6 13.91 4.74 97.78 2.51 98.70 0.00 0.00

1981Male 48.30 21.34 14.09 4.67 96.25 2.58 98.52 0.00 0.00Female 51.70 21,41 13.99 4.99 97.77 2.44 97.27 0.00 0.00

National Assessment of Vocational Fcliicaucii

Table 1-2- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

19826

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



Male 48.74 21.59 14.09 4.80 96.16 2.71 98.52 0.00 0.00Female 51.26 21.71 14.25 4.99 97.03 2.47 99.40 0.00 0.00

1979-1982Male 49.2* 21.15 13.95 4.62 96.72 2.58 98.53 0.00 0.06Female 50.79 21.40 14.08 4.86 97.70 2.46 98.78 0.00 0.18

1982tMate 48.05 21.45 14.24 4.34 96.36 2.84 98.46 0.03 1.38

Female 61.95 21.76 14.67 4.41 96.83 2.67 97.88 0.02 1.28

1987Male 48.66 22.74 15.51 4.27 97.65 2.95 98.24 NA NAFemale 51.34 22.93 16.13 4.15 97.05 2.65 96.84 NA NA

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Table 1-3- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

PersUse

Credits



Black 9.75 20.38 13.38 4..38 97.14 2.62 96.27 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.40 22.02 14.60 4.21 95.40 3.22 100.00 0.00 0.00Non-Blk/Hisp 85.86 20.73 14.18 4.17 95.66 2.38 97.53 0.00 0.08

1977Black 10.01 20.44 13.06 4.82 97.29 2.55 99.19 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.19 21.40 13.43 4.74 98.73 3.23 95.96 0.00 0.00Non-Blk/Hisp 85.29 21.16 14.30 4.41 95.66 2.46 95.41 0.00 0.00


1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 13.38 4.51 97.92 2.45 97.08 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.04 21.40 12.75 4.52 97.14 3.15 97.16 0.00 0.00Non-Blk/Hisp 85.69 20.90 14.4, 4.30 96.39 2.38 97.06 0.00 0.10


1980Black 13.24 20.44 13.54 4.48 97.92 2.39 95.94 0.03 0.90Hispanic 4.95 21.38 13.64 4.37 96.92, 3.36 100.00 0.00 0.00Non-Blk/HIsp 81.80 21.05 14.03 4.56 96.78 2.46 99.05 0.00 0.00

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Table 1-3-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Race/Ethnicity, 1875 to 1987 (continued)

1981

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Crocks

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PersUse

Credits

PersUse Sp Educ Sp Educ


Black 12.77 20.54 13.31 4.69 98.16 2.54 97.12 0.00 0.00Hispanic 5.45 21.28 13.38 4.95 100.00 2.95 97.89 0.00 0.00Non-Blialisp 81.78 21.52 14.20 4.85 96.66 2.47 97.99 0.00 0.00

1982"Black 13.04 21.33 13.56 5.09 97.25 2.68 99.24 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.49 21.87 14.06 4.66 98.73 3.14 98.43 0.00 0.00Non-BM-lisp 82.47 21.69 14.27 4.88 96.39 2.54 98.96 0.00 0.00

1979.1982Black 13.09 20.65 13.40 4.74 97.85 2.51 97.69 0.01 0.23Hispanic 4.84 21.47 13.69 4.69 98.49 3.09 98.54 0.00 0.00Non-Bl/9sp 82.06 21.36 14.13 4.75 97.04 2.49 98.82 0.00 0.11

1982tAsian 1.44 22.12 15.97 3.02 94.75 3.10 98.38 0.03 1.54Black 10.54 21.30 13.83 4.72 98.97 2.72 98.09 0.04 1.43Hispanic 11.52 21.30 13.20 5.06 98.43 2.98 98.60 0.07 2.81Nat Am 1.05 21.44 13.39 5.06 99.40 2.95 99.88 0.03 2.81White 75.44 21.70 14.74 4.24 96.01 2.71 98.13 0.01 1.08

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 17.75 2.86 93.43 3.18 98.37 NA NABlack 13.59 22.25 15.09 4.36 98.57 2.80 98.13 NA NAHispanic 6.98 22.62 15.15 4.23 97.91 3.24 98.66 NA NANative Am 0.83 23.13 15.39 4.63 98.26 3.11 98.51 NA NAWhile 75.63 22.95 15.92 4.28 97.34 2.75 97.20 NA NA

Table 1-4- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby Sex and Race/Ethnicity. 1975 to 1987

1975.1978Male

Shareof HSGadPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

PersUse

Credits

PersUse Sp Ecluc Sp Educ

Percent Grails Percent

Black 4.40 20.40 13.62 3.97 97.77 2.80 97.76 0.00 0.00Hispanic 1.67 21.55 13.94 4.49 93.77 3.12 97.62 0.00 0.00Non-Bk/I-Isp 40.63 20.68 14.16 4.13 96.14 2.39 96.36 0.00 0.04

FemaleBlack 5.89 20.31 13.20 4.91 98.04 2.20 96.58 0.00 0.00Hispanic 2.36 21.34 13.62 4.55 99.52 3.17 96.83 0.00 0.00Non-Bik/Hsp 45.06 21.17 14.34 4.45 96.61 2.37 97.69 0.00 0.14

1979-1982Male

Black 6.13 20.67 13.44 4.55 97.10 2.67 98.29 0.02 0.48Hispanic 2.36 21.41 13.81 4.34 97.88 3.26 98.89 0.00 0.00Non-Blk/Hsp 40.72 21.21 14.03 4.65 96.60 2.53 98.54 0.00 0.00

FemaleBlack 6.95 20.63 13.36 4.91 98.51 2.37 97.15 0.00 0.00Hispanic 2.49 21.53 13.58 3.03 99.07 2.93 98.20 0.00 0.00Non-Blalsp 41.34 21.52 14.23 4.84 97.48 2.44 99.09 0.00 0.22

aJ

National Assessment tai Vocational Etimation .....

Table 1-4- Average Number ol Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Cunicukim Areasby Sex and Race/Ethnic ity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1982tMale

Shareol HSGadPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcid

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



Asian 0.77 21.90 15.54 3.16 94.73 3.15 98.74 0.04 2.30Black 4.63 21.19 13.75 4.48 98.37 2.96 98.17 0.03 1.60Hispanic 6.21 21.09 13.00 4.95 97.78 3.05 98.42 0.09 2.37Nat Am 0.66 21.52 13.37 5.07 99.06 3.03 100.00 0.04 2.44White 35.76 21.54 14.52 4.23 95.85 2.78 98.58 0.01 1.16

FemaleAsian 0.68 22.37 16.45 2.86 94.77 3.04 97.97 0.02 0.66Black 5.90 21.38 13.89 4.92 99.45 2.53 98.03 0.04 1.30Hispanic 5.30 21.54 13.43 5.18 99.19 2.89 98.81 0.05 3.33Nal Am 0.38 21.30 13.41 5.04 100.00 2.82 99.65 0.02 3.48While 39.66 21.84 14.93 4.25 96.16 2.65 97.72 0.01 1.01

1987Male

Asian 1.35 23.80 17.84 2.71 96.93 3.20 98.14 NA NABlack 6.69 22.20 15.05 4.07 98.49 3.07 99.20 NA NAHispanic 3.50 22.47 14.95 4.17 97.88 3.34 98.55 NA NANat Am 0.42 22.87 15.12 4.70 97.37 3.05 97.69 NA NAVhile 76.08 22.85 15.49 4.45 97.72 2.90 98.00 NA NA

FemaleAsian 1.61 23.82 17.70 2.98 90.68 3.16 98.55 NA NABlack 6.87 22.30 15.14 4.62 98.64 2.55 97.16 NA NAHispanic 3.45 22.76 15.33 4.28 97.93 3.15 98.76 NA NANat Am 0.42 23.38 15.65 4.57 99.10 3.16 99.28 NA NAWhite 37.66 23.05 16.32 4.12 96.99 2.61 96.44 NA NA

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Table 1-5-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enroled in Different Curriculum Areasby High School Program 1975 to 1982

Shareot HS Total Total Total Total Pars PertGrad HS Aced Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Credits Credits Credits Percent Credits Peri..wril Credits Percent

1976General Prog 44.45 20.39 13.07 4.84 98.67 2.48 98.13 0.00 0.00College Prep 42.76 21.25 18.24 2.56 90.89 2.45 97.83 0.00 0.17Vocational 12.79 20.29 11.24 6.83 100.00 2.22 97.70 0.00 0.00Cormercial Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1977General Prog 39.95 20.68 12.76 5.32 99.24 2.60 96.54 0,00 0.00College Prep 42.07 21.78 16.65 2.55 90.76 2.58 95.04 0.00 0.00Vocational 14.68 20.51 11.14 7.24 100.00 2.13 97.80 0.00 0.00Commerdal 3.30 20.46 11.89 6.61 100.00 1.96 85.34 0.00 0.00

1978General Prog 39.52 20.49 12.95 5.08 98.64 2.46 97.73 0.00 0.00College Prep 12.78 21.40 16.13 2.74 96.51 2.52 97.92 0.00 0.59Vocational 17.70 20.98 11.53 7.37 100.00 2.08 96.95 0.00 0.00Cornmerdal Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1975.1979General Prog 39.41 20.48 13.00 5.00 98.83 2.49 97.76 0.00 0.00College Prep 41.19 21.30 16.33 2.58 92.93 2.46 96.60 0.00 0.20Vocational 13.76 20.60 11.34 7.13 100.00 2.14 97.48 0.00 0.00Coarnerdal 3.07 21.12 '42.53 8.48 98.47 2.16 92,28 0.00 0.00

1979General Prog 39.64 20.74 12.94 5.29 99.38 2.50 99.45 0.01 0.89Coleus Prep 38.45 21.77 16.18 3.02 96.52 2.58 99.69 0.00 0.00Vocational 18.35 20.28 11.62 6.51 100.00 2.14 96.86 0.00 0.00Coinmerdal 3.56 21.87 11.45 7.70 100.00 2.72 98.93 0.00 0.00

Aceprcmon0 n Vnralinnal ............

Table 1-5- Average Number al Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curricukun Areasby High School Program, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shariof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

PereUse

Credits



General Prop 39.19 20.66 12.78 5.31 98.64 2.57 98.18 0.01 0.31CO Prep 44.16 21.36 15.93 2.97 94.26 2.47 99.05 0.00 0.00Voce knal 13.12 20.76 11.57 6.87 100.00 2.32 98.44 0.00 0.00Commercial 3.52 21.38 11.96 7.02 100.00 2.39 100.00 0.00 0.00

1981General Prop 52.96 21.21 13.11 5.58 09.16 2.53 97.55 0.00 0.00Colege Prep 37.78 21.74 15.90 3.27 92.99 2.57 98A3 0.00 0.00Vocational 9.26 21.06 12.53 6.25 100.00 2.28 99.55 0.00 0.00Coinmerdal Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N LowN Low-N Low-N LowN

1982'General Prog 61.50 21.58 13.31 5.60 97.96 2.67 99.76 0.00 0.00College Prep 32.95 21.85 16.09 3.29 92.97 2.47 97.18 0.00 0.00Vocal el 5.55 21.26 12.12 6.67 100.00 2.47 100.00 0.00 0.00Comrnerdal Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1979-1982General Prog 47.73 21.12 13.07 5.47 98.71 2.58 98.81 0.00 0.26Colle Prep 38.02 21.66 16.02 3.12 94.29 2.52 98.67 0.00 0.00Vocational 11.59 20.67 11.83 6.58 100.00 2.26 98.18 0.00 0.00Commerdal 2.65 21.35 12.13 6.83 100.00 2.39 99.25 0.00 0.00

1982tGeneral 23.97 21.06 13.48 4.67 98.80 2.88 98.85 0.03 1.87Academic 48.72 22.14 16.39 2.97 93.69 2.76 97.55 0.01 0.77Vocational 27.31 21.18 11.93 6.61 99.90 2.60 98.70 0.03 1.88

11nr.;tinn-s1 oriltinn

Table 1-6- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Dt Ilerenl Curricukim Areasby Fathers Education. 1975 lo 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EaCreate

TotalVoc EdPercent

PereUse

Credits



LT HS 65.95 20.10 12.58 5.33 98.58 2.19 96.46 0.00 0.00HSONy 18.98 20.70 13.69 4.49 98.33 2.53 97.31 0.00 0.00Some o1Iege 5.00 20.84 11.62 3.89 96.84 2.33 96.99 0.00 0.004 Yrs College 8.81 21.41 16.37 2.45 87.41 2.58 99.81 0.00 0.50Adv Degree 5.26 21.65 16.74 2.45 87.18 2.45 96.98 0.00 0.00

1977LT HS . 24.65 20.52 12.58 5.61 97.39 2.35 96.93 0.00 0.00HS Only 38.97 20.91 13.55 4.95 98.91 2.43 95.94 0.00 0.00Some College 13.00 21.54 15.33 3.51 92.31 2.69 100.00 0.00 0.004 Yrs College 13.07 21.47 15.48 3.40 93.88 2.58 88.66 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 10.30 22.72 17.82 2.16 88.09 2.74 93.74 0.00 0.00

1978LT HS 25.72 20.54 12.88 5.39 99.05 2.28 96.10 0.00 0.00HS Only 38.22 21.03 13.22 5.34 99.49 2.47 98.28 0.00 0.67Some Coll 11.95 20.66 14.18 4.18 98.06 2.30 95.02 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 13.32 21.72 16.45 2.70 98.21 2.57 100.00 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 10.79 21.66 16.82 2.25 89.57 2.59 100.00 0.00 0.00

1975-1978LT HS 24.74 20.36 12.80 5.35 98.44 2.22 96.57 0.00 0.00HS Only 35.28 20.84 13.59 4.84 99.04 2.45 97.12 0.00 0.18Some Coll 11.34 20.95 14.82 3.70 95.05 2.47 97.72 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 12.50 21.43 16.02 2.91 93.27 2.54 96.38 0.00 0.14Adv Degree 9.83 21.63 16.88 2.33 88.94 2.49 96.84 0.00 0.00

6 t I .t I I" 1

Table 1-6- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curricukun Areas

by Father's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1979

Shareof HSGadPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalMad

Croats

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

Pars ParsUse Use Sp Educ Sp Educ

Credits Percent Credits Percent

LT HS 23.23 20.81 12.71 5.66 98.74 2.43 97.48 0.01 1.62

HS Only 38.45 20.85 12.98 5.40 99.39 2.48 99.16 0.00 0.00Some Coll 15.26 21.52 14.99 4.05 98.40 2.49 100.00 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 12.54 21.45 15.92 3.09 96.80 2.44 100.00 0.00 0.00A& Degree 10.52 22.07 16.71 2.53 93.30 2.83 100.00 0.00 0.00

1980LT HS 29.64 20.93 13.10 5.43 98.42 2.39 98.45 0.00 0.00

HS Only 36.43 20.71 13.36 4.86 97.19 2.48 99.69 0.00 0.00Some Coil 11.05 21.27 13.95 4.50 99.21 2.82 97.65 0.00 0.00

4 Yrs Col 13.94 20.96 15.43 3.10 90.77 2.43 99.89 0.00 0.00

Adv Degree 8.94 22.10 17.33 2.22 94.98 2.56 94.60 0.00 0.00

1981LT HS 26.57 21.00 12.81 5.76 98.43 2.43 99.73 0.00 0.00

HS Only 38.18 21.04 13.46 5.17 98.90 2.41 97.48 0.00 0.00

Some Coll 15.83 22.24 15.06 4.37 91.97 2.81 98.14 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 10.70 22.12 16.41 3.08 94.19 2.62 97.61 0.00 0.00

My Degree 8.65 22.11 16.53 3.08 93.93 2.50 96.27 0.00 0.00

1982'LT HS 24.22 21.45 13.29 5 35 97.01 2.52 98.48 0.00 0.00

HS Only 41.28 21.45 13.52 5.37 98.68 2.56 100.00 0.00 0.00

Some Coll 10.80 22.10 14.46 4.73 99.27 2.91 100.00 0.00 0.00

4 Yrs Col 15.03 21.96 15.61 3.85 90.11 2.50 95.06 0.00 0.00

Adv Degree 8.67 22.73 17.42 2.72 91.04 2.58 100.00 0.00 0.00

Accoccrneril of 1nrltinn31 FrUiritinn 4 0 ........ .

Table 1-6-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different CUITICUIUM Areasby Fathers Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1979-1982

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PetsUse

Credits



LT HS 25.85 21.03 12.99 5.61 98.15 2.44 98.53 0.00 0.38HS Only 38.62 21.01 13.33 5.21 98.56 2.49 99.14 0.00 0.00Some Coll 13.17 21.76 14.68 4.38 97.00 2.73 99.00 0.00 0.004 Yrs Coll 13.15 21.53 15.79 3.32 92.71 2.49 98.05 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 9.20 22.13 17.00 2.62 93.29 2.63 97.89 0.00 0.00

1982tLT HS 21.81 21.39 13.37 5.35 99.13 2.63 98.71 0.03 1.87HS Only 30.64 21.51 13.94 4.85 97.76 2.71 98.53 0.02 1.14Some CoN 24.21 21.74 14.98 3.89 96.77 2.84 98.91 0.03 1.514 Yrs Col 11.55 22.18 16.51 2.77 92.52 2.87 98.73 0.02 0.73Adv Degree 11.78 22.15 16.84 2.58 91.28 2.72 96.27 0.01 0.65

I'4tNational Assessmen1 of Voralinnai

Table 1-7- Average Number of Credits Comp let3d and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum AreasLy Mother's Education, 1975 10 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PersUse

Credits



LT HS 21.84 20.28 12.85 5.04 99.04 2.38 97.53 0.00 0.00HS Only 53.71 20.74 13.97 4.36 97.28 2.41 97.77 0.00 0.00Some Coll 12.70 20.87 15.16 3.27 91.30 2.40 96.14 0.00 0.004 Yr.. Cce 6.94 22.07 16.23 2.99 82.01 2.85 99.62 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 4.81 21.12 15.99 2.53 94.06 2.60 100.00 0.01 1.43

1977LT HS 19.26 20.54 12.12 6.06 99.48 2.37 98.59 0.00 0.00HS Orgy 53.64 20.97 13.71 4.84 96.44 2.41 95.01 0.00 0.00Some Coll 17.42 20.99 15.39 3.08 94.52 2.52 91.83 0.00 0.004 Yni Col 9.68 22.80 17.33 7.38 88.69 3.09 100.00 0.00 0.00

1978LT HS 20.53 20.42 12.48 5.59 97.98 2.35 96.14 0.00 0.00HS Only 53.98 21.14 13.72 4.94 99.15 2.48 97.64 0.00 0.00Some CoN 13.78 21.27 15.31 3.43 96.82 2.53 97.93 0.01 1.854yrs Col 11.40 21.44 16.92 2.18 94.45 2.33 100.00 0.00 0.00

1975-1978LT HS 19.84 20.41 12.58 5.46 99.06 2.37 97.66 0.00 0.00HS Only 50.18 20.89 13.90 4.64 97.fd 2.38 96.58 0.00 0.00Some CoN 14.21 20.93 15.23 3.25 94.13 2.49 96.08 0.00 0.464 Yrs Col 9.18 21.71 16.7C. 2 4i 88.86 2.60 99.14 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 3.30 21.22 16.31 2.37 94.50 2.56 100.00 0.00 0.54

1979LT HS 24.00 20.55 12.47 5.67 99.35 2.41 97.04 0.00 0.00HS iNgy 53.06 21.26 13.84 4.14 98.43 2.47 99.40 0.01 0.70Some Coll 14.12 20.67 14.51 3.73 97.19 2.44 99.78 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 8.83 21.93 16.35 2.71 98.22 2.86 100.00 0.00 0.00

Nalinnal Assessment 61 Vocational niticakitwr

s ti

Table 1-7-- !nag, Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Mother's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

PenUse

Credits



LT HS 26.03 20.63 12.82 5.27 99.04 2.53 98.69 0.02 0.49HS Only 51.70 20.99 13.70 4.79 98.59 2.50 -99.65 0.00 0.00Some Coll 11.28 21.63 14.92 4.18 93.03 2.53 97.75 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 10.99 21.35 16.35 2.53 93.40 2.47 98.19 0.00 0.00

1981LT HS 24.12 20.86 12.79 5.52 98.65 2.55 97.73 0.00 0.00HS Only 48.99 21.21 13.71 5.08 99.02 2.42 97.71 0.00 0.00Some Coll 11.67 22.39 14.95 4.80 94.29 2.65 97.60 0.00 0.004 Yrs Coll 11.63 22.15 16.51 2.85 90.33 2.79 100.00 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 3.60 22.06 17.42 2.40 90.89 2.24 92.35 0.00 0.00

1982°LT HS 26.77 21.42 13.23 5.78 96.99 2.41 99.03 0.00 0.00HS Only 52.9/ 21.60 13.94 5.05 98.32 2.61 99.80 0.00 0.00Some Coll 11.35 21.87 15.00 4.18 92.96 2.69 97.94 0.00 0.004 Yrs Coil 8.91 22.64 16.38 3.15 86.99 3.10 97.15 0.00 0.00

1979-1982LT HS 24.70 20.88 12.84 5.56 98.47 1.47 98.16 0.00 0.13HS Only 50.61 21.27 13.80 4.96 98.57 2.50 99.19 0.00 0.19Some Coll 11.86 21.57 14.82 4.18 94.55 2.57 98.37 0.00 0.004 Yrs Coll 9.83 21.99 16.40 2.80 92.21 2.79 98.85 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 3.00 21.74 17.38 2.22 93.67 2.14 92.38 0.00 0.00

1982 tLT HS 17.39 21.09 11.69 5.28 99.30 3.16 98.84 0.00 0.13HS Only 41.55 21.67 11.90 4.65 97.63 3.05 98.54 0.00 0.19Some Coll 26.22 21.86 12.47 3.82 95.94 2.27 98.55 0.00 0.004 Yrs Coil 9.18 22.08 Low-N 2.75 91.29 Low-N 97.73 0.00 0.00Adv Degree 5.66 22.20 I. ow-N 2.66 90.24 Low-N 96.58 0.00 0.00

Nalinnal Assessment of Vocational 3 r)1A

Table 1-8- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Cunicukim Areasby High School Utbaridly, 197510 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalMad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



Not In SMSA 24.26 20.97 13.98 4.44 98.62 2.55 99.02 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 37.00 20.63 14.16 4.22 95.82 2.24 96.63 0.00 0.18SMSA, CC DK 24.33 20.61 13.69 4.38 95.30 2.53 97.46 0.00 0.00SMSA, in CC 14.41 21.02 14.98 3.31 91.46 2.72 99.06 0.00 0.00

1977Not in SIASA 29.00 20.77 13.39 5.04 99.81 2.34 94.86 0.00 0.00SMSA, not CC 31.39 21.23 14.57 4.21 95.12 2.46 98.03 0.00 0.00SUS& CC DK 24.74 21.31 14.38 4.37 93.59 2.56 95.39 0.00 0.00DAS& In CC 14.88 21.18 14.39 3.95 94.18 2.84 93.48 0.00 0.00

1978Not In SUSA 34.01 20.96 13.60 5.07 99.38 2.29 96.03 0.00 0.00S1ASA, Not CC 29.95 21.13 14.05 4.58 96.82 2.50 98.73 0.00 0.00SMSA, CC DK 20.72 20.71 13.69 4.47 98.80 2.54 99.71 0.01 1.17SMSA, In CC 15.33 21.0 15.35 3.33 95.32 2.35 97.06 0.00 0.00

1975-1978Not in SLISA 28.23 20.78 13.75 4.73 98.99 2.33 96.37 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 33.40 20.88 14.26 4.32 95.98 2.34 97.58 0.00 0.05SMSA, CC DK 22.51 20.84 13.97 4.34 95.76 2.55 P7.43 0.00 0.29SMSA, In CC 15.05 21.02 14.97 3.53 94.50 2.58 97.00 0.00 0.00

1979Not In SMSA 30.51 21.08 13.52 5.08 98.70 2.48 98.16 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 34.13 21.49 14.48 4.49 98.46 2.51 99.32 0.00 0.00SMS 4, CC DK 23.88 20.71 13.38 4.73 96.82 2.59 99:73 0.00 0.00SMS In CC 11.47 20.72 14.16 4.25 99.40 2.28 c'8.74 0.02 3.06

NatinnAl Accpcgmen1 Al Vnrallonal Frfisratinn

Table 1-8- Average Number of Cradle Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areraby High School Utbanicily, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



Not in SMSA 29.77 21.27 13.63 5.17 96.85 2.47 97.82 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 37.18 21.05 14.02 4.48 97.19 2.55 99.03 0.00 0.00SMSA, CC DK 21.36 20.81 14.23 4.12 95.77 2.46 98.81 0.00 0.00SMSA, in CC 1.68 20.40 13.92 3.97 98.22 2.48 99.43 0.03 1.03

1981Not In SMSA 31.78 21.64 13.92 5.29 98.79 2.43 96.81 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 36.49 21.52 14.10 5.00 96.03 2.42 99.23 0.00 0.00SMSA, CC DK 20.27 20.97 13.94 4.40 96.38 2.64 97.20 0.00 0.00SMSA, In CC 11.49 20.96 14.07 4.11 98.33 2.78 97.55 0.00 0.00

1982'Not In SMSA 34.36 21.77 13.72 5.50 96.89 2.54 99.50 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 39.81 21.61 14.68 4.50 96.04 2.43 98.26 0.00 0.00SMSA, CC DK 15.43 21.23 13.14 5.20 96.48 2.89 99.72 0.00 0.00SMSA, In CC 10.39 22.04 14.84 4.26 97.74 2.94 98.77 0.00 0.00

1979-1982Not In SMSA 31.61 21.45 13.70 5.27 97.78 2.48 98.14 0.00 0.00SMSA, Not CC 36.91 21.42 14.33 4.61 96.91 2.48 98.93 0.00 0.00SMSA, CC DK 20.22 20.90 13.68 4.59 96.37 2.63 98.90 0.00 0.00SMSA, in CC 11.25 21.01 14.24 4.15 98.44 2.61 98.65 0.01 1.08

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Table 1-8- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Cuniculum Areasby High School Urbeficity, 197510 1987 (continued) .

Shamof HS Total Total Total Total Pars ParsGrad HS Mad Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Crudits Credits Credits Percent Credits Percent Credits Percent

19821Rural 30.71 21.69 14.01 g G 97.56 2.52 97.60 0.02 1.39Subutan 50.12 21.70 14.70 4.69 98.21 2.88 98.76 0.02 0.95Urban 19.17 21.41 14.59 4.04 96.10 2.76 97.49 0.02 2.21

1987Small Place 41.92 ^2.97 15.55 4.84 98.52 2.58 97.93 NA NAMedium City 14.89 22.59 15.75 3.84 97.78 2.99 96.11 NA NAUrban Fringe 28.13 22.87 16.03 3.75 96.32 3.06 99.02 NA NABig City 15.05 22.67 16.27 3.70 95.53 2.71 95.01 NA NA

rlatinn .1 Acem-ront nl 1/nr:+tinfIld

Table 1-9- Average Nuniber of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Region, 1976 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

iotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PersUse

Credits



N East 23.37 21.35 15.21 3.82 94.66 2.32 95.70 0.00 0.00N Central 29.17 19.99 13.30 4.66 95.14 2.03 97.97 0.00 0.00South 27.67 20.70 14.25 3.96 96.36 2.49 97.21 0.00 0.00West 19.80 6.1 31 13.92 4.23 97.10 3.16 100.00 0.00 0.34

1077N East 25.07 21.40 14.84 4.38 90.86 2.19 90.71 6.00 0.00N Central 29.23 20.60 13.49 4.89 98.94 2.22 98.50 0.00 0.00South 29.95 21.02 14.13 4.30 95.80 2.59 97.29 0.00 0.00West 15.75 21.62 13.96 4.34 100.00 3.31 95.73 0.00 0.00

1978N East 18.59 21.69 15.16 4.10 95.50 2.43 93.46 0.00 0.00N Cerdral 36.80 20.50 13.43 4.97 99.02 2.10 99.G1 0.00 0.00South 29.47 k.1.75 14.13 4.21 98.39 2.41 98.39 0.00 0.00West 15.14 21.90 13.97 4.65 96.88 3.27 98.81 0.01 1.61

1975-1978N East 22.35 21.44 15.31 3.94 93.40 2.24 93.45 0.00 0.00N Central 30.46 20.26 13.41 4.80 97.97 2.08 98.98 0.00 0.00South 28.95 20.67 14.22 4.03 96.64 2.47 97.37 0.00 0.00West 16.70 21.53 13.78 4.55 98.27 3.20 98.22 0.00 0.50

1979N East 21.49 22.25 15.59 4.18 96.07 2.48 97.80 0.00 0.00N Central 32.54 20.38 13.07 5.15 99.16 2.15 98.49 0.01 1.09South 32.76 20.99 14.12 4.28 98.03 2.59 99.86 0.00 0.00West 13.21 21.29 12.83 5.39 100.00 3.08 100.00 0.00 0.00

Accoccmpni ni Vnrationai hilicavo.bu

Table 1-9- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Cunicuturn Areasby Region, 197510 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PereUse

Credits



N East 19.50 21.67 15.28 4.09 94.24 2.29 97.71 0.00 0.00N Central 34.32 20.71 13.75 4.75 97.09 2.20 98.88 0.01 0.35South 32.00 20.58 13.72 4.36 97.73 2.50 98.42 0.00 0.00West 14.18 21.62 13.31 4.90 98.18 3.41 100.00 0.00 0.00

1981N East 18.40 22.47 15.51 4.31 94.74 2.64 97.74 0.00 0.00N Central 33.85 20.52 12.91 5.46 99.40 2.14 98.53 0.00 0.00South 33.93 21.31 14.63 4.13 94.77 2.55 97.04 0.00 0.00West 13.82 22.32 13.31 5.86 99.59 3.15 100.0e 0.00 0.00

1982N East 20.38 22.19 6.11 £75 94.05 2.33 96.44 0.00 0.00N Central 31.99 21.13 3.60 5.18 98.59 2.35 99.45 0.00 0.00South 32.38 21.62 4.18 4.85 95.98 2.60 99.56 0.00 0.00West 15.25 22.08 12.91 5.80 96.88 3.37 .100.00 0.00 0.00

National Accessment ni Vncatinnal

Table 1-9- Average Number of Credits Comp !sled and Percentage of Graduates Enroled In Different Curriculum Areasby Re( 110e. 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1979-1982

Shareof HSGradPop

ToldHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

ParsUse

Credits

PetsUse Sp Educ Sp Eduo

Percent Cradle Percent

N East 19.99 22.14 15.64 4.07 94,81 2.43 97.41 0.00 0.00N Central 33.14 20.68 13.34 5.13 98.54 2.21 98.84 0.00 0.37South 32.75 21.13 14.b 4.41 96.65 2.56 98.76 0.00 0.00West 14.12 21.83 13.08 5.49 98.57 3.26 100.00 0.03 0.00

1982tN East 23.49 22.32 16.00 3.89 93.32 2.43 95.66 0.01 0.34N Central 28.95 21.16 13.93 4.78 98.43 2.44 98.65 0.02 1.79South 30.90 21.27 14.00 4.48 97.11 2.76 98.65 0.03 1.00West 16.67 22.01 14.09 4.17 97.14 3.71 99.92 0.04 2.52

1987N East 22.65 23.26 17.28 3.65 96.78 2.34 93.39 NA NAN Central 27.58 22.69 15.17 4.75 98.50 2.77 99.90 NA NASouth 30.98 22.44 15.46 4.36 97.06 2.62 97.01 NA NAWest 18.79 23.21 15.66 3.86 96.78 3.69 99.89 NA NA

Accoccmonl nI1inralinnal nhiratirbn

Table 1-10-

1976

Average Nurrber of Crecits Completed and Percentage of Gradua les Enrolled In Diluent Curriculum Areasby High School Type. 1975 to 1987

Shareof HS Total Total Total Total Pen PereGrad HS Mad Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Credits Cradle Credits Percent Credits Percent Cradle Percent

Pubic 91.70 20.60 13.99 4.31 96.00 2.30 97.55 0.00 0.07Priv Paroch 8.30 22.43 15.46 2.96 92.99 4.01 96.90 0.00 0.00

1.77Pubic 89.42 20.90 13.79 4.76 96.50 2.36 96.58 0.00 0.00Pdv Paroch 10.58 22.81 17.00 2.07 91.14 3.74 89.35 0.00 0.00

1978Pubic 93.79 20.87 13.89 4.64 97.79 2.35 97.89 0.00 0.26Pdv Paroch 6.21 22.54 15.93 3.10 99.33 3.50 96.16 0.00 0.00

1975-1978Pubic 90.86 20.75 13.96 4.50 96.73 2.30 97.25 0.00 0.09Pdv Paroch 8.78 22.08 16.01 2.58 94.86 3.63 95.07 0.00 0.00

1979Pubic 93.44 20.98 13.80 4.83 98.22 2.34 98.98 0.00 0.37Priv Paroch 6.56 22.61 15.25 2.87 98.83 4.49 99.32 0.00 0.00

Nalionai Assessment of Vocational Erflocalior.

Table 1-10-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby High School Type, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

-Sharea! HSGadPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

ParsUse

Credits



Public 95.44 20.99 13.87 4.67 97.69 2.45 98.97 0.00 0.12Priv Panmh 4.56 20.85 15.57 1.83 81.09 3.44 92.59 0.00 0.00

1981Pubic 93.76 21.28 13.90 5.01 98.21 2.37 97.73 0.00 0.00Pdv Parcr.11 6.24 22.85 16.18 2.21 79.44 4.47 100.00 0.00 0.00

1982'Public 92.46 21.51 14.02 5.05 96.72 2.44 99.15 0.00 0.00Pdv Paroch 7.54 23.39 16.03 3.03 95.13 4.33 96.87 0.00 0.00

1979-1982Pubic 93.77 21.19 13.90 4.89 97.70 2.40 98.73 0.00 0.13Priv Paroch 6.23 22.59 '5.7% 2.58 89.97 4.24 97.48 0.00 0.00

1982tPublic 88.97 21.47 14.17 4.64 97.77 2.53 98.65 0.02 1.48

Private 3.62 21.59 17.30 1.82 78.19 2.47 82.61 0.00 0.00Cathoic 7.41 23.26 16.58 2.41 91.b I 4.28 99.95 0.00 0.17

1987Pubic 90.71 22.77 15.64 4.44 97.80 2.69 98.48 NA NA

Pdv (Non-Cath) 3.07 21.52 18.24 1.44 86.71 1.84 64.47 NA NA

Catholic 6.22 24.49 17.37 2.33 95.86 4.77 100 NA NA

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Table 1-11-- Average Nurrber ol Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Di Ilerent Curriculum Areasby PSE Plans, 197510 1982

1976

Shareol HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

Total "totalVoc Ed Voc EdCoals Percent

ParsUse

Cr4dits

PertUse Sp Educ Sp Educ


HS Only 29.81 19.89 11.86 5.75 100.00 2.2V 97.16 0.00 0.90Some Coll 23.33 20.78 13.54 4.87 96.84 2.57 97.13 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 28.94 21.29 15.35 3.31 94.88 2.63 98.00 0.00 0.00GT 4 Yrs Coll 17.92 21.27 16.58 2.46 88.67 2.22 38.24 0.00 0.38

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 11.76 8.37 100.00 2.27 96.04 0.00 0.00Some Coll 21.73 20.73 12.95 5 16 98.88 2.43 97.41 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 32.60 21.51 15.50 3.40 95.21 2.70 95.79 0.00 0.00GT 4 Yes Coll 17.20 22.05 16.99 2.44 86.96 2.62 94.58 0.00 0.00

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 12.17 6.02 99.00 2.29 96.99 0.00 0.00Some Coll 23.90 20.82 13.03 5.26 99.07 2.53 98.61 0.00 0.004 Yrs Coll 30.98 21.37 15.19 3.66 96.51 2.52 98.53 0.00 0.77GT 4 Yrs Col 16.02 21.35 16.54 2.51 96.77 2.30 96.51 0.00 0.00

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 11.98 6.02 99.72 2.27 97.06 0.00 0.00Some Coll 22.33 20.71 13.26 5.03 98.58 2.44 97.79 0.00 0.004 WS COI 29.88 21.21 15.28 3.42 95.50 2.54 96.90 0.00 0.22GT 4 Yrs Coll 18.75 21.44 16.65 2.43 91.10 2.43 97.33 0.00 0.09

National Msessmenl of Vocational FrIlication

Table 1-11- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enro led in Different Curriculum Areasby PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1979

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalMad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PenUse

Credits



;4S Only 33.77 20.72 11.99 0.26 100.00 2.46 97.61 0.00 0.0084.711 Coll 29.16 20.72 12.85 5.51 100.00 2.35 99.83 0.01 0.874 Yrs Col 32.20 21.42 15.30 3.48 98.11 2.64 99.51 0.00 0.54GT4 Yrs Coll 13.88 21.84 16.86 2.56 91.78 2.42 100.00 0.00 0.00

1980HS Only 31.79 20.49 11.78 6.19 99.28 2.52 99.33 0.00 0.00Some Col 19.34 21.00 12.96 5.(0 99.17 2.52 98.38 0.02 0.624 Yrs Col 36.08 21.16 15.33 3.31 96.16 2.52 98.50 0.00 0.00GT 4 Yrs Col 12.79 21.77 16.98 2.49 89.79 2.31 97.97 0.00 0.00

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 12.12 6.28 99.02 2.37 97.11 0.00 0.00Some Coll 15.40 21.03 13.12 5.51 98.72 2.40 95.70 0.00 0.004 Yni Col 33.61 22.01 15.92 3.43 95.25 2.66 99.69 0.00 0.00GT 4 Yrs Col 11.92 22.09 16.23 3.23 93.36 2.63 98.03 0.00 0.00

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National AsSEtssment of Vocational Fillicalion

Table 1-11-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby PSE Plans, 197510 1982 (continued)

1982'

Sharec HSGradPop

ToldHS

Credits

TotalAced

Cred114

TotalVoc EdCredits

iatalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



HS Only 35.11 21.30 i 2.40 6.40 99.47 2.51 100.00 0.00 0.00Some Coll 15.37 21.74 13.42 6.57 100.00 2.75 99.72 0.00 0.004 Yrs. Col 40.49 21.83 15.34 3.85 93.31 2.64 97.53 0.00 0.00GT 4 Yrs Coll 9.03 22.20 17.21 2.59 96.37 2.40 100.00 0.00 0.00

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 12.08 6.26 99.44 2.46 98.49 0.00 0.00Some Col 17.62 21.09 13.06 5.52 99.51 2.50 98.57 0.01 0.434 Yrs Col 35.63 21.60 15.41 3.53 95.59 2.61 98.71 0.00 0.13GT 4 Yrs Col 11.91 21.95 16.81 2.70 92.51 2.44 99.00 0.00 0.00

1982 tNone !8.16 20.82 12.04 6.06 99.54 2.66 98.72 0.06 2.25Voc/Tech 20.04 21.19 12.64 5.81 99.58 2.71 98.92 0.03 1.94U T 4 Yrs Coll 18.66 21.54 14.12 4.55 98.75 2.87 98.83 0.01 0.93BA/9S 23.71 22.09 16.11 3.17 95.26 2.80 97.90 0.01 0.77Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 17.07 2.56 90.37 2.67 96.83 0.01 0.81

Artocemrd MI/Ar-Itirn't1 Valor-Oink

Table 1-12-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Sex and PSE Plans, 197510 1982

1975-1978Male

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

PersUse

Credits



HSSo= 14.519.76

20.2620.29

11.9812.69

5.925.13

100.0098.98

2.362.48

98.0198.12

0.000.00

0.000.00

4 Yrs Col 14.62 20.83 14.98 3.31 96.11 2.55 96.89 0.00 0.00GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.12 21.40 16.94 2.01 88.94 2.45 96.36 0.00 0.17

FemaleHS Only 14.11 20.29 11.98 6.11 99.47 2.20 98.00 0.00 0.00Some Coll 12.53 21.03 13.66 4.96 98.30 2.42 97.56 0.00 0.004 Yrs Col 15.41 21.59 15.54 3.51 95.00 2.54 96.91 0.00 0.40GT 4 Yrs Col 7.97 21.64 16.30 2.93 93.73 2.41 9E.52 0.00 0.00

1979-1982Male

HS Only 17.87 20.63 11.83 6.28 99.42 2.52 98.31 0.00 0.00Some Col 6.98 21.04 13.04 5.39 99.41 2.61 99.15 0.01 0.444 Yrs Col 18.39 21.48 15.40 3.38 94.59 2.70 98.50 0.00 0.00GT4 lfis C.ol 6.77 21.85 16.67 2.76 92.36 2.42 98.43 0.00 0.00

FemaleHS Only 17.00 21.03 12.33 6.29 99.47 2.40 98.68 0.00 0.00Some Coll 10.58 21.11 13.08 5.60 99.58 2.43 98.20 0.00 0.424 Yrs Coll 17.26 21.73 15.51 3.69 96.61 2.53 98.93 0.00 0.26GT4 Yrs Col 5.17 22.08 17.00 2.63 92.69 2.45 99.72 0.00 0.00

rNalional Assessment oi Vocaitonal EducaVion .

Table 1-12-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby Sex and PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

19821Male .

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credls

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

PereUse

Credits



',doe 10.11 20.70 12.04 5.84 99.43 2.75 98.42 0.07 2.37Voc/Tech 9.75 21.14 12.31 5.94 99.64 2.85 100.00 0.04 2.44LT 4 Yrs Coll 7.74 21.25 13.98 4.27 98.67 3.00 98.74 0.01 2.30BA/BS 11.20 21.92 15.83 3.15 94.40 2.92 98.17 0.01 1.60Adv Deg 9.26 22.23 17.13 2.41 89.99 2.68 98.58 0.01 1.16

FemaleNone 8.02 20.97 12.05 6.33 99.19 2.54 98.7? 0.05 2.30Voc/Tech 10.25 21.25 12.94 5.69 100.00 2.59 98.58 0.03 1.71LT 4 Yrs Coll 10.92 1.75 14.22 4.74 94.77 2.79 98.44 0.01 1.12BA/BS 12.51 22.25 16.37 3.19 99.45 2.69 97.20 0.01 0.85A& Deg 10.18 22.36 17.01 2.68 96.16 2.67 96.71 0.00 0.80

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Table 1-13-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Erkolled In Different Curriculum Areasby High School Grades. 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



Mostly A 28.17 21.67 16.01 3.17 93.02 !"'.49 95.66 0.00 0.29Mostly 8 5.14 21.13 14.71 3.81 93.40 x.61 98.66 0.00 0.00Mostly C 66.69 20.25 13.12 4.75 97.73 2.38 97.81 0.00 0.00Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1977Mostly A 24.35 22.24 16.40 3.26 90.42 2.58 96.72 0.00 0.00Mostly B 24.87 21.39 14.53 4.20 96.83 2.65 98.98 0.00 0.00Mostly C 47.66 20.50 12.86 5.20 98.53 2.44 94.48 0.00 0 '-(1Below C 3.12 18.91 12.79 4.65 92.62 1.48 83.96 0.00 0.

1978Mostly A 24.83 21.76 15.95 3.46 95.3d 2.33 97.86 0.00 0.98Mostly B 24.05 21.42 14.29 4.75 99.06 2.38 99.13 0.00 0.00Mostly C 51.12 20.42 12.96 4.99 98.68 2.47 97.32 0.00 0.00Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1975-1978Mostly A 24.51 21.69 16.04 3.27 93.20 2.42 96.72 0.00 0.34Mostly B 22.82 21.27 14.49 4.31 98.52 2.50 98.95 0.00 0.00Mostly C 50.78 20.33 13.11 4.84 98.35 2.41 96.72 0.00 0.00Below C 1.90 19.62 13.14 4.74 93.55 1.75 88.17 0.00 0.00

1979Mostly A 22.86 22.09 16.07 3.71 97.02 2.30 99.66 0,00 0.78Mostly B 22.76 21.64 14 .66 4.45 96.64 2.51 99.11 0.01 0.78Mostly C 54.38 20.42 12.68 5.20 99.41 2.53 98.72 0.00 0.00Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N ow-N I ow-N

0.thonai Acsessrnoni of Vorational

Table 1-13-- Average Numb, sof Croats Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Different Curriculum Areasby High Schoo. Grades, 1975I0 /387 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalVoc EdCrecits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

ParsUse

Credits



Mostly A 22.26 21.97 15.99 3.70 95.48 2.28 99.16 0.00 0.00Mostly B 25.53 21.45 14.41 4.38 97.51 2.66 98.56 0.00 0.00Mostly C 50.40 20.39 12.88 4.99 97.40 2.51 98.49 0.01 0.24Below C 1.82 19.09- 11.96 4.96 93.91 2.18 100.00 0.00 0.00

4981Mostly A 20.41 22.29 15.91 3.95 93.21 2.43 98.46 0.00 0.00Mostly B 22.55 22.01 14.93 4.57 98.47 2.51 96.17 0.00 0.00Mostly C 57.04 20.82 13.07 5.24 97.76 2.52 98.28 0.00 0.00Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1982'Mostly A 21.43 22.69 16.50 3.49 92.77 2.70 100.00 0.00 0.00Mostly B 25.16 22.22 15.05 4.44 96,85 2.73 98.10 0.00 0.00Mostly C 53.40 1.04 12.91 5.65 97.91 2.48 98.94 0.00 0.00Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low -,1

1979-1982Mustly A 21.51 22.25 16.13 3.70 94.72 2.42 99.36 0.00 0.21Mostly B 23.76 21.82 14.76 4.45 97.33 2.61 98.06 0.00 0.19Mostly C 53.09 20.67 '.87 5 28 98.15 2.51 98.61 0.00 0.06Bekm C 1.64 20.13 14.19 5.39 98.31 2.55 99.46 0.00 0.00

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Table 1-13-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Dillerent Curriculum Areasby High School Grades, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

19821

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Cradle

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed

Percent

PersUse

Credits


Percent Credit-. Percent

Mostly A 15.83 22.69 16.94 3.03 92.79 2.72 98.36 0.00 0.48Mostly 8 33.44 22.09 15.14 4.10 96.18 2.84 97.80 0.02 1.33Mostly C 45.27 21.11 13.36 4.99 97.99 2.73 98.38 0.03 1.53Bebw C 5.46 19.70 12.30 4.89 98.76 2.46 98.02 0.04 2.11

1987Mostly A 14.32 24.35 18.82 2.77 93.03 2.75 96.40 NA NAMostly 'B 32.25 23.54 18.76 3.90 96.89 2.86 97.29 NA NAMostly C 47.36 22.18 14.59 4.78 98.73 2.81 97.94 NA NABebw C 6.07 20.38 13.11 4.83 99.05 2.48 98.31 NA NA

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Table 1-14-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby Grade Level, 1975 to 19822

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc EdPercent

ParsUse

Credits



Grade 9 5.39 4.06 0.64 58.50 0.69 83.13 0.00 0.00Grade 10 5.49 3.84 0.83 64.37 0.79 86.72 0.00 0.02Grade 11 5.28 3.46 1.29 74.81 0.53 66.19 0.00 0.07Grade 12 4.67 2.76 1.51 78.65 0.41 55.29 0.00 0.00

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 3.93 0.68 61.98 0.73 86.23 0.00 0.09Grade 10 5.57 3.76 0.96 70.84 0.85 88.86 0.00 0.03Grade 11 5.43 3.49 1.42 76.89 0.52 64.88 0.00 0.03Grade 12 4.79 2.72 1.68 81.49 0.39 51.60 0.00 0.03

1982tGrade 9 5.60 4.13 0.65 59.91 0.81 86.17 0.00 0.22Grade 10 5.61 1.86 0.88 66.44 0.87 86.25 0.01 0.60Grade 11 5.46 3.59 1.31 75.35 0.56 65.36 0.01 0.55Grade 12 4.87 2.84 1.52 78.75 0.50 58.43 0.01 0.43

1987Grade 9 4.92 3.66 0.54 50.45 0.71 76.34 NA NAGrade 10 4.78 3.48 0.70 56.53 0.70 70.52 NA NAGrade 11 4.89 3.44 1.00 6182 0.45 52.00 NA NAGrade 12 4.44 2.77 1.26 65.19 0,41 43.14 NA NAGrade Unk 3.81 2.48 0.71 NA 0.53 NA NA NA

2 Apcorox Innately 20 percent of aN courses In the NAEP transcript He (1987; were mising the grade level variable. As a result, the 1987 estimates of credits earned by grade levelInclude a category for grade unknown.

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Table 1-15-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Different Curriculum Areasby Plans Next Year, 1969 to 1982

Shareof HS Total Total Total Total Pers PersGrad 1-18 Acad oc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Cradle Credits Credits Percent Credits Percent Credits Percent

1982tFT Job 29.23 21.09 12.58 5.78 99.33 2.70 99.11 0.04 1.752 Yr College 14.68 21.77 14.52 4.27 97.80 2.95 98.30 0.02 1.754 Yr College 37.81 22.30 16.76 2.82 93.04 2.71 97.66 0.01 0.63Other Training 8.20 21.48 13.26 5.47 99.23 2.71 98.89 0.04 2.73Other 10.08 21.05 13.45 4.80 98.53 2.78 99.07 0.02 1.53

Table 1-16-- Average Number of Credits Completed and Percentage of Graduates EnroNed In Different Curriculum Areasby District Per Pupil Expenditure, 1982

Shareof HS Total Total Tole Total Pets PersGrad HS Aced Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Credits Credits Credits Percent Credits Percent Credits Percent

1982tIT $1000 12.88 21.17 13.85 4.58 97.40 2.73 97.91 0.02 2.55$1001-1500 34138 21.26 13.92 4.68 98.31 2.62 88.39 0.03 0.89$1501-2000 32,'76 21.81 14.49 4.49 96.97 2.80 99.21 0.03 1.71GT $2000 19.68 22.00 15.34 4.06 94.48 2.58 96.86 0.02 1.86

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Table 2-1- Total Number of Credits Compleled by Graduates In Dillererd Curriculum Ames, 197510 1987

HS Total Total Total Total Pers PersGrad HS Acad Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Croft Credits Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976 3,148 65,321 44,450 13,190 3,015 7,681 3,070 0 21977 3,155 66,571 44,612 14,071 3,027 7,888 3,023 0 01978 3,127 65,604 43,809 14,197 3,092 7,567 3,058 0 81975-1978 3,141 65,521 44,445 13,601 3,034 7,601 3,049 0 31979 3,117 65,738 43,326 14,650 3,063 7,761 3,086 0 111980 3,043 63,873 42,450 13,815 2,950 7,577 3,003 0 41981 3,020 64,568 42,401 14,617 2,931 7,550 2,956 0 01982' 2,995 64,842 42,439 14,676 2,893 7,727 2,964 0 01979-1982 3,044 64,776 42,646 14,429 2,959 7,671 3,003 0 419821 2,995 64,722 43,308 13,118 2,893 8,236 2,940 60 401987 2,693 61,508 42,630 11,338 2,621 7,540 2,626 NA NA


Table 2-2-

1976hiale

Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Currkmkgn Areas by Sex, 1975 to 19873

HS Total Total Total Total Pers PersGad HS Acad Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Credits Credits Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1,552 31,630 '12,100 5,882 1,484 3,647 1,509 A 2Female 1,596 33,692 22,344 7,310 1,531 4,038 1,560 0

1977Male 1,548 32,369 21,811 6,656 1,472 3,901 1,474 0 0Female 1,607 34,149 22,771 7,392 1,554 3,985 .1,548

1978Mali 1,531 31,784 21,097 6,798 1,503 3,889 1,475 0 0Female 1,596 33,803 22,727 7,405 1,558 3,687 1,582 0 8

1975-1978Male 1,543 31,848 21,756 6,373 1,485 3,780 1,489 0 1

Female 1,598 33,654 22,660 7,207 1,548 3,819 1,559 0 2

1979Male 1,523 31,815 20,789 7,128 1,497 3,899 1,499 0 0Female 1,594 33,936 22,555 7,540 1,566 3,842 1,588 16 11

1980Male 1,491 31,043 20,859 6,471 1,433 3,698 1,471 111 4Female 1,552 32,840 21,588 7,356 1,518 3,896 1,532 0 0

1981Male 1,483 31,647 20,895 6,926 1,427 3,826 1,461 0Fernald 1,537 32,907 21,503 7,670 1,503 3,750 1,495 0 0

3 Estimates of credit lobes by student characteristics may not sum to total credits for the whole population due to rounding.


Table 2-2- Total nt,rber of Credits Completed by Graduates in Different Curriculum Areasby Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

'r Total Total Total Total Pers PersGad HS Aced Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Croats CredNs Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 300's

1982°Male 1.471 31,759 20,726 7,061 1,415 3,986 1,449 0 0Fema le 1,524 33,086 21,717 7,605 1,479 3,764 1,515 0 0

1979-1982Male 1,492 31,558 20,813 6,893 1,443 3,849 1,470 0 1

Female 1,552 33,213 21,852 7,543 1,516 3,818 1,533 0 3

1982fMale 1,471 31,553 29,947 6,384 1,417 4,178 1.448 44 20Female 1,524 33,162 22,357 6,721 1,476 4,069 1,492 30 20

1987Mae 1,310 29,789 20,318 5.594 1,279 3,865 L287 NA NAFemale 1,383 31,712 22,308 5,739 1,342 3,665 1,3'09 NA NA

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1976

Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates in Different Curriculum Areas by Region. 1975 io 1987

I-15 Total Total Total Total Pars PersGrad HS Acad Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Eduv Sp EducPop Credits Credits Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

N East 736 15,707 11,190 2,810 696 1,707 704 0 0N Central 918 18,356 12,213 4,279 874 1,864 900 0 0South 871 18,031 12,412 3,449 839 2,169 847 0 0West 623 13,283 8,676 2,637 605 1,970 623 0 2

1977N East 791 16,927 11,738 3,464 719 1,732 717 0N Central 922 18,997 12,441 4,510 912 2,047 908 0 0South 945 19,862 13,352 4.063 905 2,447 919 0 0West 497 10.743 8,937 2,157 497 1,645 476 0 0

1978N East 581 12,609 8.813 2,383 555 1,413 543 0N Central 1,151 23.590 15,454 5,719 1,139 2,417 1,146 0 0South 922 19.122 13,021 3,880 907 2,221 907 0 0West 473 10,368 6,614 2,201 459 1,548 468 5 8

1975-1978N East 702 15.051 10,748 2,76G 656 1,573 656 0 0N Central 957 19,384 12,830 4.592 937 1,990 947 0South 909 18,796 12.931 3,665 879 2,246 885 0 0West 525 11.293 7.228 2,387 515 1,679 515 0 3

1979N East 670 14,904 10,443 2,800 644 1,661 655 0 0Fi Central 1,014 20,671 13,257 5,223 1,006 2,181 999 10 11

South 1.021 21,434 14,418 4,370 1,001 2,645 1,020 0 0

West 412 8,766 5,283 2,219 412 1,268 412 0 0


Table 21- Total 'lumber of Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Curriculum Areas by Region, 1975 to 1987 (continued

HS Total Total Total Total Pars PereGrad HS Aced Vac Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Credits Credits Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students

000's 000's 0004 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1980N East 593 12,859 9,067 2,427 559 1,359 580 0 0N Central 1,044 21,629 14,360 4,961 1,014 2,298 1,033 10 4South 974 20,040 13,360 4,246 952 2,434 958 0 0West 431 9,329 5,743 2,114 424 1,471 431 0 0

1981N East 556 12,486 8,619 2,395 526 1,467 543 0 0N Central 1,022 20,977 13,198 5,582 1,016 2,188 1,007 0 0South 1,025 21,836 14,991 4,232 971 2,613 994 0 0West 417 9,316 5,555 2,446 416 1,315 417 0 0

1982°N East 610 13,544 3,729 2,289 574 1,422 589 0N Central 958 20,245 3,449 4,`J63 945 2,252 953 0 0South 970 20,967 4,054 4,703 931 2,521 966 0 0West 457 10,085 5.896 2,649 442 1,539 457 0 0


Table 2-3-

1979-1982

Total Number of Credits Completed by Iraduates in Different Curriculum Areas by Region, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1-18 Total Total Total Total Pers PersGad HS Aced Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp EducPop Credits Credits Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

N East 608 13,472 9,517 2,477 577 1,479 593 0 0N Cdritral 1,009 20,862 13.457 5,175 994 2,229 997 0 4South 997 21,065 14.116 4,396 964 2,552 985 0 0West 430 9,383 5.622 2,360 424 1,401 430 0 0

1982fN East 704 15,703 11,256 2,737 657 1,710 673 7 2N Central 867 18,347 12,078 4,145 853 2,116 855 17 16South 925 19,684 12,956 4,146 899 2,554 913 28 9West 499 10,989 7,035 2,082 485 1,852 499 20 13

1987N East 610 14,189 10,529 2,226 590 1,427 570 NA NAN Central 743 16.859 11,271 3,528 732 2,057 742 NA NASouth 834 18,715 12,894 3,638 810 2,186 809 NA NAWest 506 11,744 7,924 1,953 490 1,867 505 NA NA


Table 2-4- Total Number of Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Curriculum Areasby Grade Level, 197510 1987

Total Total Total Total Pers PersHS Mad Voc Ed Voc Ed Use Use Sp Educ Sp Educ

Credits Credits Credits Students Credits Students Credits Students000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1975-1978Grade 9 16,930 12,752 2,010 1,837 2,167 2,611 0 0Grade 10 17,244 12,061 2,607 2,022 2,481 2,724 0 1Grade 11 16,584 10,868 4,052 2,350 1,665 2,079 0 2Grade 12 14,668 8.669 4,743 2,470 1,288 1,737 0 0

1979-1982Grade 9 17,181 12,344 2,136 1,947 2,293 2,708 0 3Grade 10 17,495 11,810 3,015 2,225 2,670 2,791 0 1Grade 11 17,056 10.962 4,460 2,415 1,633 2,038 0 1Grade 12 15,045 8,544 5,277 2,560 1,225 1,621 0 1

1982fGrade 9 16,772 12,369 1,947 1,794 2,426 2,581 0 7Grade 10 16,802 11,561 2,636 1,990 2,606 2,583 30 18Grade 11 16,353 10,752 3,923 2,257 1,677 1,958 30 16Grade 12 14,586 8,506 4,552 2,359 1,498 1,750 30 13

1987Grade 9 16,098 11,976 1,454 1,359 1,912 2,056 NA NAGrade 10 15,640 11,387 1,885 1,522 1,885 1,899 NA NAGrade 11 16,000 11,256 2,693 1,638 1,212 1,400 NA NAGrade 12 14,528 9,063 3,393 1,756 1,104 1,296 NA NAGrade Unit 12,466 8,115 1,912 NA 1,427 NA NA NA

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Table 3-1-- Percentage of AN Credits Taken In Each Curricular Area, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

PercentAcad

Credits

PercentPercent Personal PercentVoc Ed Use/Oth Sp EducCredits Credits Credits

1976 20.75 68.05 20.19 11.76 0.001977 21.10 67.01 21.14 11.85 0.001973 20.98 66.78 21.64 11.53 0.001975-1978 20.86 67.83 20.76 11.60 0.001979 21.09 65.91 22.29 11.81 0.001980 20.99 66.46 21.63 11.86 0.001981 21.38 65.67 22.64 11.69 0.001982' 21.65 65.45 22.63 11.92 0.001979-1982 21.28 65.84 22.27 11.84 0.0019821' 21.61 66.91 20.27 12.73 0.091987 22.84 69.30 18.12 12.05 NA


Tab; 3-2- Percentage of AN Credits Taken in Each Curricular Areaby Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

TotalHS

Credits

PercentAcad

Credits

PercentVoc EdCredits

PercentPersonal PercentUse/Oth Sp Educ

Credits Credits

Male 20.38 69.87 18.60 11.53 0.00Female 21.11 66.32 21.70 11.98 0.00

1977Male 20.91 67.38 20.56 12.05 0.00Female 21.25 66.68 21.65 11,67 0.00

1978Male 20.76 66.38 21.39 12.24 0.00Female 21.18 67.23 21.91 10.91 0.00

1975-1978Male 20.64 68.31 20.01 11.67 0.00Female 21.06 61',33 21.42 11.35 0.00

1979Male 20.89 65.34 22.40 12.25 0.00Female 21.29 66.46 22.22 11.32 0.05


Table 3 2- Percentage ol M Credits Taken in Each Curricular Areaby Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

TotalUS

Credits

PercentAcad

Credit)

PercentPercent Personal PercentVoc Ed Use/Oth Sp EducCredits Credits Credits

Male 20.82 67.20 20.85 11.91 0.05Female 21.16 65.74 22.40 11.86 0.00

1981Male 21.34 66.03 21.88 12.09 0.00Female 21.41 65.34 23.31 11.40 0.00

1982'Male 21.59 65.26 22.23 12.55 0.00Female 21.71 65.64 22.98 11.38 0.00

1979-1982Male 21.15 65.96 21.84 12.20 0.00Female 21.40 65.79 22.71 11.50 0.00

19821Male 21.45 66.39 20.23 13.24 0.14Female 21.76 67.42 20.27 12.27 0.09

1987Male 22.74 68.21 18.53 12.80 NAFemale 22.93 70.35 17.73 11.32 NA


Table 4-1-

1975-19781979-1982198211987

Table 4-2-

Percentage Distribution al Graduates by Numbersol Total Credits, 1975 to 1987

IntelHS 16+ 17+ 18+ 19+ 20+ 21+ 22+ 23+ 24+ 25+ 26+ 27+ 28+

Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credts Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

20.86 100.021.28 100.021.61 100.022.84 100.0

98.0 92.6 82.7 69.7 53.3 40.7 26.3 16.0 8.9 4.998.2 93.5 84.7 75.4 62.6 48.2 35.2 21.6 11.0 5.598.5 94.0 86.8 76.6 63.3 49.3 34.1 21.0 11.7 6.699.4 97.4 94.1 89.1 82.4 71.7 58.6 43.7 27.2 16.9

2.82.93.89.6

1.11.71.95.1

Percentage DIstribudon of Graduates by Numbersof Total Credits by Sex. 1975 to 1987 .

Total145 16+ 17+ 18+ 19+ 20+ 21+ 22+ 23+ 24+ 25+ 26+ 27+ 28+

Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits CrHedits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-1978Male 20.64 100.0 98.8 96.0 91.3 84.7 76.2 70.5 64.0 60.0 57.1 55.3 54.4 53.5Female 21.06 100.0 99.3 96.7 91.6 85.2 77.2 70.2 62.1 56.1 51.9 49.7 48.5 46.5

1979-1982Male 20.89 100.0 99.1 97.0 92.8 87.4 81.0 73.2 66.7 59.9 55.4 53.1 52.1 51.6

21.29 100.0 99.1 96.5 91.9 88.0 81.6 75.0 68.4 61.6 55.5 52.3 50.7 50.0

1982tMale 21.45 100.0 98.5 93.6 85.0 74.6 60.5 46.6 31.3 19.4 10.5 6.1 3.5 2.0Female 21.76 100.0 98.4 94.4 88.5 78.4 65.9 51.8 36.6 22.5 12.8 7.1 4.0 1.9

1987Male 22.74 100.0 99.3 97.0 93.7 89.4 80.5 69.9 56.4 42.4 .7.2 16.8 9.2 4.9Female 22.93 100.0 99.4 97.7 94.5 90.8 84.1 73.4 60.7 44.9 27.3 17.0 9.9 5.7

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Table 4-3-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Numbersol Total Credits by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits16+

Credits17+

Credits18+

Credits19+

Credits20+

Credits21+

Credits22+

Credits23+

Credits24+

Credits25+

Credits26+

Credits27+

Credits28+

Credits

LT HS Low-N 100.0 95.9 81.3 66.1 52.5 19.7 19.7 18.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0HS Only 20.28 100.0 97.9 90.6 78.1 62.0 40.5 31.4 18.2 10.9 4.4 2.6 1.6 1.0Some Coll 20.73 100.0 96.8 92.6 83.7 71.0 54.7 39.0 25.6 12.8 6.0 2.3 1.4 0.64 Yrs Col 21.24 100.0 99.0 93.8 85.9 74.4 60.2 47.1 30.9 20.1 11.8 6.4 4.2 1.9Gill Yrs Col 21.51 100.0 96.1 94.9 86.8 75.7 63.7 48.8 35.4 23.5 16.8 10.0 5.1 1.8

1979-1982LT HS Low-N 100.0 100.0 96.0 80.7 46.4 46.4 46.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 0.0 0.0 0.0HS Only 20.83 100.0 97.3 92.1 80.8 70.7 55.7 40.9 27.6 15.5 7.4 4.1 2.1 1.3Some Coll 21.09 100.0 98.1 92.9 82.4 70,4 60.E 44.6 33.4 19.0 9.3 4.7 2.7 1.64 Yrs Col 21.60 100.0 98.6 94.9 88.3 79.8 66.6 53.8 40.0 24.5 13.3 6.6 3.2 1.9GT 4 Yea Coll 21.95 100.0 99.3 95.8 88.3 82.6 74.0 60.0 46.0 31.0 14.5 8.1 4.2 2.5

19821None 20.82 100.0 97.1 )0.7 79.2 64.3 47.9 34.2 23.2 13.6 8.1 4.3 2.5 1.5Voc/Tech 21.19 100.0 97.9 93.1 83.4 72,2 57.7 42.9 28.7 16.4 9.2 4.9 2.6 1.7LT 4 Yrs Col 21.54 100.0 98.6 93.0 87.6 77.7 64.0 49.9 32.9 20.9 11.2 6.2 3.1 1.6College DegAdv Degree

22.0922.30

100.0100.0

99.399.2

97.196.1

92.391.5

84.285.4

73.075.3

59.463.8

43.745.7

27.530.6

15.218.3

8.810.7 56.06 22.59

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SERIES B: ACADEMIC COURSEWORK PATTERNS 1975 to 1987


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Table 5-1- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subfects. 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

:.5Scion',Credits

AllEnglishCredits

AlSoc StCredits

AlFineArts

Credits

ANForeign

LangCredits

1976 20.75 14.12 2.33 2.23 3.69 3.22 1.40 1.251977 21.10 14.14 2.41 2.34 3.71 3.16 1.31 1.201978 20.98 14.01 2.35 2.29 3.70 3.14 1.46 1.081975-1478 20.86 14.15 2.39 2.29 3.72 3.19 1.317 1.191979 21.09 13.89 2.42 2.15 3.73 3.15 1.52 0.921980 20.99 13.95 2.46 2.17 3.70 3.12 1.46 1.041981 21.38 14.04 2.44 2.16 3.81 3.14 1.54 0.951982° 21.65 14.17 2.54 2.30 3.59 3.14 1.31 0.991979-1982 21.26 14.01 2.46 2.20 3.78 3.14 1.45 0.971982t 21,61 14.46 2.62 2.21 3.90 3.21 1.43 1.091987 22.84 15.83 3.07 2.54 4.02 3.33 1.40 1.45

National Assessment 01 Vocational Education

Table 5-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by Sex. 1975 to 1987

1976

ShareHS

AradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalMad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AISdenceCredits

ANEnglishCredits

ANSoc StCredits

AN

FineAds

Credits

AlForeign

LangCredits

Male 48.94 20.38 14.24 2.55 2.44 3.78 3.30 1.13 1.05Female 51.06 21.11 14.00 2.13 2.02 3.61 3.14 1.66 1.43

1977Male 45.61 20.91 14.09 2.60 2.52 3.79 3.15 0.99 1.05Female 54.39 21.25 14.17 2.26 2.19 3.64 3.17 1.59 1.32

1978Male 48.82 20.76 13.78 2.46 2.33 3.68 3.17 1.18 0.98Female 51.18 21.18 14.24 2.25 2.25 3.72 3.12 1.72 1.17

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 14.10 2.55 2.44 3.75 3.23 1.12 1.01Female 53.30 21.06 14.18 2.24 2.17 3.69 3.16 1.58 1.34

1979Male 50.22 20.89 13.65 2.51 2.17 3.72 3.16 1.35 0.74Female 49.78 21.29 14.14 2.34 2.13 3.73 3.15 1.69 1.11

1980Male 49.54 20.82 13.99 2.60 2.32 3.72 3.15 1.29 0.92Female 50.46 21.16 13.91 2.32 2.03 3.69 3.10 1.62 1.15

1981Male 48.30 21.34 14.09 2.62 2.27 3.85 3.12 1.31 0.92Female 51.70 21.41 13.99 2.27 2.05 3.77 3.17 1.75 0.97

1982°Male 48.74 21.59 14.09 2.61 2.32 3.91 3.23 1.08 0.93Female 51.26 21.71 14.25 2.46 2.28 3.87 3.05 1.53 1.04


Table 5-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by Sex. 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1979-1982

ShareHS

GradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AlMath

Credits

AN

SdenceCredits

AlEnglishCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AN

FineMs

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

Male 49.21 21.15 13.95 2.58 2.27 3.80 3.16 1.26 0.87Female 50.79 21.40 14.08 2.35 2.13 3.77 3.12 1.65 1.07

19821Male 48.05 21.45 14.24 2.72 2.28 3.87 3.21 1.26 0.91Female 51.95 21.76 14.67 2.53 2.15 3.93 3.21 1.59 1.25

1987Male 48.66 22.74 15.51 3.12 2.57 4.01 3.32 1.22 1.26Female 51.34 22.93 16.13 3.01 2.51 4.04 3.34 1.58 1.63


Table 5-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjeis by Race/EIhnicity,1975 to 1987

Share AN ANof HS Total Total AN All AN AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science English Soc St Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Crechls

1976Black 9.75 20.38 13.38 2.33 2.13 3.71 3.31 1.20 0.71Hispanic 4.40 22.02 14.60 2.47 2.24 3.59 3.13 1.63 1.54Non-Bik/Hisp 85.86 20.73 14.18 2.33 2.24 3.70 3.2 t 1.41 1.29

1977BIM( 10.01 20.44 13.06 2.36 1.85 3.87 1.12 1.22 0.64Hispanic 4.19 21.4. 13.43 2.22 1.90 3.63 3.01 1.28 1.39Non-BM-4sp 85.79 21.16 14.30 2.43 2.42 3.69 3.17 1.32 1.25

1978Black 11.23 20.47 13.53 2.33 2.03 3.91 3.28 1.29 0.69Hispanic 4.32 20.74 13.16 2.17 1.94 3.78 3.12 1.12 1.02

84.44 21.06 14.12 2.36 2.34 3.66 3.13 1.49 1.13

1975-1978Black 10.28 20.33 13.38 2.32 1.99 3.86 3.25 1.24 0.72Hispanic 4.04 21.40 13.76 2.26 2.01 3.64 3.12 1.33 1.38Non-BM-lisp 85.69 20.90 14.26 2.40 2.34 3.71 3.19 1.38 1.24

1979iladt 13.25 20.28 13.17 2 35 1.97 1.84 3.23 1.20 0.58Hispanic 4.56 21.39 13.70 2.43 1.90 3.64 3.16 1.32 1.27Non-Blk/Hisp 82.19 21.20 14.01 2.43 2.20 3.71 3.14 1.58 0.96

1980Black 13.24 20.44 13.54 2.42 2.00 3.91 3.:3 1.25 0.68Hispanic 4.95 21.38 13.64 2.50 1.97 3.69 3.02 1.16 1.30Non-131k/Hisp 81.80 21.05 14.03 2.46 2.22 3.67 3,11 1.51 1.08


Table 5-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Race/Eltmicity,1975 to 1987 (contimed)

1981

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AN

ScienceCredits

AN

EnglishCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AN

FineArts

Credits

AnForeign

LangCredits

Black 12.77 20.54 13.31 2.40 1.88 3.92 3.26 1.25 0.61Hispanic 5.45 21.28 13.38 2.31 1.77 3.78 3.10 1.22 1.20Non-Mk/lisp 81.78 21.52 14.20 2.46 2.23 3.80 3.13 1.60 0.99

1982'Black 13.05 21.33 13.56 2.46 1.97 4.05 3.23 1.30 0.55Hispanic 4.49 21.87 14.06 2.65 1.82 3.78 3.18 1.36 1.28Non-B1O-Ns," 82.47 21.69 14.27 2.54 2.38 3.87 3.12 1.31 1.04

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 13.40 2.41 1.96 3.93 3.25 1.25 0.60Hispanic 4.84 21.47 13.69 2.47 1.87 3.72 3.11 1.26 1.26Non-Blk/Hisp 82.06 21.36 14.13 2.47 2.26 3.76 3.12 1.50 1.02

1982yAsian 1.44 2212 15.97 3.19 2.60 3,82 3.15 1.J0 1.91Black 10.54 21.30 13.83 2.58 2.05 4.08 3.12 1.24 0.76I %panic 11.53 21.30 13.2(.1 2..3 1.82 3.90 3.05 1.29 0.84Nal. Am. 1.05 21.44 13.39 2..0 1.96 3.95 3.27 1.67 0.44White 75.44 21.70 14.74 2.68 2.29 3.88 3.25 1.48 1.16

1987Asian 3.08 23.81 17.75 3.70 3.01 3.80 3.43 1.16 2.50Black 14.11 22.25 15.09 2.98 2.36 4.09 3.32 1.19 1.14Hispanic 7.37 22.62 15.15 2.88 2.21 3.94 3.19 1.33 7.?Native Am 0.68 23.13 15.39 3.01 2.45 4.20 3.19 1.67 E'i.:3 .74

White 74.57 22.95 15.92 3.08 2.59 4.04 3.31 1.46 1.4d

Assessment of Vocational Education

Table 5-4-- Average Number of Credits Completed In Different Curriculum Areas by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

1975-1978Male

Shareof H$GradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AM

MathCredits

AN

ScienceCredits

ANEnglishCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

ANFineArts

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits

Black 4.40 20.40 13.62 2.38 2.00 3.85 3.33 1.35 0.71Hispanic 1.67 21.55 13.94 2.39 2.25 3.63 3.15 1.31 1.22

40.63 20.68 14.16 2.58 2.49 3.74 3.23 1.08 1.04

FemaleBlack 5.89 20.31 13.20 2.27 1.98 3.87 3.19 1.17 0.73Hispanic 2.36 21.34 13.62 2.17 1.84 3.66 3.11 1.34 1.50Non- BlkIHlsp 45.06 21.17 14.34 2.24 2.21 3.67 3.15 1.65 1.41

1979-1982Male

Black 6.13 20.67 13.44 2.44 1.95 3.98 3.30 1.28 0.49Hispanic 2.36 21.41 13.d1 2.61 1.98 3.69 3.15 1.25 1.14Non-Bw/Hisp 40.72 21.21 14.03 2.60 2.34 3.78 3.15 1.25 0.92

FemaleBlack 6.95 20.63 13.36 2.38 1.97 3.89 3.20 1.22 0.70Hispanic 2.49 21.53 13.58 2.34 1.76 3.75 3.08 1.28 1.37Non Blk/Hisp 41.34 21.52 14.23 2.35 2.18 3.75 2.10 1.74 1.11


Table 5-4--

19821Male

Average Number of Credits Completed in Different Curriculum Areas by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share All Allof HS Total Total AN All All AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science English Soc SI Ms LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Asian 0.77 21.90 15.54 3.23 2.59 3.75 3.11 1.19 1.68Black 4.63 21.19 13.75 2.61 2.04 4.02 3.13 1.30 0.66Hispanic 6.21 21.09 13.00 2.35 1.85 3.85 3.03 1.23 0.68Nat Am 0.66 21.52 13.37 2.13 1.94 3.93 3.33 1.67 0.37While 35.76 21.54 14.52 2.80 2.39 3.85 3.25 1.26 0.97

FemaleAsian 0.66 22.37 16.45 3.1,1 2.61 '3.89 3.20 1.43 2.18Black 5.90 21.38 13.89 2.56 2.06 4.13 3.11 1.19 0.84Hispanic 5.30 21.54 13.43 2.24 1.77 3.94 3.08 1.37 1.03Nal Am 0.38 21.30 13.41 2.05 2.00 3.97 3.16 1.66 0.57While 39.66 21.84 14.93 2.5$ 2.20 3.90 3.25 1.69 1.33

1987Male

Asian 2.70 23.80 17.84 3.84 3.26 3.88 3.43 0.97 2.26Black 13.38 22.20 15.05 3.02 2.35 4.11 3.35 1.17 1.04Hispanic 7.00 22.47 14.95 2.95 2.20 3.91, 3.90 1.31 1.35Nal Am 0.83 22.87 15.12 3.01 2.45 4.14 3.13 1.59 0.80While 76.08 22.85 15.49 3.13 2.63 3.99 3.29 1.22 1.21

FemaleAsian 3.22 23.82 17.70 3.59 2.81 3.73 3.44 1.31 2.70Black 13.73 22.30 15.14 2.96 2.37 4.08 3.28 1.20 1.24IiispanIc 5.90 22.78 15.33 tr..ann .u4. 2.22a..telc. n ^rib

%.1.0, 3.21 1.35 1.F9Nat Arn 0.84 23.38 15.65 3.13 2.45 4.26 3.26 1.75 0 80White 75.31 23.05 16.32 3.03 2.56 4.07 3.33 1.68 1.65


Table 5-5- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by High School Program. 1975 to 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AN

ScienceCredits

AN

EnglishCredits

AllSoc StCredits

AllFineArts

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

General Prog 44.45 20.39 13.07 1.94 1.93 3.62 3.24 1.61 0.73College Prep 42.76 21.25 16.24 2.98 2.76 3.90 3.29 1.30 2.00Vocational 12.79 20.29 11.24 1.73 1.59 3.32 2.82 1.18 0.61Commercial Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1977General Prog 39.95 20.68 12.76 1.99 1.93 3.51 3.09 1.44 0.80Colege Prep 42.07 21.78 16.65 3.08 3.01 3.96 3.31 1.40 1.90Vocational 14.68 20.51 11.14 1.82 1.73 3.60 2.91 0.65 0.43Commercial 3.30 2P 46 11.89 1.62 1.93 3.54 3.00 1.28 0.52

1978General Prog 39.52 20.49 12.95 2.00 1.97 3.64 3.11 1.52 0.71College Prep 42.78 21.40 16.13 2.92 2.89 3.90 3.21 1.52 1.68Vocational 17.70 20.98 11.53 1.82 1.68 3.36 3.08 1.10 0.50Commercial Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1975-1978General Prog 40.44 20.48 13.00 2.01 1.95 3.61 3.17 1.49 0.77Colege Prep 42.28 21.30 16.33 2.99 2.87 3.93 3.29 1.40 1.85Vocational 14.13 20.60 11.34 1.81 1.69 3.45 2.95 0.90 0.54Comrnerdal 3.15 21.12 12.53 1.79 1.93 3.62 3.10 1.30 0.78

1979General Prod 39.64 20.74 12.93 2.14 1.82 3.70 3.09 1.61 0.59College Prep 38.45 21.77 16.15 2.97 2.81 3.92 3.34 1.61 1.53Vocational 18.35 20.28 11.62 1.49 1.69 3.45 2.93 1.25 0.3JCommercial 3.56 21.87 11.45 1.67 1.32 3.50 2.98 1.15 0.82

National Ass(' Isment of Vocational Education

Table 5-6- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by High School Program, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share All Allof HS Total Total AN All AN All Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science English Soc St Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1980General Proy 39.69 20.66 12.78 2.05 1.79 3.62 3.10 1.60 0.62College Prep 44.61 21.36 15.93 3.05 2.73 3.84 3.21 1.45 1.64Vocational 13 95 20.76 11.57 1.93 1.68 3.58 2.86 1.17 0.35Cormierdal 3.56 21.38 11.96 1.78 1.76 3.45 3.22 0.98 0.78

1981General Prog 52.96 21.21 13.11 2.19 1.94 3.77 3.13 1.49 0.58r:ollege Prep 37.78 21.74 15.90 2.96 2.60 3.93 3.17 1.65 1.60Vocational 9.26 21.06 12.53 2.01 1.69 3.72 3.13 1.55 0.43Cornmerdal Low-N Low-N Low-N itaw-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1982'General Prog 61.50 21.58 13.31 2.31 2.13 3.86 3.12 1.24 0.66College Prep 32.96 21.85 16.09 3.02 2.78 3.94 3.16 1.47 1.71Vocational 5.55 21.26 12.12 2.1F 1.7 3.86 3.05 0.82 0.52Coninerdal Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1979-1982General Prog 47.73 21.12 13.07 2.19 1.94 3.75 3.11 1.46 0.62College Prep 38.02 21.66 16.02 3.00 2.73 3.91 3.22 1.54 1.62Vocational 11.59 20.67 11.83 1.99 1.69 3.58 2.96 1.23 0.38Commerdal 2.65 21.35 12.13 2.00 1.64 3.53 3.08 1.07 0.81

19821General 23.97 21.06 13.48 2.25 1.88 3.82 3.22 1.66 0.64Academic 48.72 22.14 16.39 3.15 2.71 4.01 3.33 1.48 1.71Vocational 27.31 21.18 11.93 2,02 1,62 3.77 2.99 1.16 0.37

National Assessment of %I acational Education

Table 5-6-- Average Number o1 Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by Father's Education, 1975 to 1982

Share A$ AN

of HS Total 1 olal All All AN AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Aced Math Science English Soc St Arls LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976LT High Schl 65.95 20.10 12.58 1.99 1.84 3.48 3.13 1.33 0.80HS Only 16.98 20.70 13.69 2.17 2.01 3.67 3.25 1.41 1.18Some College 5.00 20.84 14.62 2.40 2.64 3.93 3.44 0.84 1.374 Yrs College 6.81 21.41 16.37 3.02 2.76 3.80 3.28 1.58 1.92Adv Degree 5.26 21.65 16.74 2.95 2.85 3.99 3.0'7 2.06 1.83

1977LT High &A4 24.65 20.52 12.56 2.10 2.02 3.50 3.04 1.24 0.66HS Only 38.97 20.91 13.53 2.20 2.21 3.62 3.17 1.27 1.07Some College 13.00 21.54 15.33 2.66 2.67 4.00 3.25 1.23 1.534 Yrs College 13.07 21.47 15.48 2.84 2.50 3.844 3.21 1.47 1.62Adv Degree 10.30 22.72 17.82 3.34 3.33 4.03 3.25 1.65 2.21

1976LT High Schl 25.72 20.54 12.88 2.12 2.01 3.F...) 3.14 1.26 0.67HS Only 38.22 21.03 13.22 2.14 2.08 3.L6 3.13 1.42 0.86Some College 11.95 20.66 14.18 2 34 2.35 3.83 3.12 1.37 1.174 Yrs College 13.32 21 72 16.45 2.82 2.92 3.87 3.25 1.74 1.85

Adv Degree 10.79 21.66 16.82 3.10 2.89 3.83 3.05 2.00 1.95

1975-1978LT High Schl 24.74 20.36 12.80 2.12 1.98 3.58 3.15 1.25 0.72HS Only 35.28 20.84 13.59 2.19 2.13 3.66 3.18 1.35 1.07

Some College 11.34 20.95 14.82 2.53 2.53 3.91 3.27 1.19 1.39

4 Yrs College 12.50 21.43 16.02 2.87 2.71 3.85 3.24 1.57 .79

Adv Degree 9.83 21.63 16.88 3.07 2.99 3.92 3.16 1.81 1.93

1979LT HS 23.23 20.81 12.71 2.18 1.86 3.61 3.12 1.35 0.59HS 0(.4 jo.,a 20.85 12.98 2.26 2.01 3.62 3.13 1.21 0.75Some College 15.26 21.52 14.99 2.J9 2.27 3 80 3.38 1.67 1.27

4 Yrs College 12.54 21.45 15.92 2.89 2.69 3.u2 3.01 2.24 1.27

Adv Degree 10.52 22.07 16.71 2.95 2.85 4.18 3.29 1.86 1.58


Table 5-6-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Father's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share All AN

of HS Total Total AN AN All AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science EngNsh Soc St Arts LangPop Credits Croats Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1980LT High Schl 29.64 20.93 13.10 2.26 1.95 3.77 3.09 1.37 0.66HS Only 36.43 20.71 13.36 2.34 2.07 3.64 3.06 1.37 0.89Some College 11.05 21.27 13.95 2.36 2.09 3.67 3.15 1.t.2 1.174 Yrs College 13.94 20.96 15.43 2.93 2.56 3.71 3.15 1.65 1.43Adv Degree 8.94 22.10 17.33 3.17 3.71 3.38 1.85 2.35

1981LT High &hi 26.57 21.00 12.81 2.06 1.86 3.76 3.19 1.38 0.56HS Only 38.18 21.04 13.46 2.38 2.05 3.75 3.01 1.40 0.85Some College 15.83 22.24 15.06 2.65 2.28 3.83 3.31 1.84 1.094 Yrs College 10.70 22.12 16.41 3.13 83 3.90 3.07 1.58 1.90Adv Degree 8.65 22.11 16.53 2.83 76 4.04 3.2C 2.16 1.49

1982'LT high Schl 24.22 21.45 13.29 2.30 2.11 3.82 3.19 1.17 0.70HS Only 41.28 21.45 13.52 2.34 2.12 3.88 3.05 1.33 0.80Some Colleg1 10.80 22.10 14.46 2.67 2.20 3.77 3.08 1.56 1.194 Yrs College 15.03 21.96 15.61 2.82 2.71 3.93 3.31 1.36 1.45Adv DegrA 8.67 22.73 17.42 3.38 3.34 4.30 3.22 1.30 1.88

1979-1982LT High Sdil 25.85 21.04 12.99 2.21 1.95 3.74 3.1,4 1.32 0.63HS Onl, 38.62 21.01 13.33 2.33 2.06 3.73 3.06 1.33 0.82Some College 13.17 21.76 14.68 2.58 2.22 3.77 3.26 1.66 1.194 Yrs College 13.15 21.53 15.79 2.93 2.69 3.C4 3.15 1.71 1.48Adv Degree 9.20 22.13 17.00 3.08 2.96 4.06 3.29 1. id 1.82

19821LT High Schl 21.81 21.39 13.37 2.28 1.95 3.87 3.14 1.40 3.72HS Only 30.64 21.51 13.94 2.53 2.10 3.85 3.20 1.37 0.89Some College 24.21 21.74 14.98 2.76 2.36 3.92 3.26 1.45 1.234 Yrs College 11.55 22.18 16.51 3.17 2.72 4.02 3.38 1.49 1.74Adv Degree 11.78 22.15 16.84 3.19 2.74 4.03 3.32 1.66 1.90


Table 5-7-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Mother's Education, 1975 to 1982

Share All Allof HS Total Total AN AN AN All Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science English Soo St Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976TL High Sdil 21.8, 20.28 12.85 2.11 1.88 3.70 3.10 1 18 0.89

HS Only 63.71 20.74 13.97 2.25 2.24 3.64 3.23 1.44 1.18Some College 12.70 20.87 15.16 2.46 2.26 3.79 3.45 1.70 1.534 Yrs College 6.94 22.07 16.23 3.08 2.88 3.71 3.24 1.13 2.17Adv Degree 4.81 21.12 15.99 2.79 2.56 4.12 3.34 1.69 1.50

1977LT High Schl 19.26 20.54 12.12 1.98 1.76 3.62 3.( 5 1.13 0.57HS Only 53.64 20.97 13.71 2.29 2.25 3.63 3: 5 1.26 1.13Some College 17.42 20.99 15.39 2.76 2.73 3.78 3.; 2 1.38 1.514 Yrs College 9.68 22.80 17.33 3.04 3.10 4.16 3.27 1.70 2.06

1978LT High Schl 20.83 20.42 12.48 2.C4 1.99 3.73 3.15 0.95 0.62HS Only 53.98 21.14 13.72 2.30 2.30 3.65 3.07 1.46 0.92Some College 13.78 21.27 15.31 2.54 2.34 3.90 3.08 1.86 1.594 Yrs College 11.40 21.44 16.92 2.93 2.74 3.75 3.47 2.02 2.01

1975-1978LT High Schl 19.84 20.41 12.58 2.06 1.91 3.68 3.14 1.07 0.72HS Only 50.18 20.89 13.90 2.30 2.26 3.67 3.17 1.38 1.12Some College 14.21 20.93 15.23 2.61 2.49 3.82 3.21 1.61 1_494 Yrs College 9.18 21.71 16.75 2.99 2.88 3.90 3.36 1.61 2.02Adv Degree 3.J0 21.22 16.31 3.01 2.70 3.99 3.32 1.58 1.71


Table 5-7-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Srbjects by Mother's Education. 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share All Allof HS Total Total Al Al Al Fine ForeignGrad HS Aced Math Science English Soc St Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1979LT High Scht 24.00 20.55 12.47 2.12 1.87 3.67 3.03 1.23 0.55HS Only 53.06 21.26 13.84 2.45 2.11 3.62 3.17 1.59 0.91Some CoN 14.12 20.67 14.51 2.52 2.33 3.85 3.24 1.49 1.084 Yrs Col 8.83 21.93 16.35 2.88 2.70 4.44 3.20 1.59 1.54

198CLT High Schl 26.03 20.63 12.82 2.19 1.87 3.67 3.13 1.28 0.69HS Only 51.70 20 99 13.70 2.39 2.16 3.69 3 03 1.54 0.89Some College 11.28 21.63 14.92 2.82 2.42 3.83 3...8 1.03 1.554 Yrs College 10.99 21 35 16.35 3.02 2.60 3.67 3.40 1.89 1.77

1981LT High Sdil 24.12 20.86 12.79 2.13 1.76 3.71 3.15 1.41 0.63HS Only 48.99 21.21 13.71 2.39 2.16 3.77 3.09 1.44 0.1;6Some College 11.67 22.39 14.95 2.68 2.54 3.85 3.17 1.75 0.974 Yrs College 11.63 22.15 16.51 3.08 2.55 4.05 3.33 1.72 1.77Adv Degree 3.60 22.06 17.42 2.95 2.78 4.25 2.94 2.44 2.06

1982'LT High Sctil 26.77 21.42 13.23 2.29 2.03 3.87 3.22 1.23 0.60HS Only 52.97 21.60 13.94 2.48 2.24 3.85 3.11 1.40 0.06Some College 11.35 21.87 15.00 2.93 2.58 3.86 2.95 1.14 1.554 Yrs College 8.v1 -22.64 16.38 2.92 2,80 4.20 3.21 1.48 1.76


Table 5-7-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Mother's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share AN AN

of HS Total Total AN AN AN Ail Fine ForeignGrad HS Aced Math Science English Soc St Ms LangPop Credits Croats Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1979-1982LT High Schl 24.70 20.88 12.84 2.19 1.89 3.73 J.13 1.28 0.62HS Only 50.61 21.27 13.80 2.43 216 3.73 3.10 1.49 0.88So:ne College 11.86 21.54 14.82 2.72 2.46 3.85 3.16 1.36 1.284 Yrs College 9.83 21.99 16.40 2.98 2.66 4.07 3.29 1.69 1.72Adv Degree 3.00 21:.74 17,18 3.09 3.22 4.05 3.16 1.85 2.02

1982tLT High Schl 17.39 21.09 13.20 2.30 1.93 3.90 3.10 1.26 0.72HS Only 41.55 21.67 14.24 2.68 2.18 3.88 3.23 1.37 1.00Some College 26.22 21.86 15.19 2.82 2.35 3.90 3.26 1.57 1.304 Yrs College 9.18 22.08 16.56 313 2.74 4 03 3.33 1 61 1.72Adv Degree 6.66 22.20 16.85 3.13 2.79 4.04 3.39 1.64 1.85

National Assessment of Vr,..atior.al Education

Table 5-8- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by High School Urbanicity, 1975 to 1987

Share AN ANof HS TOW Total AN AN Al AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science English Soc SI Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976Not In SMSA 24.26 20.97 13.98 2.25 2.19 3.84 3.25 1.52 0.93SMSA, Not CC 37.00 20.63 14.16 2.36 2.26 3.55 3.15 1.40 1.43SMSA, CC DK 24.33 20.61 13.69 2.30 2.21 3.71 3.27 1.13 1.07SMSA, In CC 14.41 21.02 14.98 2.45 2.21 3.78 3 21 1.74 1.59

1977Nol In SMSA 29.00 20.77 13.39 2.32 2.24 3.74 3.03 1.24 0.82SMSA, Not CC 31.39 21.23 14.57 2.50 2.46 3.52 3.28 1.29 1.41SMSA, CC 24.74 21.31 14.38 2.39 2.34 3.74 3.16 1.57 1.18SMSA, In C 14.88 21.18 14.39 2.49 2.3 3.8 3.18 1.09 1.53

197RNot In SMSA 34.01 20.96 13.60 2.22 2.24 3.78 3.13 1.43 0.80SIASA, Not CC 29.95 21.13 14.05 2.31 2.29 3.61 3.16 1.56 1.10SMSA, CC DK 2u.72 20.71 13.69 2.36 2.20 3.61 3.20 1.17 1.15SUS& h CC 15.33 21.03 15.35 2.75 2.53 3.80 3.04 1.65 1.58

1975.1978Nol in SMSA 29.23 20.78 13.75 2.30 2.25 3.81 3.18 1.36 0.84SMSA, NoI CC 33.40 20.88 14.26 2.39 2.33 3.61 3.22 1.38 1.33SMSA, CC DK 22.51 20.84 13.97 2.39 2.26 3.71 3.20 1.30 1.12SMSA, in CC 15.05 21.02 14.97 2.56 2.35 3.84 3.13 1.45 1.62

1979Nol in SMSA 30.51 21.08 13.52 2.32 2.18 3.75 3.22 1.42 0.63SMSA, Not Cf., 34.13 21.49 14.46 2.44 2.33 3.74 3.17 1.68 1.11SMSA, CC 1:); 23.88 20.71 13.37 2.46 1.97 3.60 3.03 1.38 0.93SMSA, in CC 11.47 20.72 14.14 2.59 1.91 3.79 3.14 1.65 1.07


Table 5-8-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by High School Urbanicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share AN Allof HS Total Total AN All AN AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Science English Soc SI Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Crecits

1980Not In SMSA 29.77 21.27 13.63 2.30 2.21 3.77 3.12 1.54 0.6QSMSA, Not CC 37.18 21.05 14.02 .46 2.20 3.56 3.08 1.53 1.20SMSfr. CC DK 21.36 20.81 14.23 2.63 2.05 3.74 3.19 1.45 1.18SMSA, In CC 11.68 20.40 13.92 2.52 2.18 3.89 3.13 1.10 1.10

1981Not In SMSA 31.78 21.64 13.92 2.32 2.33 3.83 3.11 1.64 0.69SMSA, Not CC 36.49 21.52 14.10 2.45 2.10 3.76 3.12 1.54 1.12SMSA, CC DK 20.27 20.97 13.94 2.54 2.02 3.72 3.23 1.42 1.00SMSA, In CC 11.49 20.96 14.07 2.50 1.99 4.03 3.12 1.53 0.90

982'Not In SMSA 34.38 21.77 13.72 2.34 2.29 3.96 3.16 1.28 0.70SMSA, Not CC 39.81 21.61 14.68 2.66 2.43 3.91 3.23 1.22 1.23SMSA, CC DK 15.43 21.23 13.14 2.42 1.85 3.69 2.86 1.48 0.84SMSA, In CC 10.39 22.04 14.84 2.77 2.29 3.86 3.18 1.62 1.11

1979-1982Not In SMSA 31.61 21.45 13.70 2.32 2.25 3.84 3.15 1.46 0.68SMSA, Not CC 36.91 21.42 14.33 2.51 2.27 3.75 3.15 1.48 1.17SMSA, CC DK 20.22 20.90 13.68 2.51 1.98 3.68 3.08 1.43 1.00SMSA, In CC 11.25 21.01 14.24 2.59 2.09 3.89 3.14 1.47 1,05

19821Rural 30.71 21.59 14.01 2.42 2.19 3.92 3.20 1.48 0.79Subuibali 50.12 21.70 14.70 2.72 2.23 3.85 3.24 1.42 1.24

Urban 19.17 21.41 14.59 2.70 2.19 4.00 3.15 1.38 1.17

1387Smal Place 41.92 22.. " 15.55 3.01 2.59 4.05 3.21 1,43 1.19Medium City 14.89 22.59 15.75 3.07 2.44 3.96 3.26 1.48 1.54Urban Fringe 28.13 22.87 16.05 3.15 2.53 4.02 3.39 1.32 1.61Dig City 15.05 22.67 16.27 3.08 2.50 3.99 3.47 1.40 1.80


Table 5-9-- Average Number of Course Credits Ealried in Academic Subjects by High. School Region. 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AllMath

Credits

AN

Scient.6Credits

MEnglishCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AllFineArts

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits


1977N East 25.07 21.40 14.84 2.36 2.47 3.74 3.39 1.12 1.75N Cerdral 29.23 20.60 13.49 2.40 2.22 J.46 3.04 1.48 0.88South 29.95 21.02 14.13 2.19 2.40 8.95 3.06 1.18 1.04West 15.75 21.62 13.96 2.37 2.19 3.60 3.18 1.46 1.16

1978N East 18.59 21.69 15.16 2.52 2.63 3.90 3.21 1.36 1.54N Central 36.80 20.50 13.43 2.24 2.15 3.41 3.18 1.48 0.96South 29.47 20.75 14.13 2.44 2.40 3.99 3.14 1.28 0.89West 15.14 21.90 13.97 2.27 1.98 3.6( 3.01 1.91 1.20

1975-1978N Eas1 22.35 21.44 15.31 2.52 2.57 3.79 3.40 1.21 1.81N Central 30.46 20.26 13.41 2.24 2.13 3.45 3.17 1.47 0.96South 28.95 20.67 14.22 2.52 2.41 4.01 3.10 1.21 0.97West 16.70 21.53 13.78 2.24 2.00 3.58 3.11 1.68 1.18

1979N East 21.49 22.25 15.56 2.66 2.49 3.85 3.38 1.50 1.71N rertrn! 32.54 20.38 13.06 of *1a..ve n AC

i f -.WO/11 A0 .AU A AA

%Lt.:UP4 r-,I...if IN r C1., .til,.

South 32.76 20.99 14.11 2.49 2.19 4.06 3.18 1.48 0.71West 13.21 21.29 12.82 2.21 1,79 3.32 3.07 1.57 0.87

National Assessment o! Vocational Education

Table 5-9- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by High School Region, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AllScion, ..eCreJits

AN

EngN..hCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AN

FineArts

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits


1981N East 18.40 22.47 15.51 2.62 2.52 4.07 3.32 1.38 1.60N Cordial 33.85 20.52 12 91 2.26 2.00 3.55 2.99 1.42 0.71South 33.93 21.31 14.63 2.59 2.33 3.97 3.24 1.65 0.86West 13.82 22.32 13.31 2.29 1.66 3.73 3.04 1.74 0.86

1982'N East 20.38 22.19 16.11 2.81 2.90 4.00 3.40 1.20 1.80N Central 31.99 21.13 I3.60 2.42 2.13 3.74 3.02 1.4; 0.83South 32.38 21.62 14.18 2.56 2.31 4.08 3.19 1.31 0.72West 15.25 22.08 12.91 2.40 1.85 3.68 2.92 1.17 0.88

1979-1962N East 19.99 22.14 15.64 2.70 2.60 3.90 3.36 1.34 1.74N Central 33.14 20.68 13.34 2.36 2.11 3.58 3.01 1.52 0.76South 32.75 21.13 14.16 2.52 2.25 4,0i 3.17 1.45 0.77West 14.12 21.83 13.08 2.28 1.74 3.60 3.05 1.50 0.91


Table 5-9- Average Number of Course Credits Famed in Academic Subjects by High School Region, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1982t

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AU

ScienceCredits

AllEnglishCredits

AllSoc SCredits

AUFineArts

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits


1987N East 22.65 23.26 17.26 3.31 2.92 4.06 3.56 1.21 2.13N Central 27.58 22.69 15.17 2.88 2.35 3.92 3.19 1.65 1.18South 30.98 22.44 15.46 3.07 2.54 4.14 3.32 1.23 1.15West 18.79 23.21 1E.66 3.03 2.35 3.92 3.29 1.56 1.47

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table 6-10-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Ivoe of School, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AllScienceCredits

AN

EliglishCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AllFineArts

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

Public 91.70 20.60 13.99 2.33 2.21 3.68 3.19 1.42 1.17Ptiv Parch 8.30 22.43 15.46 2.48 2.48 3.88 3.55 0.89 2.18

1977Public 89.42 20.90 13.79 2,35 2.28 3.65 3.11 1.33 1.07Priv Parorh 10.58 22.81 17.00 3.00 2.83 4.16 3.f.'6 1.18 2.27

1978Public 93.79 2 .87 13.89 2.32 2.27 3.67 3.12 1.46 1.03Pdv Paroch 6.21 22.54 15.93 2.77 2.56 4.05 3.52 1,32 1./1

1975-1978Public 90.88 20.75 13.96 2.35 2.26 3.69 3.15 1.40 1.11Priv Pared) 8.78 22.08 16.01 2.75 2.63 4.08 3.57 0.99 1.99

1979Public 93.44 20.98 13.80 2.40 2.14 3.71 3.12 1.55 0.88P4v Parch 6.56 22.61 15.14 2.76 2.30 4.03 3.57 1.06 1.53

National Assessment of Vocational Eti ;cation

Table 5-10- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Type of School, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

ToldHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AlScienceCredits

AN

EnglishCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AllFineArts

Credits

AllFore!ln

LangCredits

Pubic 95.44 20.99 13,87 2.44 2.15 3.69 j.11 '1.48 1.00Priv Paroch 4.56 20.85 15.57 2.78 2.67 3.96 3.38 0.95 1.83

1981Public 93.76 21.28 13.90 2.42 2.14 3.78 3.13 1.55 0.87Priv Paroch 6.24 22.85 16.18 2.76 2.38 4.22 5.39 1.36 2.07

1982'Public 92.46 21.51 14..02 2.50 2.28 3.88 3.12 1.32 0.92Priv Paroch 7.54 23.39 16.03 2.99 2.52 4.11 3.40 1.2C 1.80

1979-1982Public 93.77 21.19 13.90 2.44 2.18 3.76 3.12 1.47 0.92Priv Paroch 6.21 22.59 15.77 2.83 2.46 4.09 3.44 1.15 1.80

1982fPublic 88.97 21.47 14.17 2.55 2.17 3.87 3.16 1.46 0.97Private 3.62 21.59 17.30 3.21 2.73 4.15 3.53 1.63 2.05Catholic 7.41 23.26 16.58 3.24 2.50 4,11 3.63 1.04 2.06

1987Public 90.71 22.77 15.64 3.02 2.51 4.00 3.31 1.42 1.36Private (Non-Cath) 3.07 21.52 18.24 3.67 2.95 4.20 3.30 1.50 2.62Catholic 6.22 24.49 17.37 3.48 2.75 4.13 3.65 1.03 2.24

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Table 5-11-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AN

ScienceCredits

AUEnglishCredits

AllSoc StCredits

A ellFinArts

Credits

ForeignAll

LangCredits

HS Only 29.81 19.89 11.86 1.76 1.61 3.57 3.15 1.19 0.58Some CoNege 23.33 20.78 13.54 2.12 2.21 3.47 3.12 1.61 1.014 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 15.35 2.71 2.50 3.78 3.24 1.52 1.59GT 4 Yts Col 17.92 21.27 16.58 2.94 2.83 4.01 3 33 1.33 2.14

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 11.76 1.81 1.87 3.60 2.94 1.16 0.37Some CoNege 21.73 20.73 12.95 2.17 1.91 3.46 3.24 1.35 0.834 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 15.50 2.75 2.65 3.90 3.15 1.39 1.67GT 4 Yrs Col 17.20 22.05 16.99 3.07 3.08 3.83 3.48 1.39 2.14

1978HS Oaly 29.09 20.48 12.17 1.88 1.93 3.50 3.11 1.28 0.47Some College 23.90 20.82 13.03 2.04 1.93 3.69 3.14 1.47 0.774 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 15.19 2.67 2.58 3.85 3.21 1.39 1.49GT 4 Yrs Col 16.02 21.35 16.54 3.05 2.93 3.78 3.06 1.86 1.85

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 11.98 1.86 1.82 3.57 3.07 1.16 0.50Some College 22.33 20.71 13.26 2.13 2.03 3.58 3.17 1.47 C.894 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 15.2g 2.69 2.57 3.85 3.22 1.41 1.53GT 4 Yrs Col 18.75 21.44 16.65 2.99 2.89 3.88 3.35 1.48 2.06

1,j79HS Only 33.77 00.79 11.09 1.119 1.65 1.A4 3.07 1.13 0.40Some College 20.15 20.72 12.84 2.13 1.96 3.54 3.09 1.42 0.724 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 15.27 2.86 2.41 3.85 3.22 1.65 1.31GT 4 Yrs Col 13.88 21.84 16.86 3.15 3.08 3.92 3.26 1.86 1.59

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Table 5-11-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGrafPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AnScienceCredits

ANEnglishCredits

AllSoc StCredits

AllFineArts

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits

S Only 31.79 20.49 11.78 1.94 1.73 2.96 1.30 0.31Some College 19.34 21.00 12.96 2.02 1.79 3.68 3.07 1.51 0.884 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 15.33 2.83 2.43 3.77 3.24 1.54 1.51GT 4 Yrs Col 12.79 21.77 16.98 3.37 3.18 3.92 3.31 1.40 1.79

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 12.12 1.93 1.68 3.68 3.08 1.35 0.40Some College 15.40 21.03 13.12 2.25 1.84 3.65 3.02 1.58 0.794 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 15.92 2.95 2.55 3.97 3.24 1.72 1.49GT 4 Yrs Col 11.92 22.09 16.23 2.91 3.04 4.01 3.24 1.57 1.45

1982'HS Only 35.11 21.30 12.40 1.99 1.82 3.78 3.13 1.23 0.44Some College 15.37 21.74 13.42 2.35 2.04 3.99 2.98 1.37 0.684 Yrs College 40.49 21.83 15.34 2.88 2.66 3.89 3.19 1.34 1.37GT 4 Yrs Col 9.03 22.20 17.21 3.46 3.10 4.02 3.24 1.38 2.01

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 12.08 1.94 1.72 3.67 3.06 1.30 0.39Some College 17.62 21.09 13.06 2.17 1.91 3.70 3.05 1.47 0.774 Yrs College 35.63 21.60 15.41 2.88 2.52 3.87 3.22 1.55 1.42GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.91 21.95 16.81 3.22 3.10 3.96 3.26 1.58 1.69

1982fNone 18.18 20.82 12.04 1.96 1.67 3.78 3.04 1.26 0.34Voc/Tech 20.04 21.19 12.64 2.10 1.75 3.77 3.14 1.40 0.471.14 Yr Coll 18.66 21.54 14.12 2.51 2.06 3.89 3.24 1.42 1.01BA'BS 23,71 22.09 16.11 3.12 2.58 3,98 3.30 1.58 1.55Adv Deg 19.43 22.31 17.07 3.31 2.93 4.06 3.33 1.48 1.95


Table 5-12-- Averbge Number of Credits Completed in Different Curriculum Areas by Sex and PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1975-1978Male

Shareof HSGradPop

TOWHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AllScienceCredits

AllEnglishCredits

AllSac StCredits

AlFineAds

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits

HS Only 29.02 20.26 11.98 2.04 1.91 3.64 3.12 0.88 0.38

Some College 19.51 20.29 12.69 2.21 2.06 3.60 3.18 1.06 0.58

4 Yrs College 29.23 20.83 14.98 2.77 2.59 3.89 3.29 1.19 1.24

GT 4 Yrs Col 22.24 21.40 16.94 3.21 3.26 3.84 3.32 1.37 1.93

FemaleHS Only 28.21 20.29 11.98 1.69 1.73 3.51 3.02 1.42 0.61

Some College 25.05 21.03 13.66 2.07 2.00 3.58 3.16 1.75 1.10

4 Yrs College 30.81 21.59 15.54 2.62 2.56 3.83 3.17 1.60 1.77

GT4 Yrs Coll 15.93 21.64 16.30 2.73 2.44 3.93 3.37 1.62 2.21

1979.1982Male

HS Only 35.73 20.63 11.83 2.00 1.69 3.67 3.08 1.12 0.27

Some College 13.95 21.04 13.04 2.30 2.01 3.71 3 14 1.25 0.63

4 Yrs College 36.78 21.48 15.40 2.98 2.63 3.88 3.25 1.35 1.30

GT4 Yrs Coll 13.54 21.85 16.67 3.37 3.17 3.96 3.19 1.34 1.64

Female11S Only 33.99 21.03 12.33 1.87 1.75 3.66 3.05 1.49 0.51

Some College 21.16 21.11 13.08 2.09 1.84 3.70 2.99 1.60 0.86

4 Yrs College 34.52 21.73 15.51 2.77 2.41 3.85 3.19 1.75 1.54

GT4 Yrs Coll 10.33 22.08 17.00 3.03 3.02 3.96 3.35 1.80 1.75


IMO 5-12-- Average Number of Credits Completed In different Curriculum Areas by Sex and PSE Plans, 1:'75 to 1982

1982tMale

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AllScienceCredits

AltEnglishCredits

AltSoc SICredits

AN

FineMs

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

None 10.11 20.70 12.04 2.08 1.73 3.79 3.03 1.15 0.26Voc/Tech 9.75 21.14 12.31 2.13 1.78 3.71 3.14 1.23 0.32LT 4 Yrs Col 7.74 21.25 13.98 2.66 2.12 3.86 3.26 1.20 0.88BA/BS 11.20 21.92 15.83 3.28 2.67 3.94 3.30 1.33 1.32Adv Deg 9.26 22.23 17.13 3.44 3.13 4.03 3.32 1.41 1.79

FemaleNone 8.02 20.97 12.05 1.81 1.58 3.78 3.05 1.39 0.44Voc/Tech 10.25 21.25 12.94 2.07 1.73 3.82 3.14 1.57 0.62LT 4 Yrs Col 10.92 21.75 14.i.2 2.40 2.02 3.91 3.22 1.57 1.108A/BS 12.51 22.25 16.37 2.99 2.49 4.02 3.30 1.80 1.76Adv Deg 10.18 22.36 17.01 3.19 2.76 4.09 3.33 1.55 2.09

National Assessment of Vocatiolat Education

Table 5-13--

1976

Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by High School Grades, 1975 In 1987

Share All AN

of HS Total Total AN AN AN AN Fine ForeicinGrad HS Azad Math Science English Soc SI Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mostly A 28.17 21.67 16.01 2.93 2.79 3.78 3.07 1.54 1.89Mostly B 5.i4 21.13 14.71 2.49 2.21 3.59 3.20 1.69 1.52Mostly C 66.69 20.25 13.12 2.03 1.99 3.68 3.28 1.26 0.88Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1977Mostly A 24.35 22.24 16.40 3.04 2.80 3.87 3.29 1.60 1.80Mostly B 24.87 21.39 14.53 2.50 2.49 3.61 3.12 1.45 1.36Mostly C 47.66 20.50 12.86 2.07 2.05 3.64 3.13 1.13 0.84Below C 3.12 18.91 12.79 2.08 2.13 4.24 3.02 0.72 0.60

1978Mostly A 24.83 21.78 15.95 2.88 2.77 3.80 3.14 1.80 1.58Mostly B 24.05 21.42 14.29 2.39 2.43 3.69 3.22 1.39 1.18Mostly C 51.12 20.42 12.96 2.09 2.00 3.63 3.11 1.33 0.80Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low.N Low-N lowN LowN

1975-1978Mostly A 24.51 21.69 16.04 2.96 2.7:1 3.80 3.18 1.60 1.77Mostly B 22.82 21.27 14.49 2.44 2.39 3.67 3.18 1.52 1.30Mostly C 50.78 20.33 13.11 2.10 2.04 3.6E4 3.20 1.21 0 88Below C 1.90 19.62 13.14 2.11 2.21 4.25 3.17 0,71 0.69

1979MAO; A 92 A6 92.09 16.05 3.07 2.63 1.86 11/ 20n 14nMostly B 22.76 21.64 14.66 2.54 2.40 3.76 3.17 1.75 1.04Mostly C 54.38 20.42 12.67 2.11 1.85 3.65 3.15 1,24 0 68Below C Low-N Low-N low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N N t ow -N

National Assessment of Vocational Iciucation

Table 5-13--

1980

Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjects by High Schwl Grades, 1975 to 1987 (continind)

Share AN ANof HS Total Total AN AN AR AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Acad Math Sdence English Soc St Ms LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mostly A 22.26 21.97 15.99 3.06 2.64 3.82 3.08 1.75 1.65Mostly B 25.53 21.45 14.41 2.59 2.34 3_63 3.25 1.42 1.1AMostly C 50.40 20.39 12.88 2.14 1.90 3.69 3.08 1.35 0.71Below C 1_82 19.09 11.96 1.92 1.81 3.58 3 10 1.20 0.37,

1981Mostly A 20.41 22.29 15.91 3.04 2.96 3.84 3.04 1.61 1.42Mostly B 22.55 22.01 14.93 2.70 2.25 3.81 3.24 1.67 1.28Mostly C 57.04 20.82 13.07 2.13 1.85 3.80 9.15 1.47 0.67Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-NI Low-N

1982'Mostly A 21.43 22.69 16.50 3.24 2.97 4.03 3.19 1.40 1.67Mostly B 25.16 22.22 15.05 2.67 2.45 3.97 3.11 1.71 1.14Mostly C 53.40 21.04 12.91 2.23 1.98 3.80 3.12 1.10 0.68Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1979-1982Mostly It 21.51 22.25 16.13 3.10 2.79 3.89 3.11 1.70 1.54Mostly 23.76 21.82 14.76 2.62 2.36 3.79 3.19 1.63 1.16Mostly C 53.09 20.67 12.87 2.15 1.90 3.73 3.13 1.29 0 68Below C 1.64 20.13 12.19 1.92 1.87 3.97 3.21 0.95 0.27

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Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjacts by High School Grades, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share All Allof HS Total Total All AN AN AN Fine ForeignGrad HS Aced Math Science English Soc St Ads LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mostly A 15.83 22.54 16.94 3.39 2.95 4.03 3.19 1.61 177Mostly B 33.44 21.95 15.14 2.80 2.35 3 91 3.24 1.53 1.30Mostly C 45.27 21.00 13.36 2.29 1.91 3.84 3.21 1.34 0.76Below C 5.46 19.62 12.30 2.03 1.71 3.97 3.08 1.04 0.47

1987Mostly A 14.32 24.35 18.82 3.77 3.32 4.16 3.46 1.70 2.35Mostly B 32.25 23.54 16.76 3.32 2.77 4.06 3.37 1.51 1.73Mostly C 47.36 22.18 14.59 2.78 2.22 3.98 3.27 1.29 1,08Below C 6.07 20.38 13.11 2.31 1.93 3.85 3.26 1.02 0.72


Table 5-14-- Average Number of Academic Credits Completed by Grade Level, 1975 to 19874

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

AN

MathCredits

AN

ScienceCredits

AN

EngNshCredits

AN

Soc StCredits

AN

FineArts

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

Grade 9 5.39 4.08 0.89 0.73 0.99 0.73 0.33 0.39Grade 10 5.49 3.84 0.71 0.76 0.99 0.63 0.34 0.41Grade 11 5.28 3.46 0.48 0.45 0.93 0.99 0,34 0.23Grade 12 4.67 2.76 0.30 0.35 0.80 0.83 0.34 0.13

19791982Grade 9 5.47 4.03 0.90 0.73 0.99 0.70 0.38 0.32Grade 10 5.57 3.76 0.74 0.73 0.99 0.61 0.37 0.32Gado 11 5.43 3.49 0.51 0.43 0.98 1.00 0.35 0.23Grade 12 4.79 2.72 0.31 0.31 0.82 0.82 0.35 0.10

19821Grade 9 5.60 4.13 0.92 0.74 1.02 0.71 0.39 0.35Grade 10 5.61 3.86 0.77 0.72 1.01 0.65 0.35 0 16Grade 11 5.46 3.59 0.55 0.43 1.00 1.01 0.35 0.25Grade 12 4.87 2.84 0.37 0.32 0.86 0.82 0.34 0.13

1987Grade 9 4.92 3.66 0.82 0.66 0.87 0.64 0.33 0.34Grade 10 4.88 3.48 0.75 0.69 0.86 0.51 0.27 0,39Grade 11 4.89 3.44 0.62 0.46 0.86 0.89 0.27 0 33Grade 12 4.44 2.77 0.39 0.34 0.81 0.76 0.30 0.17Grade Unk 3.81 2.48 0.49 0.39 0.62 0.53 0.23 0.45

4 Approximately 20 percent 0181 courses in the NAEP transcript Ill. (1981) were missing the grade level variable. An a resolt, the 1981 estimates of credits earned by grade levelinclude a category for grade unknown,


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Table 5-15-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Acarlenic Subjects by Plans Next Year, 1982

Share All sitof HS Total AN All All AN Fine ForeignGrad Acad Math Science English Soc St Ms LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Crecils Credits

1982tFT Job 29.23 12.58 2.12 1.77 3.77 3.08 1.32 0.522 Yr College 14.68 14.52 2.59 2.14 3.93 3.27 1.44 1.154 Yr College 37.81 16.76 3.27 2.82 4.06 3.32 1.50 1.79Other Training 8.20 13.26 2.25 1.90 3.85 3.23 1.43 0.61Other 10.08 13.45 2.33 1.94 3.81 3.17 1.47 0.72

Table 5-16-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Academic Subjectsby District per Pupil Expenditure, 1982

Share All AN

of HS Total AN AN All AN Fine ForeignGrad Acad Math Science English Soc SI Arts LangPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1982tLT $1000 12.88 13.85 2.51 2.12 3.96 3.19 1.23 0.84$1001-1500 34.68 13.92 2.50 2.15 3.89 3.16 1.40 0.82$1501-2000 32.76 14.49 2.61 2.15 3.84 3.19 1.58 1.11

GT $2000 19.68 15.34 2.73 2.38 3.87 3.32 1.55 1.50

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Table 6-1-- lots' Course Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Academic Subjects, 1975 to 1987

HSGrrPop

TotalHS

Credits

Total&cad

Credits

TotalMath

Credits

TotalSdenceCredits

TotalEnglishCredits

TotalSoc StCredits

TotalFineMs

Credits

TotalForeign

LangCredits

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976 3,148 65,321 44,450 7,335 7,020 11,616 10,137 4,407 3,9351977 3,155 66,571 44,612 7,604 7,383 11,705 9,970 4,133 3,7861978 3,127 65,604 43,809 7,348 7,161 11,570 9,819 4,565 3,3771975-1978 3,141 65,521 44,445 7,507 7,193 11,685 10,020 4,303 3,7381979 3,117 65,738 43,295 7,543 6,702 11,626 9,819 4,738 2,8681980 3,043 63,873 42,450 7,486 6,603 11,259 9,494 4,443 3,1651981 3,020 64,568 42,401 7,369 6,523 11,506 9,483 4,651 2,8691982* 2,995 64,842 42,439 7,607 6,889 11,651 9,404 3,923 2,9651979-1982 3,044 64,776 42,646 7,488 6,697 11,506 9,558 4,414 2,9531982t 2,995 64,722 43,308 7,847 6,619 11,681 9,614 4,283 3,2651987 2,693 61,508 42,630 8,268 6,840 10,826 8,968 3,770 3,905

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Table 6-2- Tote! Course Credits Completed by Graduates in Different Academic Subjects by Sax, 1975 to 19875

HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalMath

Credits

TotalScienceCredits

TotalEnglishCredits

ToPalSoc SICredits

TotalFineArts

Credits

TotalForeign

LangCredits

600's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976Male 1,552 31,630 22,100 3,958 3,787 5,867 5,121 1,754 1,630Female 1,596 33,692 22,344 3,399 3,224 5,762 5,011 2,649 2,282

1977Male 1,548 32,369 21,811 4,025 3,901 5,867 4,876 1,533 1,625Female 1,607 34,149 22,771 3,632 3,519 5,849 5,094 2,555 2,121

1978Male 1,531 31,784 21,097 3,766 3,567 5,634 4,853 1,1'07Female 1,596 33,803 22,727 3,591 3,591 5,937 4,980 2,745 1,867

1975-1978Male 1,543 31,848 21,756 3,935 3,765 5,786 4,984 1,728 1,558Female 1,598 33,654 22,660 3,580 3,468 5,897 5,057 2,525 2,141

1979Male 1,523 34815 20,789 3,823 3,305 5,666 4,813 2,056 1,127Female 1,594 33,936 22,539 3,730 3,395 5,946 5,021 2,694 1,769

1980Male 1,491 31,043 20,859 3,877 3,459 5,547 4,697 1,923 1,372Female 1,552 32,840 21,588 3,601 3,151 5,727 4,811 2,514 1,785

I 961Male 1,483 3',647 20,895 3,885 3,366 5,710 4,627 1,943 1,3E:4Female 1,537 32,907 21,503 3,489 3,151 5,794 4,872 2,690 1,491

5 F slime. is of credits totals by student characteristics may not sum to total cledr13 for the whole population due. to rounding.

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Table 6-2- Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates :n Merent Academic Subjects by Sex, 1175 to 1987 (continued)

HSGadPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalMath

Credits

TotalSdenceCredits

TotalEnglishCredits

TotalSoc StCredits

TotalFineArts

Credits

TotalForeign

LangCredits

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1982'Male 1,471 31,759 20,726 3,839 3,413 5,752 4,751 1,589 1,368Female 1,524 33,086 21,717 3,749 3,475 4,898 4,648 2,332 1,585

1979-1982Male 1,492 31,556 20,813 3,849 3,387 5,670 4,715 1,880 1,298Fulnale 1,552 33,213 21,852 3,647 3,306 5,851 4,842 2,561 1,661

19821Male 1,471 31,553 20,947 4,001 3,354 5,693 4,722 1,853 1,339Female 1,524 33,162 22,357 3,856 3,277 5,989 4,892 2,423 1,905

1987Male 1,310 29,789 20,318 4,087 3,367 5,253 4,349 1,598 1,651Female 1,383 31,712 22,308 4,163 3,471 5,587 4,619 2,185 2,254

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Table 6-3-- Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates in Dillerent Academic Subjectsby Region, 1975 to 1987

NSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAcad

Credits

TotalMath

Credits

TotalScienceCredits

TotalEnglishCredits

TotalSoc StCredits

TotalFineArts

Credits

TotalForeign

LangCredits

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976N East 736 15,707 11,190 1,869 1,825 2,707 2,523 824 1,442N Central 918 18,356 12,213 1,882 1,882 3,150 2,929 1,442 937South 971 18,031 12,412 2,247 2,064 3,528 2,692 1,037 854West 623 13,283 8,676 1,384 1,247 2,238 1,970 1.141 698

1977N East 791 16,927 11,738 1,867 1,954 2,958 2,681 886 1,384N Central 922 18,997 12,441 2,213 2,047 3,191 2,804 1,365 812South 945 19,C62 13,352 2,353 2,268 3,732 2,891 1,115 983West 497 10,743 6,937 1.178 1,088 1,789 1,580 725 576

1978N Easl 581 12,609 8,813 1,465 1,529 2,267 1,866 791 895N Central 1,151 23,590 15,454 2,578 2,474 3,924 3,659 1,703 1,105South 922 19,122 13,021 2,249 2,212 3,c77 ',894 1,180 820West 473 10,368 (4614 1,075 937 1,704 1,425 904 568

1975-1978N East 702 15,051 10,748 1,769 1.804 2,661 2,387 849 1,271N Central 957 19,384 12,830 2,143 2,038 3,301 3,033 1,406 918South 909 10,796 12,931 2,291 2,191 3,646 2,819 1,100 882West 525 11,293 7,228 1,175 1,049 1,878 1,631 881 619

1979N East 670 14,904 10,423 1,782 1,668 2,579 2,264 1,005 1,145N Central 1,014 20,671 13,246 2,343 2,089 3,540 3,043 1,592 659South 1,021 21,434 14,403 2,543 2,236 4,146 3,247 1,511 725West 412 8,766 5,279 910 737 1,367 1,264 646 358

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Table 6-3- Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Academic Subjectsby Region, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

HSGoadPop

000's

TotalI-IS

Credits000's

TotalAcad

Credits000's

TotalMath

Credits000's

TotalScienceCredits

000's

To13!EnglishCredits

000's

TotalSoc SICredits

000's

TotalFineArts

Credits000's

TotalForeign

LangCredits

000's

1980N East 593 12,859 9,067 1,602 1,478 2,196 1,96i 754 1,074N Central 1,044 21,629 14,360 2,559 2,350 3,697 3,185 1,702 8R7South 974 20,040 13,360 2,376 2,113 3,807 2,980 1,315 769West 431 9,329 5,743 949 703 1,584 1,368 682 453

1981N East 556 12,486 8.519 1,456 1.400 2,262 1,845 767 889N Central 1,022 20,977 13,198 2,310 2,045 3,629 3,037 1,452 ;16South t,025 21,836 14,991 2,654 2,388 4,068 3,320 1,691 8CWest 417 9,316 5,555 956 693 1,557 1,269 726 359

1982'N East 610 13,544 9,833 1,715 1.770 2,442 2,075 732 1,099N Central 958 20,245 13,030 2,319 2,041 3,583 2,893 1,408 795South 970 20,967 13,751 2,483 2,240 3,957 3,094 1,270 698West 457 10,085 5,896 1,096 845 1,681 1,334 534 41:e

1979-1982N East 608 13,472 9.517 1,643 1.582 2,373 2,045 815 1,059N Central 1,009 20,862 13,457 2,381 2,129 3,611 3,036 1,533 767South 997 21,065 14,116 2,512 2,243 3,99F 3,160 1,446 766West 430 9,383 5,622 980 748 1,54, 1,311 645 391


Table 6-3-- Total Course Credits Completed by Graduates In Different Academic Subjectsby Region, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

HSGrillPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalAced

Credits

TotalMath

Credits

TotalScience

Cr kills

TotalEnglishCredits

TotalSoc StCredits

TotalFineAvis

Credits

TotalForeign

LangCredits

000's 000's 000'o 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

19821N EasS 764 15,703 11,256 2,061 1,857 2,849 2,399 872 1,217N Central 867 18,347 12,078 2,150 1,786 3,199 2,766 1,405 772South 925 19,684 12,956 2,406 2,045 3,757 2,850 1,185 713West 499 10,989 7,035 1,243 939 1,877 1,608 819 554

1987N East 610 14.189 10,529 2,019 1,781 2,477 2,171 738 1,330N Cenral 743 16,859 11,271 2,139 1,745 2,913 2,369 1,226 876South 834 18,715 12,894 2,E,61 2,119 3,453 2,770 1,026 959West 506 11,744 7,924 1,633 1,189 1,984 1,665 789 744

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Table 7-1- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

ANMath

Credits

BasicMath

Credits

GeneralMath

Credits

AppliedMath

Credits

Pro-AlgebraCredit::

AdvancedAlgebra Geometry Calculus OtherCredits Credits Credits Credits

1976 20.75 2.33 0.17 0.44 0.06 0.07 0.63 0.47 0.03 0.471977 21.0 2.41 0.13 0.40 0.07 0.09 0.67 0.49 0.02 0.551978 20.98 2.35 0.16 0.40 0.08 0.09 0.65 0.50 0.03 u.441975-1978 20.86 2.39 0.15 0.43 0.06 0.08 0.65 P.49 0.02 0.491979 21.09 2.42 3.18 0.38 C.08 0.10 0.68 0.48 0.02 0.501980 20.99 2.46 0.05 0.52 0.11 0.08 0.66 0.50 0.03 0.491981 21.38 2.44 0.02 0.52 0.11 0.08 0.70 0,47 0.03 0.49198:: 21.65 2.54 0.09 0.47 0.09 0.08 0.65 0.53 0.04 0.581979.1982 21.28 2.46 0.09 0.47 0.10 0.09 0.6/ 0.50 0.03 0.521982f 21.61 2.62 0.08 0.43 0.13 0.23 0.59 0.49 0.06 0.611987 22.84 3.07 0.12 0.31 0.25 0.25 0.68 0.61 0.07 0.78

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Table 7-2--

1976

Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics by Sex, 1975 to 1987

Shareof HS Total All Basic General Applied Pre-Grad HS Math Math Math Math Algebra Algebra Geometry CalculusPop Credits Credits Ci edits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

AdvancedOther

Credits

Male 48.94 20.38 2.55 C.19 0.48 0.07 0.09 0.62 0.50 0.05 0.55Female 51.06 21.11 2.13 0.16 0.40 0.04 0.06 0.63 0.44 0.01 0.38

1977Male 45.61 20.91 2.60 0.14 0.41 0.09 0.09 0.66 0.51 0.03 0.67Female 54.39 21.25 2.26 0.12 0.40 0.05 0.09 0.68 0.46 0.02 0.44

1978Male 48.82 20.76 2.46 0.18 0.38 0.08 0.08 0.67 0.52 0.03 0.51Female 51.18 21.18 2.25 0.14 0.42 0.07 0.11 0.63 0.48 0.03 0.37

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 2.55 0.17 0.44 0.08 0.08 0.65 0.52 0.03 0.58Female 53.30 21.06 2.24 0.14 0.43 0.05 0.08 0.64 0.46 0.02 0.41

1979Male 50.22 20.89 2.51 0.21 0.39 0.09 0.11 0.65 0.48 0.02 0.55Female 49.78 21.29 2.34 0.16 0.36 0.08 0.09 0.71 0.47 0.02 0.45


Table 7-2--

1980

Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Mathematics by Sex. 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof HS Total AN Basic General Applied Pre-Grad HS Math Math Math Mash Algebra Algebra Geometry CalculusPop Create Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

AdvancedOther

Credits

Male 49.54 20.82 2.60 0.06 0.57 0.14 0.08 0.65 0.53 0.04 0.53Female 50.46 21.16 2.32 0.05 0.48 0.07 0.08 0.68 0.48 0.02 0.46

1981Male 48.30 21.34 2.62 0.02 0.57 i.1.13 0.07 0.70 0.48 0.05 0.59Female 51.70 21.41 2.27 0.03 0.47 0.09 0.09 0.71 0.46 0.02 0.40

1982*Male 48.74 21.59 2.61 0.11 0.49 0.09 0.08 0.63 0.54 0.04 0.64Female 51.26 21.71 2.46 0.08 0.45 0.09 0.07 0.67 0.52 0.05 0.52

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 2.58 0.10 0.50 0.11 0.09 0.65 0.51 0.04 0.58Female 50.79 21.40 2.35 0.08 0.44 0.08 0.08 0.69 0.48 0.03 0.46

1982fMale 48.05 21.45 2.72 0.10 0.47 0.15 0.23 0.58 0.48 0.06 0.65Female 51.95 21.76 2.53 0.07 0.38 0.12 0.24 0.61 0.49 0.05 0.58

1987Male 48.66 22.74 3.12 0.13 0.35 0.26 0.24 0.67 0.60 0.08 0.79Female 51.34 22.93 3.01 0.11 0.28 0.24 0.25 0.69 0.2 0.06 0.77


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Table 7-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

Shareof HS Total AN Basic General Applied Pre- AdvancedGrad HS Math Math Math Math Algebra Algebra Geometry Calculus OtherPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976Black 9.75 20.38 2.33 0.21 0.82 0.17 0.09 0.49 0.27 0.00 0.28Hispanic. 4.40 22.02 2.47 0.12 0.34 0.07 0.11 0.80 0.53 0.03 0.47Non-BM-lisp 85.86 20.73 2.33 0.17 0.40 0.04 0.07 0.63 0.49 0.03 0.49

1977Black 10.01 20.44 2.36 0.21 0.78 0.12 0.14 0.111 0.30 0.01 0.30Hispanic 4.19 21.40 2.22 0.15 0.76 0.07 0.11 0.56 0.34 0.01 0.22Non-B1k/Hisp 85.29 21.16 2.43 0.12 0.34 0.06 0.08 0.69 0.51 0.03 0.59

1978Black 11.23 20.47 2.33 0.26 0.73 0.14 0.17 0.53 0.27 0.01 0.22Iiispanic 4.32 20.74 2.17 0.18 0.48 0.07 0.13 0.71 0.28 0.01 0.32Mon-B1./HIsp 84.45 21.06 2.36 0.15 0.36 0.07 0.08 0.66 0.54 0.04 0.48

1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 2.32 0.22 0.71 0.13 0.14 0.53 0.29 0.31 0.28Ili/spank 4.04 21.40 2.26 0.15 0.53 0.06 0.12 0.67 0.38 0.02 0.33Non-Bk/Hisp 85.69 20.90 2.40 0.15 0.40 0.06 0.07 0.66 0.52 0.03 0.52

1979Black 13.25 20.28 2.35 0.22 0.76 0.15 0.15 0.5 0.25 0.02 0.31Hispanic 4.56 21.39 2.43 0.2 0.37 0.10 0.32 0.61 0.38 0.02 0.43Non-Blk/Hisp 82.19 21.20 2.43 0.18 0.32 0.07 0.08 0.71 0.52 0.02 0.53

1980Black 13.24 20.44 2.42 0.11 0.81 0.11 0,10 0.59 0.31 0.01 0.37Hispanic 4.95 21.38 2.50 0.08 0.66 0.04 0.13 C.66 0.42 0.00 0.50Non Bk/111sr 81.80 21.05 2.46 0.04 0.47 0.11 0.07 0.68 0.54 0.03 0.51


Table 7-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1981

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

MathCredits

BasicMath

Credits

GeneralMath

Credits

AppliedMath

Credits

Pre-AlgebraCredits

Algebra Geometry CalculusCredits Credits Credits

AdvancedOther

Credits

12.77 20.54 2.40 0.06 0.86 0.16 0.10 0.60 0.27 0.01 0.33Hispanic 5.45 21.28 2.31 0.02 0.55 0.11 0.10 0.72 0.38 0.04 0.39Non-8ik/Hisp 81.78 21.52 2.46 0.02 0.46 0.11 0.08 0.72 0.51 0.04 0.52

1982'Black 13.04 21.33 2.46 0.18 0.79 0.14 0.13 0.59 0.30 0.00 0.33Hispanic 4.49 21.87 2.65 0.05 0.50 0.05 0.16 0.73 0.50 0.04 0.64Non-BikMisp 82.47 21.69 2.54 0.08 0.42 0.09 0.06 0.66 0.57 0.05 0.62

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 2.41 0.14. 0.80 0.14 C.12 0.57 .0.28 0.01 0.33Hispanic 4.84 21.47 2.47 0.09 0.52 0.08 0.17 0.68 0.42 0.02 0.49Non-Mk/lisp 82.06 21.36 2.47 0.08 0.42 0.09 0.07 0.69 0.53 0.04 0.55

19821Asian 1.44 22.12 3.19 0.07 0.30 0.14 0.19 0.62 0.71 0.15 1.01Black 10.54 21.30 2.58 0.19 0.71 0.17 0.31 0.48 0.02 0.02 0.38

11.52 21.30 2.30 0.14 0.6S 0.16 0.24 0.48 0.27 0.02 0.34Nat. Am. 1.05 21.44 2.10 0.26 0.48 0.11 0.27 0.41 0.26 0.02 0.30While 75.44 21.70 2.68 0.06 0.35 0.12 0.22 0.63 0.54 0.07 0.68

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 3.70 0.09 0.21 0.20 0.26 0.71 0.76 0.27 1.21

Black 13.59 22.25 2.98 0.24 0.60 0.27 0.29 0.60 0.45 0.03 0.51Hispanic 6 9R 22 62 2 RR 0 34 0 43 0.29 0.37 0.60 0.41 0.03 0.41

Native Am 0.83 23.13 3.07 0.09 0.46 0.42 0.49 0.67 0.47 0.00 0.44White 75.63 22.95 3.08 0.08 0.27 0.25 0.22 0 70 0.64 0.07 0.85

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Table 7-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics by PSE Plans, 197510 1982

Share01 HS Total AN Basic General Applied Pre-Grad HS Math Math Math Math Algebra AlgebraGeometr,Pop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credit...

1978

'ala.slusCredits

AdvancedOlher

Credts

HS Only 29.81 19.89 1,76 11.25 0.48 0.07 0.09 0.51 0.17 0.00 0.18Some College 23.33 20.78 2.12 .24 0.45 0.07 0.08 0.59 0.39 0.00 0.304 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 2.71 09 0.38 0.07 0.07 0.72 0.66 0.04 0.68GT 4 Yrs Col 17.92 21.27 2.94 0.07 0.45 0.01 0.04 0.69 0.77 0.09 0.82

19771-1S Only 28.46 20.40 1.81 0.16 0.49 0.11 0.10 0.52 0.25 0.00 0.19Some College 21.73 20.73 2.17 0.20 0.40 0.10 0.08 0.69 0.38 0.00 0.334 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 2.75 0.11 0.33 0.04 0.11 0.79 0.64 0.02 0.70GT4 Yrs Coll 17.20 22.05 3.07 0.06 0.37 0.02 0.05 0.64 0.70 0.09 1.15

19781-1S Only 29.09 20.48 1.88 0.21 0.57 0.12 0.11 0.47 0.26 0.00 0.14Some College 23.90 20.82 2.04 0.20 0.38 0 08 0.14 0.63 0.36 0.00 0.254 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 2.67 0.14 0.28 0.07 0.07 0.76 0.67 0.05 0.64GT 4 Yrs Col 16.02 21.35 3.05 0.06 0.38 0.02 0.02 0.79 0.80 0.10 0.89

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 1.8C 0.21 0.54 0.09 0.09 0 51 0.23 0.00 0.18Some College 22.33 20.71 2.13 0.21 0.42 0.08 0.10 0.63 0.28 0.00 0.314 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 2.69 0.11 0.35 0.05 0.08 0.76 0.65 0.03 0.66GT 4 Yrs Coll 18.75 21.44 2.99 0.07 0.43 0.01 0.04 0.70 0.76 0.07 0.91

1979HS Only 33.77 20.72 I fig 0.31 0 44 0 14 0 11 0 50 0.20 0.00 0.19Some College 20.15 20.72 2.13 0.17 0.33 0.11 0.14 0.60 0.36 0.00 0.404 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 2.86 0.10 0.39 0.04 0.08 0.84 0,68 0.04 0.70GT4 Yrs Coll 13.88 21.84 3.15 0.08 0.28 0.01 0.08 0.85 0.85 0.08 0.93

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Table 7-4-- Averac I Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics by PSE Plans. 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Shareof HS Total All Basic General Applied Pre- AdvancedGrad HS Math Math Math Math Algebra Algebra Geometry Calculus OtherPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1980HS Only 31.79 20.49 1.94 0.09 0.69 0.18 0.07 0_46 0.23 0.00 0.22Some College 19.34 21.00 2.02 0.06 0.40 0.12 0.08 0.67 0.37 0.00 0.324 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 2.83 0.03 0.46 0.07 0.09 6.80 0.70 0.04 0.65GT 4 Yrs Coll 12.79 21.77 3.37 0.03 0.47 0.03 0.07 0.78 0.85 0.11 1.04

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 1.93 0.05 0.65 0.19 0.11 0.52 0.23 0.00 0.19Some College 15.40 21.03 2.25 0.00 0.47 0.12 0.06 3.75 0.45 0.00 0.394 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 2 95 0.01 0.45 0.06 0.08 0.83 0.67 0.06 0.79GT 4 Yrs Col 11.92 22.09 2.91 0.00 0.37 0.02 0.06 0.90 0.72 0.10 0.75

1982HS Only 35.11 21.30 1.99 0.20 0.54 0.15 0.09 0.51 0.25 0.00 0.25Some College 15.37 21.74 2.35 0.02 0.3f 0.11 0.12 0.84 0.51 0.00 0.404 Yrs College 40.49 21.83 2.88 0.03 0.42 0.05 0.05 0.70 0.72 0.07 0.83GT 4 Yrs Coll 9.03 22.20 3.46 0.04 0.44 0.03 0.06 0.73 0.84 0.17 1.14

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 1.94 0.16 0.58 0.16 0.09 0.50 0.23 0.00 0.21Zzme College 17.62 21.09 2.17 0.07 0.38 0.12 0.10 0.70 0.41 0.00 0.3845 WS College 35.63 21.60 2.88 0.04 0.43 0.05 0.07 0.79 0.70 0.05 0.7513T 4 Yrs Coll 11,91 21.95 3.22 0.04 0.39 0.02 0.07 0.82 0.82 0.11 0.96

1982tNone 1R 1R 70 R2 1 QR A 17 0 68 0 17 0.23 0.40 0.16 0.01 0.14Voc/Tech 20.04 21.99 2.10 0 11 0.59 0.16 0.23 0.49 0.27 0.01 0.24LT 4 yr sCol 18.66 21.54 2.51 0.08 0.39 0.14 0.30 0.63 0.46 0.02 0.49BAJBS 23.71 22.09 3.12 0.01 0.25 0.11 0.23 0.73 0.73 0.08 0.97Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 3.31 0.03 0 24 0.09 0.18 0.70 0.76 0.17 1,13

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Table 7-5-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Mathematics by Grade levet, 1975 to 1987

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits

AN

MathCredits

BasicMath

Credit;

GeneralMath

Credits

AppliedMath

Credits

Pre-AlgebraCredits

AdvancedAlgebra Geometry Calculus OtherCredits Credits Credits Credits

Grade 9 5.39 0.89 0.10 0.19 0.01 0.06 0.46 0 04 0.00 0.02Grade 10 5.49 0.71 0.02 0.11 0.02 0.01 0.13 0.31 0.00 0.10Grade 11 5.28 0.48 0.01 0.07 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.09 0.00 0.23Grade 12 4.57 0.30 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.00 0,01 0.03 0.02 0.13

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 0.90 0.08 0.22 0.02 0.07 0.48 0.05 0.00 0.02Grade 10 5.57 0.74 0.02 0.11 0.03 0.01 0.14 0.31 0.00 0.11Grade 11 5.43 0.51 0.01 0.08 0.03 0.00 0.04 0 09 0.00 0.25Grade 12 4.79 0.31 0.01 0.06 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.03 0.13

19821Grade 9 5.60 0.92 0.04 0.23 0.01 0.14 0.41 0.04 0.00 0.03Cab ads 10 5.61 0.77 0.02 0.11 0.03 0.07 0.12 0.30 0.00 0.12Grade 11 5.46 0.55 0.01 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.11 0.01 0.27Grade 12 4.87 0.37 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.19

1987Gado 9 4.92 0.82 0.05 0.15 0.02 0.10 0.41 0.07 0.00 0.02Grade '0 4.88 0.75 0.03 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.11 0.31 0.00 0.12Grade 11 4.89 0.62 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.11 0.01 0.32Grade 12 4.44 0.50 0.01 0.02 0.07 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.26Grade Unix 3.81 0.38 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.10 0.08 0.01 0.08


Table 8-1- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Science, 1975 to 19876

TotalHS

Croats

AN

SdenceCredits

ScienceSurveyCredits

BiologyCredits

ChemCredits

PhysicsCredits

1976 20.75 2.23 0.53 0.93 0.38 0.391977 21.10 2.34 0.54 1.02 0.41 0.371978 20.98 2.29 0.51 1.00 0.39 0.391975-1978 20.86 2.29 0.52 0.99 0.39 0.381979 21.09 2.15 0.53 0.92 0.34 0.371980 20.99 2.17 0.51 0.94 0.33 0.391981 21.38 2.16 0.49 0.90 0.37 0.401982' 21.65 2.54 0.52 0.96 0.41 0.411979-1982 21.28 2.20 0.51 0.93 0.36 0.3919821 21.61 2.21 0.73 0.95 0.36 0.171987 22.84 2.54 0.73 1.10 0.49 0.21

6 The estitrld.fe of the number of Physics credks earned in 1975 - 78 and 1978 - 82 werewere too low because the course, intrcductbn to Pysical Science', was classified as phyproblem, and does not reflect actual course-taking patterns. A mo:e accurate reflection of(8-5): credits earned In physics are concentrated in grades 11 and 12, and credits earned

too high and estimates of the number of Science Survey credits earned In these yearsskis in the WS-Youth transcript data. Thus the discrepancy seen here is a datascience participation in 1975 - 78 and 1979 - 82 can be seen In the grade level tablein introduction to Physical Science* are concentrated in grade 9 and 10.

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Table 8-2- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Science by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

Total Al ScienceHS Sdence Survey

Credits Credits CreditsBiologyCredits

ChemCredits

PhysicsCredits

Male 48.94 20.38 2.44 0.55 0.95 0.43 0.50Female 51.06 21.11 2.02 0.51 0.90 0.33 0.28

1977Male 45.61 20.91 2.52 0.58 1.04 0.48 D.42Female 54.39 21.25 2.19 0.51 1.00 0.35 0_33

1978Male 48.82 20.76 2.33 0.54 0.94 0.40 0.44Female 51.18 21.18 2.25 0.47 1.05 0.39 0.34

1975-1978Male A6.70 20.64 2.44 0.55 0.99 0.43 0.46Female 53.30 21.06 2.17 0.50 0.99 0.36 0.31

1979Male 50.22 20.89 2.17 0.56 0.86 0.34 0.12Female 49.78 21.29 2.13 0.50 0.98 0.34 0.32


Table 8-2-- Average Number ol Course Credits Earned in Science by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued

1980

Shareol HSGradPop

TotalPS

Credits

AN ScienceSdence SurveyCredits Credits

BiologyCredits

ChemCredits

PhysicsCredits

Male 49.54 20.82 2.32 0.56 0.89 0.39 0.48Female 50.46 21.16 2.0; 0.46 0.99 0.27 0.31

1981Male 48.30 21.34 2.27 0.51 0.86 0.42 0.48Female 51.70 21.41 2.05 0.47 0.94 0.32 0.32

1982'Male 48.74 21.59 2.61 0.60 0.87 0.39 0.47Female 51.26 21.71 2.46 0.45 1.05 0.43 0.36

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 2.27 0.56 0.87 0.38 0.46Female 50.79 21.0 2.13 0.47 0.99 0.34 0.33

19821Male 48.05 21.45 2.28 0.77 0.91 0.33 0.23Female 51.95 21.76 2.15 0.70 0.98 0.35 0.12

1987Male 48.66 22.74 2.57 0.76 1.05 0.50 0.27Female 51.34 22.93 2.51 0.71 1.14 0.49 0.17


Table 8-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Science by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AlScienceCredits

ScienceSurveyCredits

BiologyCredits

ChemCredits

PhysicsCredits

Black 9.75 20.38 2.13 0.68 0.82 0.22 0.41Hispanic 4.40 22.02 2.24 0.48 0.98 0.56 0.22Non-Blkkilsp 85.86 20.73 2.24 0.52 0.94 0.38 0.40

1977Black 10.01 20.44 1.85 0.56 0.76 0.21 C )2Hispanic 4.19 21.40 1.90 0.49 U.80 0.27 0.34Non-Bic/lisp 85.29 21.16 2.42 0.54 1.06 0.44 0.38

1978Black 11.23 20.47 2.03 0.52 0.94 0.26 0.32Hispanic 4.32 20.74 1.94 0.50 0.88 0.28 0.29

84.45 21.06 2.34 0.51 1.01 0.42 0.41

1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 1.99 0.54 0.86 0.21 0.37Hispanic 4.1)4 21.40 2.01 0.49 0.86 0.36 0.30Non-Blk/Hisp 1,5.69 20.90 2.34 0.52 1.02 0.42 0.39

1979Black 13.25 20.28 1.97 0.57 0.81 0.22 0.36Hispanic 4.56 21.39 1.90 0.48 0.85 0.25 0.32Non-Bkfilisp 82.19 21.20 2.20 0.53 0.94 0,37 0.37


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Table 8-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Scl9nce by ilace/Elhoicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof HS Total AN ScienceGrad HS Science Survey Biology Chem PhysicsPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1980Black 13.24 20.44 2.00 0.53 0.88 0.19 0.40Hispanic 4.95 21.38 1.97 0.38 0.85 0.33 0.41Non-Bk/Hisp 81.80 21.05 2.22 0.51 0.96 0.35 0.39

1981Black 12.77 20.54 1.88 0.52 0.79 0.20 0.37Hispanic 5.45 21.28 1.77 0.35 0.83 0.24 0.34Non-Bik/Hisp 81.78 21.52 2.23 0.50 0.92 0.40 0.40

1982°Black 13.04 21.33 2.46 0.58 0.85 0.22 0.33Hispanic 4.49 21.87 2.65 0.34 0.92 0.19 0.37Non-BOUHisp 82.47 21.69 2.54 0.52 0.98 0.45 0.43

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 1.96 0.55 0.83 0.21 0.36Hispanic 4.84 21.47 1.87 0.39 0.86 0.25 0.36Non Bk/Hisp 82.06 21.36 2.26 0.52 0.95 0.39 0.40

19821Asian 1.44 22.12 2.60 0.52 1.08 0.61 0.39Black 10.54 21.30 2.05 0.81 0.89 0.26 0.09Hispanic 11.52 21.30 1.82 0.76 0.81 0.18 0.07Nat. Am. 1.05 21.44 1.96 0.73 0.78 0.35 0.11White 75.44 21.70 9.94 n_79 n.QA n.4n n.2n

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 3.01 0.63 1.12 0.81 0.44Black 13.59 22.25 2.36 0.91 1.00 0.33 0.12Hispanic 6.98 22.62 2.21 0.76 1.06 0.29 0.10Native Am 0.83 23.13 2.45 0.80 1.22 0.33 0.10White 75.63 22.95 2.59 0.71 1.13 0.52 0.23


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Table 8-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Science by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

ScienceCredits

SdenceSurveyCredits

BiologyCredits

ChemCredits

PhysicsCredits

HS Only 29.81 19.89 1.61 0.49 0.79 0.08 0.26Some Collor 23.33 20.78 2.21 0.63 0.95 0.28 0.364 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 2.50 0.54 1.02 0.52 0.42GT 4 Yet sZoll 17.92 21.27 2.83 0.45 1.00 0.74 0.63

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 1.87 0.67 0.89 0.13 0.18Some College 11.73 20.73 1.91 0.46 0.95 0.22 0.284 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 2.65 0.51 1.( 't 0.59 0.47GT4 Yrs Col 17.20 22.05 3.08 0.50 1.1 ' 0.77 0.63

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 1.93 0.60 0.90 0.17 0.25Some College 23.90 20.82 1.93 0.55 0.91 0.25 0.234 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 2.58 0.44 1.09 0.53 0.52GT 4 Yrs Col 16.02 21.35 2.93 0.42 1.12 0.75 0.65

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 1.82 0.59 0.86 0.13 0.24Some College .; 20.71 2.03 0.55 0.93 0.26 0.284 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 2.57 0.49 1.08 0.54 0.46GT 4 Yrs Col 18.75 21.44 2.89 0.44 1.14 0.70 0.61

1979HS Only 33 .77 20.72 1.65 0.54 0.75 0.10 0.95Some College 20.15 20.72 1.96 0.49 0.86 0.26 0.344 Yrs College 32.70 21.42 2.41 0.53 1.00 0.48 0.41GT 4 Yrs Coll 13.88 21.84 3.08 0.57 1.21 0.73 0.57

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Table 8-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Science by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareoi HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

ScienceCredits

SdenceSurveyCredits

BiologyCredits

ChemCredits

PhysicsCredits

HS Only 31.79 20.49 1.73 0.64 0.73 0 1 0.26Some CoNege 19.34 21.00 1.79 0.47 0.82 0.18 0.314 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 2.43 0.42 1.09 0.46 0.45GT 4 Yrs Coll 12.79 21.77 3.18 0.48 1.24 0.76 0.70

1981HS Only 39.97 20.76 1.68 0.56 0.71 0.13 0.29Some College 15.40 21.03 1.84 0.41 0.90 0.22 0.314 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 2.55 0.46 1.03 0.56 0.50GT 4 Yrs COI 11.92 22.09 3.04 0.45 1.20 0.81 0.59

1982'HS Only 35.11 21.30 1.99 0.57 0.81 0.19 0.25Some CoNege 15.37 21.74 2.35 0.57 0.92 0.26 0.294 Yrs College 40.49 21.83 2.88 0.47 1.08 0.56 0.55GT 4 Yrs Col 9.03 22.20 3.46 0.45 1.12 0.87 0.66

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 1.72 0.58 0.75 0.13 0.26Some College 17.62 21.09 1.91 0.49 0.87 0.23 0.324 Yrs College 35.63 21.60 2.52 0.47 1.05 0.52 0.48GT 4 Yrs Col 11.91 21.95 3.10 0.50 1.20 0.78 0.63

1982fII....,.'wow 10 4C olf% WILwsrs. 1 C7 0.84 0.70 (.1..08 0.04Voc/Tech 20.04 21.19 1.75 0.77 0.81 0.13 0.04Lt 4 Yr Coll 18.66 21.54 2.06 0.71 0.95 0.29 0.11BA/BS 23.71 22.09 2.58 0.68 1.08 0.56 0.20Adv Dog 19.43 22.30 2.93 0.66 1.18 0.70 0.39

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Table 8-5-

1975-1978

Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Science by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987

Total AN ScienceHS Science Survey Biology Chem Physics

Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Grade 9 5.39 0.73 0.40 0 14 0.00 0.18Grade 10 5.49 0.76 0.05 0.62 0.06 0.03Grade 11 5.28 0.45 0.04 0..11 0.25 0.05Grade 12 4.67 0.35 0.03 0.12 0.09 0.12

1979 - +982Grade 9 5.47 0.73 0.40 0.13 Of 0 0.20Grade 10 5.57 0.73 0.05 0.60 0.05 0.03Grade 11 5.43 0.43 0.04 0.11 0.23 0.05Grade 12 4.79 0.31 0.03 0.09 0.08 0.11

1982tGrade 9 5.60 0,74 0.58 0.14 0.01 0.01Grade 10 5.61 0.72 0.07 0.58 0.06 0.01Grade 11 5.46 0.43 0.04 0.12 0.22 0.04Grada 12 4.87 0.32 0.03 0.10 0.07 0.12

1987Grade 9 4.92 0.66 0.49 0.16 0.01 0.00Grade 10 4.88 0.69 0.05 0.56 0.08 0.03Grade 11 4.89 0.46 0.05 0.11 0.26 0.05Grade 12 4.44 0.43 0.03 0.10 0.09 0.13Grade link 3.81 0.30 0.11 0.17 0.06 0.03


Table 9 -1-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in English, 1975 to 1987

Total AN English English EnglishHS English Survey Comp Lit Speech


1976 20.75 3.69 2.80 0.45 0.30 0.151977 21.10 3.71 2.90 0.44 0.23 0,141978 20.98 3.70 2.82 0.46 0.28 0.141975-1978 20.86 3.72 2.88 0.44 0.25 0.151979 21.09 3.73 2.85 0.43 0.29 0.161980 20.99 3.70 2.81 0.45 0.29 0.151981 21.38 3.81 2.87 0.45 0.30 0.181982' 21.65 3.89 2.95 0.41 0.36 0.171979-1982 21.28 3.78 2.87 0.43 0.31 0.161982t 21.61 3.90 2.93 0.54 0.29 0.131987 22.84 4.02 3.36 0.32 0.21 0.12


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Table 9-2-- Average Number of Course Croats Earned In English by Sex, 197510 1987

1976MaleFemale

1977MaleFemale

1978MaleFemale

1975-1978MaeFemale

1979mareFemale

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

EnglishCredits

EnglishSurveyCredits

EnglishComp

Credits

EnglishLit

CreditsSpeechCredits

48.94 20.38 3.78 2.97 0.40 0.26 0.1551.06 21.11 3.61 2.63 0.49 0.34 0.15

45.61 20.91 3.79 3.04 0.41 0.19 0.1454.39 21.25 3.64 2.78 0.47 0.26 0.14

48.82 20.76 3.68 2.72 0.54 0.26 0.1551.18 21.18 3.72 2.92 0.38 0.29 0.12

46.70 20.64 3.75 2.92 0.45 0.23 0.1553.30 21.06 3.69 2.85 0,43 0,27 0.14

50.22 20.89 3.72 2.91 0.40 0.24 0.1849.78 21.29 3.73 2.80 0.45 0.34 0.15


Table 9-2-

1980

Average Number of Course Credits Earned In English by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof HS Total AN English English EnglishGrad HS EngNsh Survey Comp Lit SpeechPop Creche Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 49.54 20.82 3.72 2.83 0.47 0.28 0.14Female 50.46 21.16 3.69 2.79 0.43 0.31 0.16

1981Male 48.30 21.34 3.85 2.93 0.42 0.30 0.19Female 51.70 21.41 3.77 2.82 0.48 0.31 0.17

1982*Male 48.74 21.59 3.91 2.99 0.,!: 0.33 0.18Female 51.26 21.71 3.87 2.92 0.41 0.39 0.15

1979 -1982Male 49_21 21.15 3.80 2.92 0.42 0.29 0.17Female 50.79 21.40 3.77 2.83 0.44 0.34 0.16

1982fMale 48.05 21.45 3.87 2.94 0.53 0.27 0.13Fernal3 51.95 21.76 3.93 2.92 0.56 0.31 0.14

1987Male 48.66 22.74 4.01 3.39 0.31 0.18 0.13Female 51.34 22.93 4 04 3.33 0.34 0.24 0.13


Table 9-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in English by Hace /Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllEnglishCredits


EnglishComp

Credits

Englishlit


Black 9.75 20.38 3.71 3.21 0.20 0.14 0.16Hispanic 4.40 22.02 3.59 2.69 0.55 0.20 0.15Non- Blk/HIsp 85.86 20.73 3.70 2.76 0.47 0.32 0.15

1977Black 10.01 20.44 3.87 3.30 0.27 0.18 0.11Hispanic 4.19 21.40 3.63 2.93 0.36 0.16 0.18Non-Blk/Hisp 85.29 21.16 3.69 2.85 0.47 0.23 0..14

1978Black 11.23 20.47 3.91 3.17 0.41 0.22 0.11Hispanic 4.32 20.74 3.78 3.10 0.24 0.29 0.16Non-Blk/Hisp 84.45 21.06 3.66 2.76 0.47 0.29 0.14

1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 3.86 3.27 0.29 0.17 0.13iiispanIc 4,04 21.40 3.64 2.87 0.41 0.20 0.16Non-Blk/Hisp 85.69 20.90 3.71 2.83 0.46 0.27 0.15

1979Black 13.25 20.28 3.84 3.28 0.27 0.18 0.12Hispanic 4.56 21.39 3.64 2.87 0.36 0.26 0.15Non-Blk/Hisp 82.19 21.20 3.71 2.78 0.46 0.30 0.17


Table 9-3- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in English by Race /Ethnicity. 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof HS Total All English English EnglishGrad HS English Survey Comp Lit SpeechPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credo,.

1980Black 13.24 20.44 3.91 3.30 0.31 0.20 0.10Hispanic 4.95 21.38 3.69 2.90 0.43 0.26 0.10Non-BM-lisp 81.80 21.05 3.67 2.72 0.48 0.31 0.16

1981Black 12.77 20.54 3.92 3.08 0.40 0.30 0.13Hispanic 5.45 21.28 3.78 2.83 0.48 0.31 0.16Non- UkfHisp 81.78 21.52 3.80 2.84 0.46 0.30 0.19

1982'Black 13.04 21.33 4.05 3.31 0.32 0.32 0.10Hispanic 4.49 21.87 3.78 2.89 0.48 0.36 0.05Non-BM-iisp 82.47 21.69 2.87 2.90 0.42 0.37 0.18

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 3.93 3.25 0.32 0.25 0.11Hispanic 4.84 21.47 3.72 2.87 0.44 0.29 0.12Non-BP itlisp 82.06 21.36 3.76 2.81 0.45 0.32 0.18

1982tAsian 1.44 22.12 3.82 2.88 0.52 0.34 0.08Black 10.54 21.30 4.08 3.28 0.41 0.26 0.13Hispanic 11.52 21.30 3.90 3.13 0.43 0.23 0.11Nat. Am. 1.05 21.44 3.95 3.03 0.46 0.34 0.12White 75.44 21.7 3 RR 2_R5 0.58 n.rtn n 14

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 3.80 3.26 0.28 0.17 0.09Black 13.59 22.25 4.09 3.61 0.23 0.16 0 09Hispanic 6.98 22.62 3.94 3.43 0.26 0.17 0.08Native Ain 0.83 23.13 4.20 3.77 0.19 0.20 0.04While 75.63 22.95 4.04 3.34 0.33 0.22 0.15

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Table 9-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In English by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllEnglishCredits


EnglishComp

Credits

EnglishLit


HS Only 29.81 19.89 3.57 2.75 0.42 0.23 0.16Some College 23.33 20.78 3.47 2.66 0.47 0.25 0.094 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 3.78 2.90 0.41 0.32 0.15GT 4 Yrs Col 17.92 21.27 4.01 2.84 0.52 0.45 0.2U

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 3.60 2.98 0.34 0.16 0.12Some College 21.73 20.73 3.46 2,63 0.45 0.26 0.124 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 3.90 2.93 0.51 0.29 0.18GT 4 Yrs Coll 17.20 22.05 3.83 3.03 0.49 0.18 0.13

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 3.50 2.75 0.44 0.18 0.13Some College 23.90 20.82 3.69 2.75 0.48 0.33 0.124 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 3.85 2.89 0.45 0.35 0.16GT4 Yrs Coll 16.02 21.35 3.78 2.95 0.45 0.24 0.14

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 3.57 2.86 0.40 0.17 0.13Some College 22.33 20.71 3.58 2.73 0.46 0.27 0.134 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 3.85 2.94 0.44 0.30 0.17GT 4 Yrs Coll 18.75 21.44 3.88 2.97 0.48 0.28 0.14

1979HS Only 33.77 20.72 3.64 2.92 0.36 0 20 0 16Some College 20.15 20.72 3.54 2.68 0.41 0.28 0.174 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 3.85 2.84 0.49 0.34 0.18GT 4 Yrs Coll 13.88 21.84 3.92 2.95 0.47 0.39 0.12


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Table 9-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in English by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllEnglishCredits


EnglishComp

Credits

EnglishLit


HS Only 31.79 20.49 3.55 2.74 0.44 0.23 0.14Some College 19.34 21.00 3.68 2.80 0.48 0.26 0.144 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 3.77 2.82 0.45 0.36 0.15GT 4 Yrs Col 12.79 21.77 3.92 2.93 0.46 0.33 0.20

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 3.68 2.83 0.44 0.24 0 17Some College 15.40 21.03 3.65 2.60 0.55 0.30 0.194 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 3.97 3.09 0.41 0.33 0 13GT 4 Yrs Col 11.92 22.09 4.01 2.72 0.52 0.46 0.32

1982'HS Only 35.11 21.30 3.75 3.04 0.34 0.27 0.13Some College 15.37 21.74 3.99 2.83 0.40 0.57 0.204 Yrs College 40.49 21.83 3.89 2.91 0.45 0.38 0.16GT4 )(is Col 9.03 22.20 4.02 2.86 0.54 0.33 0.30

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 .67 2.89 0.39 0.23 0.15Some College 17.62 21.09 3.70 2.73 0.45 0.35 0.174 Yrs College 35.63 21.60 3.87 2.91 0.45 0.35 0.16GT4 Yrs Col 11.91 21.95 3.96 2.87 0.49 0.38 0.22

1982tNone 19.1A 1.7ft 3.15 9.39 016 n

Voc/Tech 20.04 21.19 3.77 2.86 0.50 0.27 0.13L14 yr s Colt 18.66 21.54 3.89 2.92 0.54 0.29 0 13BA/BS 23.71 22.09 3.98 2.85 0 62 0.36 0.15Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 4.06 2.88 0.66 0.37 0.16


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Table 9-5- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in English by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits

AN

EnglishCredits


EnglishComp

Credits

EnglishLit

editsSpeechCredits

Grade 9 5.39 0.99 0.92 0.02 0.02 0.03Grade 10 5.49 0.99 0.84 0.07 0.05 0.04Grade 11 5.28 0.93 0.61 0.19 0.09 0.04Grade 12 4.67 0.80 0.51 0.16 0.09 0.03

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 0.99 P.91 0.03 0.03 0.04Grade 10 5.57 0.99 0.80 0.08 0.06 0.05Grade 11 5.43 0.98 0.64 0.19 0.11 0.04Grade 12 4.79 0.82 0.52 0.14 0.11 0.04

1982tGrade 9 5.60 1.02 0.92 0.04 0.02 0.03Grade 10 5.61 1.01 0.81 0.10 0.06 0.04Grade 11 5.46 1.00 0.66 0.22 0.09 0.03Grade 12 4.87 0.86 0.53 0.18 0.11 0.03

1987Grade 9 4.92 0.87 0.83 0.09 0.01 0.02Grade 10 4.88 0.86 0.78 0.13 0.03 0.03Grade 11 4.89 0.86 0.66 0.20 0.06 0.03Grade 12 4.44 0.81 0.58 0.22 0.08 0.03Grade Uri 3.81 0.62 0.51 0.09 0.03 0.02

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10-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Social Studies, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Crsdhs

AN

Soc StCredits

Am HistCredits

WorldHist Am Govt Soc/Hum

Credits Credits Credits

1976 20 75 3.22 1.05 0.58 0.49 1.101977 21.10 3.16 1.11 0.58 0.48 0.981978 20.98 3.14 1.11 0.51 0.50 1.021975-1978 20.86 3.19 1.10 0.57 0.50 1.021979 21.09 3.15 1.09 0.50 0.49 1.081980 20.99 3.12 1.14 0.59 0.47 0.911981 21.38 3.14 1.10 0.53 0.50 1.011982' 21.65 3.14 1.10 0.54 0.54 0.961979-1982 21.26 3.14 1.11 0.54 0.50 0.991982t 21.61 3.21 1.02 0.44 0.53 1.221987 22.84 3.33 1.10 0.50 0.60 1.13

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Table 10-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Social Studies by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

ShareHS

GradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

Soc StCredits

Am HistCredits



Male 48.94 20.38 3.30 1.00 0.64 0.50 1.16Female 51.06 21.11 3.14 1.10 0.52 0.48 1.04

1977Male 45.61 20.91 3.15 1.13 0.55 0.50 0.96Female 54.39 21.25 3.17 1.10 0.60 0.47 1.00

1978Male 48.82 20.76 3.17 1_16 0.53 0.50 0.96Female 51.18 21.18 3.12 1.06 0.49 0.:.0 1.07

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 3.23 1.11 0.59 0.51 1.02Female 53.30 21.06 3.16 1.10 0.55 0.49 1.02

1979Male 50.22 20.89 3.16 1.09 0.50 0.51 1.06Female 49.78 21.29 3.15 1.09 0.50 0.47 1.09


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Table 10-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Social Studies by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

ShareHS

GradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllSoc StCredits

Am HistCredits



Male 49.54 20.82 3.15 1.13 0.66 0.45 0.92Female 50.46 21.16 3.10 1.16 0.53 0.50 0.91

198148.30 21.34 3.12 1.11 0.54 0.52 0.95

Female 51.70 21.41 3.17 1.10 0.51 0.49 1.07

1982"Male 48.74 21.59 3.23 1.11 0.54 0.57 1.01Female 51.26 21.71 3.05 1./0 0.54 0.50 0.91

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 3.16 1.11 0.56 0.51 0.99Female 50.79 21.40 3.12 1.11 0.52 0.49 0.99

1982fMale 48.05 21.45 3.21 1.03 0.44 0.54 1.19Female 51.95 21.76 3.21 1.01 0 44 0.52 1.24

1987Male 48.66 22.74 3.32 1.10 0.52 0.60 1.10Female 51.34 22.93 3.34 1.10 0.48 0.61 1.15

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Table 10-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Social Studies by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

Shareof HS Total AN WorldGrad HS Soc St Am Hist list Am Govt Soc/HumPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976Black 9.75 20.38 3.31 1.12 0.57 0.57 1.04Hispanic 4.40 22.02 3.13 1.11 0.55 0 51 0.96Non-Blk/Hisp 85.86 20.73 3.21 1.04 0.58 0.48 1.11

1977Black 10.01 20.44 3.12 1.16 0.55 0.55 0.87Hispanic 4.19 21.40 3.01 0.98 0.54 0.63 0.86Non-Bik/Hisp 85.29 21.16 3.17 1.12 0.59 0.47 1.00

1978Black 11.23 20.47 3.28 1.16 0.61 0.57 0.94Hispanic 4.32 20.74 3.12 1.14 0.57 0.57 0.84

84.45 21.06 3.13 1.10 0.49 0.49 1.04

1975.1978Black 10.27 20.33 3.25 1.15 0.60 0.56 0.94Hispanic 4.04 21.40 3.12 1.07 0.58 0.55 0.92Non-Bk/Ilisp 85.69 20.90 3.19 1.10 0.56 0.49 1.04

1979Black 13.25 20.28 3.23 1.11 0.57 0.64 0.91Hispanic 4.56 21.39 3.16 1.10 0.53 0.53 1.00Non BMc/flisp 82.19 21.20 3.14 1.08 0.48 0.46 1.11


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Table 10-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Social Studies by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGrafPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllSoc SICredits

Am HisCredits

WorldFist Am Govt Soc/Hum


Black 13.24 20.44 3.28 1.15 0.63 0.58 0.91Hispanic 4.95 21.38 3.02 1.13 0.53 0.47 0.89Non-BM-fisp 81.80 21.05 3.11 1.14 0.59 0.46 0.92

1981Black 12.77 20.54 3.26 1.12 0.61 0.54 0.99Hispanic 5.45 21.28 3.10 1.05 0.58 0.57 0.90Non-BM-lisp 81.78 21.52 3.13 1.10 0.51 0.50 1.02

1982'Black 13.04 21.33 3.23 1.05 0.55 0.61 1.02Hispanic 4.49 21.87 3.18 1.10 0.48 0.63 0.96Non-Blk/Hisp 82.47 21.69 3.12 1.11 0.54 0.52 0.95

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 3.25 1.11 0.59 0.59 0.96Hispanic 4.84 21.47 3.11 1.10 0.53 0.55 0.94Non-Bik/Hisp 82.06 21.36 3.12 1.11 0.53 0.48 1.00

1982tAsian 1.44 22.12 3.15 1.01 0.49 0.54 1.10Black 10.54 21.30 3.12 1.05 0.44 0.54 1.09Hispanic 11.52 21.30 3.05 1.00 0.43 0.55 1.06Nal. Am.

r1VA Nn1.05

75.4421.4421.70

3.273.25

1.161.09

0.530.44

0.410.c1

1.161.26

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 3.43 1.15 0.62 0.59 1.07Black 13.59 22.25 3.32 1.09 0 52 0.64 1.07Hispanic 6.98 22.62 3.19 1.10 0.49 0.60 1.01

Native Am 3.83 23.13 3.19 1.41 0.42 0.68 0.68While 75.63 22.95 3.31 1.12 0.49 0.61 1.10

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Table 10-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Social Studies by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

Shareof HS Total Ap WorldGrad HS Soc St Am Hist Hist Am Govt Soc/HumPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976HS Only 29.81 19.89 3.15 1.00 0.51 0.55 1.09

Some College 23.33 20.78 3.12 1.09 0.57 0.52 0.954 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 3.24 1.10 0.64 0.41 1.10

GT 4 Yrs Coll 17.92 21.27 3.33 1.03 0.55 0.47 1.29

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 2.94 1.12 0.51 0.47 0.84

Some College 21.73 20.73 3.24 1.06 0.65 0.50 1.02

4 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 3.15 1.08 0.58 0.5G 1.00

GT 4 Yrs Col 17.20 22.05 3.48 1,29 0.61 0.46 1.13

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 3.11 1.10 0.45 0.47 1.09

Some College 23.90 20.82 3.14 1.12 0.42 0.59 1 01

4 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 3.21 1.11 C.59 0.51 1.00

GT4 Yrs Coll 16.02 21.35 3.06 1.10 0.60 0.40 0.9?

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 3.07 1.07 0.49 0.50 1.01

Some College 22.33 20.71 3.17 1.09 0.56 0.56 0.96

4 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 3.22 1.10 0.61 0.49 1.02

GT 4 Yrs Col 18.75 21.44 3.35 1.16 0.63 0.44 1.12

1979IS Only 33.77 20.72 3.07 1.01 n.46 51 1 09

Some College 20.15 20.72 3.09 1.05 0.45 0.50 1.09

4 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 3.22 1.15 0.53 0.48 1.06

GT 4 Yrs Col 13.88 21.84 3.26 1.14 0.58 0.46 1.08


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Table 10-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Social Studies by P5E Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

Soc SICredits

Am HistCredts

WorldHist Am Govt Sod Hum


HS Only 31.79 20.49 2.96 1.15 0.53 0.47 0.81Some College 19.34 21.00 3.07 1.17 0.48 0.53 0.894 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 3.24 1.16 0.63 0.44 1.01GT4 Yes COI 12.79 21.77 3.31 1.05 0.81 0.47 0.98

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 3.08 1.05 0.42 0.50 1.11Some College 15.40 21.03 3.02 1.13 0.38 0.59 0.924 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 3.24 1.14 0.65 0.50 0.95GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.92 22.09 3.24 1.15 0.71 0.43 0.95

1982'HS Only 35.11 21.30 3.13 1.07 0.41 0.60 1.06Some College 15.37 21.74 2.98 1.08 0.48 0.58 0.834 Yrs. Colege 40.49 21.83 3.19 1.13 0.65 0.50 0.92GT 4 Yrs Col 9.03 22.20 3.24 1.16 0.70 0.47 0.91

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 3.06 1.07 0.45 0.52 1.02Sug..0 College 17.62 21.09 3.05 1.11 0.45 0.55 0,944 Yrs Collegs 35.63 21.60 3.22 1.15 0.62 0.48 0.98GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.91 21.95 3.26 1.12 0.69 0.46 0.99

1982fNone 18.16 20,R2 1.(14 1.(12 ri.17 0.54 1 12Voc/Tech 20.04 21.19 3.14 1.04 0.40 0.56 1.14Lt 4 YP3 Coll 18.66 21.54 3,24 1.02 0.43 0.56 1.22BA/BS 23.71 22.09 3.30 1.03 0.48 0.51 1.29Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 3.33 1 01 0.53 0.49 1.29

National Assessment ct Vocational Education.

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Table 10-5 --

1975-1978

Average Number of Course Credits Earned !n Social Studies by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987

Total Al! WorldHS Sac SI Am list Hist Am Govt Soo/ Hum


Grade 9 5.39 0.73 0.12 0.15 0.14 0.32Grade 10 5.49 0.63 0.18 0.28 0.03 0.14Grade 11 5.28 0.99 0.66 0.09 0.06 0.19Grade 12 4.67 0.83 0.13 0.05 0.28 0.37

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 0.70 0.15 0.14 0.12 0.29Grade 10 5.57 0.61 0.18 0.28 0.03 0.14Grade 11 5.43 1.00 0.66 0.08 0.06 0.19Grade 12 4.79 0.82 0.11 0.05 0.29 0.37

1982tGrade 9 5.60 0.71 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.33Grade 10 5.61 0.65 0.17 0.22 0.03 0.23Grade 11 5.46 1.01 0.62 0.05 0.07 0.27Grade 12 4.87 0.82 0.0S 0.04 0.30 0.39

1987Grade 9 4.92 0.64 0.15 CA 3 0.12 0.23Grade 10 4.88 0.51 017 0.18 0.03 0.17Grade 11 4.e9 0.89 0.57 0.05 0.06 0.21Grade 12 4.44 0.76 0.08 0.05 0.30 0.34Grade Ur* 3.81 0.53 0.17 0.09 0. CS 0.29


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Table 11-1 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Fine Arts, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

ANFineMs

Credits

Arts &Crafts

CreditsMus;c

Credits

DramaDance

Credits

1976 20.75 1.40 0.62 0.71 0.071977 21.10 1.31 0.56 0.68 0.071978 20.98 1.46 0.54 0.80 0.111975-1978 20.88 1.37 0.56 0.71 0.091979 21.09 1.52 0.63 0.78 0.101960 20.99 1.46 0.60 0.77 0.091981 21.38 1.54 0.58 r.86 0.091982' 21.65 1.31 0.48 0.77 0.061979-1982 21.28 1.45 0.57 0.79 0.091982f 21.61 1.43 0.62 0.74 0.081987 22.84 1.40 0.53 0.74 0.13

tNhoional Asses; nent o1 './ocatIonal rducation

Table 11-2 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Fine Arts by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

ShareHS

GradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

FineAils

Credits

Ails 8Crafts

CreditsMusk

Credits

Drama/Dance

Credits

Male 48.94 20.38 1.13 0.52 0.57 0.04Female 51.06 21.11 1.66 0.72 0.84 0.10

1977Male 45.61 20.91 0.99 0.43 0.50 0.05Female 54.39 21.25 1.59 0.68 0.82 0.09

1978Male 48.82 20.76 1.18 0.57 0.53 0.07Female 51.18 21.18 1.72 0.52 1.06 0.15

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 1.12 0.50 0.55 0.07Female. 53.30 21.06 1.58 0.62 0.06 0.11

1979Male 50.22 20.89 1.35 0.61 0.63 0.12Female 19.78 21.29 1.69 0.65 0.94 0.09


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Table 11-2 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in nne Arcs by Sex, 197510 1987 (continued)

1980

ShareHS

GradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

FineArts

Credits

Arts &Cies

Credit,Music

Credits

llama/DanceCredits

Male 49.54 20.82 1.29 0.59 0.63 0.07Female 50.46 21.16 1.62 0.61 0.90 0.10

1981Male 48.30 21.34 1.31 0.53 0.70 0..'37Female 51.70 21.41 1.75 0.63 1.01 0.11

1982'Male 48.74 21.59 1.08 0.45 0.59 0.04Female 51.'16 21.71 1.53 0.51 0.94 0.08

1979-1982Male 19.21 21.15 1.26 0.55 0.64 0.08Female 50.79 21.40 1.65 0.60 0.95 0.10

1982tMale 48.05 21.45 1.26 0.61 0 60 0.05Female 51.95 21.76 1.59 0.62 0.87 0,11

1987Male 48.66 22.74 1.22 0.57 0.58 0,07Female 51.34 22.93 1.58 0.49 0.90 0,19

National Assessment of 1focational Education ..

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Table 11-3 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Fine Arts by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

Share Ailof HS Total Fine Ms & Drama/Grad HS Arts Crafts Music DancePop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976Black 9.75 20.38 1.20 0.48 0.67 0.06Hispanic 4.40 22.02 1.63 0.98 0.60 0.06Non-Bk/Hisp 85.86 20.73 1.41 0.62 0.72 0.08

1977Black 10.01 20.44 1.22 0.52 0.64 0.06Hispanic 4.19 21.40 1.28 0.82 0.44 0.02Non-B1WHisp 85.29 21.16 1.32 0.56 0.69 0.07

1978Black 11.23 20.47 1.29 0.65 0.53 0.11Hispanic 4.32 20.74 1.12 0.61 0.43 0.08NonBM-lisp 84.45 21.06 1.49 0.53 0.86 0.11

1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 1.24 1.55 0.62 0.07Hispanic 4.04 21.40 1.33 0.80 0.48 0.06Non BMJtlisp 8ri.69 20.90 1.38 0.55 0.74 0.09

1979Black 13.25 20.28 1.20 0.54 0.60 0.0'..)Hispanic 4.56 21.39 1.32 0.75 0.51 0.06Non-Blk/Hisp 82.19 21,20 1.58 0.64 0.83 0.12

1980Black 13.24 20.44 1.25 0.55 0.61 0.09Hispanic 4.95 21.38 1.16 0.68 0.39 0.09Non Bk/Hisp 81.80 21.05 1.51 0.60 0.82 0.08


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Table 11-3 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Fine Arts by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1981

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllFineMs

Credits

Ms &Crafts

CreditsMusic

Credits

Drama/Dance

Credits

Black 12.77 20.54 1.25 0.53 0.64 0.08Hispanic 5.45 21.28 1.22 0.62 0.58 0.02Non -BM -lisp 81.78 21.52 1.60 0.59 0.91 0.10

1982'Black 13.04 21.33 1.30 0.44 0.79 0.06Hispanic 4.49 21.87 1.36 0.59 0.70 0.07Non -SM -lisp 82.47 21.69 1.31 0.48 0.77 0.06

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 1.25 0.52 0.66 0.07Hispanic 4.84 21.47 1.26 0.66 0.54 0.06Non-Blkit lisp E '.06 21.36 1.50 0.58 0.83 0,09

1982fAsian 1.44 22.12 1.30 0.66 0.59 0.05Blade 10.54 21.30 1.24 0.56 0.61 0.07Itispanic 11.52 21.30 1.29 0.65 0.56 0.08Nat Am 1.05 21.44 1.67 0.81 0.81 0.05While 75.44 21.70 1.48 0.61 0.78 0.08

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 1.16 0.56 0.44 0.16Black 13.59 22.25 1.19 0.43 0.62 0.13Hispanic 6.98 22.62 1.33 0.68 0.51 0.15Naiive Am 0.83 2. i 3 i .67 0439 0.10 0.09White 75.63 22.95 1.46 0.52 0.81 0.13

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Table 11-4 Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Fine Ms by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1976

Shareof HSGrailPop

Total1-15

Credits

AlFineArts

Credits

Ms &Crafts

CreditsMusic

Credits

Drama/Dance

Credits

HS Only 29.81 19.89 1.19 0.55 0.59 0.05Some College 23.33 2'1.78 1.61 0.95 0.61 0.054 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 1.52 0.57 0.87 0.08GT 4 Yis Col 17.92 21.27 1.33 0.41 0.79 0.13

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 1.16 0.59 0.49 0.08Some College 21.73 20.73 1.35 0.60 0.67 0.084 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 1.39 0.56 0.77 0.05GT 4 Yrs Col 17.20 22.05 1.39 0.49 0.82 0.08

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 1.28 0.64 0.59 0.06Some College 23.90 20.82 1 47 0.51 0.83 0.134 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 1, 0.50 0.79 0.11GT 4 Yrs Col 16.02 21.35 1.86 0.50 1.19 0.18

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 1.16 0.57 0.52 0.07Some College 22.33 20.71 1.47 0.67 0.70 0.094 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 1.41 0.53 0.79 0.09GT4 Yrs Col 18.75 21.44 1.48 0.48 0.89 0.11

1979HS Only 33.77 20.72 1.33 0.67 0 58 0 08Some College 20.15 20.72 1.42 0.73 0.60 0.094 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 1.65 0.62 0.92 0.11GT 4 Yrs Coll 13.88 21.84 1.86 0.42 1.28 0.17


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Table 11-4 Averge Number of Course Credits Earned In Fine Arts by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AilFineArts

Credits

Ms &Crafts

CreditsM JSiC

Credits

Drama/Dance

Credits

HS Only 31.79 20.49 1.30 0.79 0.45 0.06Some College 19.34 21.00 1.51 0.65 0.79 0.074 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 1.54 0.44 1.01 0.10GT 4 Yrs Coll 12.79 21.77 1.40 0.42 0.82 0.16

1981HS Only 39.07 23.76 1.35 0.65 0.62 0.08Some College 15.40 21.03 1.58 0.58 0.91 0.084 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 1.72 0.58 1.04 0.10GT4 Yrs Coll 11.92 22.09 1.57 0.37 1.07 0.12

1982'HS Only 35.11 21.30 1.23 0.52 0.65 0.07Some College 15.37 21.74 1.37 0.46 0.88 0.03

Yrs College 40.49 21.83 1.34 0.47 0.79 0.08asT 4 Yrs Coll 9.03 22.20 1.38 0.44 0.94 0.00

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 1.30 0.65 0.58 0.07Some College 17.62 21.09 1.47 0.62 0.78 0.074 Yrs College r 63 21.60 1.55 0.52 0.93 0.10GT4 Yrs Coil 1..91 21.95 1.58 0.41 1.04 0.12

19821None 18.16 20.82 1.26 0.73 0.48 0.05IllocITact; 20.04 ')I IAcl.ro I AA

1..1%1A 7ntl.I.J A e4V.01 A A-7

1.1.V/

LI 4 Yr Coll 18.66 21.54 1.42 0.61 0.72 0.09BA/BS 23.71 22.09 1.58 0.56 0.93 0.09Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 1.48 0.46 0.92 0.10


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Table 11-5 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Fine Ails by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits

AN

FineMs

Credits

Arts &Crafts

CreditsMusic

Credits

Drama/Dance

Credits

Grade 9 5.39 0.33 0.12 0.20 0.01Grade 10 5.49 0.34 0.13 0.19 0.02Grade 11 5.28 0.34 0.15 0.17 0.02Grade 12 4.67 0.34 0.16 0.15 0.03

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 0.38 0.14 0.23 0.01Grade 10 5.57 0.37 0.14 0.21 0.02Grade 11 5.43 0.35 0.14 0.19 0.02Grade 12 4.79 0.35 0.15 0.17 0.03

1982tGrade 9 5.60 0.39 0.16 0.22 0.01Grade 10 5.61 0.35 0.14 0.19 0.02Grade 11 5.46 0.35 0.15 0.16 0.02Grade 12 4.87 0.34 0.16 0.16 0.02

1987Grade 9 4.92 0.33 0.11 0.19 0.02Grade 10 4.88 0.27 0.09 0.15 0.03Grade 11 4.89 0.27 0.10 0.14 0.03Grade 12 4.44 0.30 0.13 0.13 0.03Grade UM 3.81 0.23 0.10 0.13 0.02


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Table 12-1 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language, 1975 to 19877

Totalof HS

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2or MoreCredits

Foreign ForeignLang Lang

Year 3 Yearor More UnknownCredits Credits

1976 20.75 1.25 0.59 0.39 0.03 0.22 0.011977 21.10 1.20 0.56 0.38 0.03 0.22 0.011978 20.98 1.08 0.52 0.32 0.03 0.19 0.011975-1978 20.86 1.19 0.56 0.37 0.03 0.21 0.011979 21.09 0.92 0.48 0.28 0.01 0.14 0.011980 20.99 1.04 0.48 0.32 0.01 0.22 0.001981 21.38 0.95 0.50 0.26 0.05 0.12 0.011982* 21.65 0.99 0.47 0,29 0.04 0.18 0.011979-1982 21.28 0.97 0.48 0.29 0,03 0.16 0.011982f 21.61 1.09 0.52 0.34 NA 0.22 0.081987 22.84 1.45 0.66 0.46 tIA 0.19 NA

7 The way In which languages were classified by level differed F.ornuoihat by ,L1 eta sets. FTS (1969), HS& B (1 r;4 ?), and NAL I- (1987) all classified cuumiss as Year 1, Year 2, art JYear 3 or more. NLS -Youth (1975-78,1979.82) classified courses lr the r114)r ;orekin fry gtracjes (Sp-, -mish, German, French) as Year 1, Year 2, an Year 3 Of more; courses inother languages were classified as Year 1 and Year 2 or more,

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Table 12-2 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Dillerent Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

ForeignI ang

Credits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang




Male 48.94 20.38 1.05 0.50 0.37 0.03 0.14 0.01Female 51.06 21.11 1.43 0.67 0.42 0.03 0.29 0.01

1977Male 45.61 20.91 1.05 0.46 0.36 0.04 0.19 0.01

Female 54.39 21.25 1.32 0.64 0.40 0.02 0.24 0.02

1978Male 48.82 20.76 0.98 0.52 0.27 0.05 0.12 0.00Female 51.18 21.18 1.17 0.52 0.38 0.01 0.25 0.01

1975-1978Male 4F.70 20.64 1.01 0.49 0.32 0.04 0.16 0.00Female 53.30 21.06 1.34 0.63 0.41 0.02 0.26 0.01

1979Male 50.22 20.89 0 74 0.40 0.22 0.02 0.09 0.00Female 49.78 21.29 1.11 0.55 0.33 0.00 0.19 0.02


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Table 12-2 -- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Different Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang



Year 3 Yearor More UnknownCredits C.edits

Male 49.54 20.82 0.92 0.41 0.30 0.02 0.19 0.01Female 50.46 21.16 1.15 0.54 0.34 0.01 0.24 0.00

1981Male 48.30 21.34 0.92 0.47 0.24 0.07 0.11 0.01Female 51.70 21.41 0.97 0.52 0.28 0.03 0.13 0.01

1982'Male 48.74 21.59 0.93 0.45 0.26 0.02 0.17 0.62Female 51.26 21.71 1.04 0.48 0.31 0.06 0.18 0.00

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 0.87 0.43 0.26 0.03 0.14 0.01Female 50.79 21.40 1.07 0.53 0.32 0.03 0.19 0.01

1982tMale 48.05 21.45 0.91 0.45 0.29 NA 0.16 0.05Female 51.95 21.76 1.25 0.59 0.39 NA 0.27 0.10

1987Male 48.66 22.74 1.26 0.59 0 41 NA 0.16 NAFemale 51.34 22.93 1.63 0.73 0.52 NA 0.22 NA


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Table 12-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by llace/Elhnicity, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credite

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang




Black 9.75 20.38 0.71 0.38 0.25 0.01 0.06 0.02Hispanic 4.40 22.02 1.54 0.72 0.47 0.01 0.34 0.00Non-Bik/I-lisp 85.86 20.73 1.29 0.61 0.40 0.04 0.23 0.01

1977Black 10.01 20.44 0.64 0.40 0.20 0.01 0.02 0.01Hispanic 4.19 21.40 1.39 0.69 0.36 0.03 0.20 0.03Non-BM-lisp 85.29 21.16 1.25 0.57 0.40 0.03 0.25 0.01

1978Black 11.23 20.47 0.69 0.39 0.19 0.03 0.97 0.00Hispanic 4.32 20.74 1.02 0.54 0.23 0.04 0.08 0.03Non-Bik/Ilisp 84.45 21.06 1.13 0.53 0.35 0.03 0.22 0.00

1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 0.72 0.42 0.23 0.02 0.05 0.01Hispanic 4.04 21 40 1.38 0.66 0.37 0.02 0.25 0.02Non-BIWHisp 85.69 20.90 1.24 0.58 G.38 0.03 0.23 0.01

1979Black 13.25 20.28 0.58 0.39 0.13 0.01 0.06 0.00Hispanic 4,56 21.39 1.27 0.62 0.30 0.01 0.23 0.03Non-BM-lisp 82.19 21.20 0.96 0.48 0.30 0.01 0.15 0.01

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Table 12-3-- Average Number ol Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

Toll'HS

Credits

MIForeign

LangCredits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang




Black 13.24 20.44 0.68 0.39 0.20 0.00 0.09 0.01Hispanic 4.95 21.38 1.30 0.66 0.33 0.02 0.19 0.03Non-Blk/Hisp 81.80 21.05 1.08 0.48 0.34 0.02 0.24 0.00

1981Mad( 12.77 20.54 0.61 0.39 0.16 0.01 0.05 0.00Hispanic 5.45 21.28 1.20 0.55 0.30 0.00 0.13 0.03Non-Blk/Hisp 81,78 21.52 0.99 0.51 0.27 0.06 0.13 0.01

1982*Black 13.04 21.33 0.55 0.34 0.17 0.00 0.04 0.00Hispanic 4.49 21.87 1.28 0.58 0.35 0.00 0.26 0.05Non-Bk/Hisp 82.47 21.69 1.04 0.48 0 30 0.05 0.19 0.01

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 0.60 0.38 0.16 0.00 0.06 0.00Hispanic 4.84 21.47 1.26 0.60 0.32 0.01 0.20 0.04

82.06 21,36 1 02 0.49 0.30 0.03 0.18 0.01

19821Asian 1.44 2212 1.91 0.9? 0.55 NA 0.39 0.11Black 10.54 21.30 0 76 0.45 0.22 NA 0.09 0.02Hispanic 11.52 21.30 0.84 0.46 0.23 NA 0.14 0 05Nal Am 1.05 21.44 0.44 0.26 0.13 NA 0.05 0.03White 75 44 2130 11A n 54 0 37 NA 0 25 0 09

1987Asian 2.97 23.51 2.50 0.87 0.66 NA 0.32 NABlacic. 13.59 22.25 1.14 0.57 0.37 NA 0.12 NAHispanic 6.98 22.62 1.52 0.65 0.39 NA 0.14 NANative Am 0.83 22.95 1.44 0.67 0.47 NA 0.19 NA

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Table i2-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

19'i6

Shareof HSGridPop

TotalHS

Credits

AllForeign

LangCredits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2or MereCredits



Only 29.81 19.89 0.58 0.30 0.16 0.01 0.11 0.00Soni9 Co' lugs 23.33 20.78 1.01 0.56 0.31 0.02 0.11 0.004 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 1.59 0.79 0.48 0.04 0.26 0.01GT 4 Yrs Col 17.92 21.27 2.14 0.80 0.76 0.06 0.48 0.04

1977HS Oniy 28.46 20.40 0.37 0.25 0. I 0.00 0.02 0.00Some College 21.73 20.73 0.83 0.49 0.23 0.02 0.06 0.024 Yrs College 32.60 21.51 1.67 0.80 0.54 0.04 0.26 0.02GT 4 Yrs Coll 17.20 22.05 2.14 0.68 0.70 0.04 0.70 0.01

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 0.47 0.30 0.13 0.00 0.03 0.00Some College 23.90 20.82 0.77 0.46 0.23 0.02 0.06 0.004 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 1.49 0.69 0.47 0.02 0.30 0.00GT 4 Yrs Col 16.02 -21.35 1.85 0.66 0.54 0.12 0.49 0.02

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 0.50 0.30 0.14 0.01 0.05 0.00Some College 22.33 20.71 0.89 0.51 0.27 0.02 0.08 0.014 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 1.33 0.74 0.48 0.04 0.25 0.01GT 4 Yrs Col 18.75 21.44 2.06 0.75 0.67 0.07 0.55 0.02

1979HS Only 33.77 20.72 0.40 0.26 0.12 0.00 0.02 0.01Some College 20.15 20.72 072 0.46 0.15 0.01 0.08 0.014 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 1.31 0.61 0.44 0.02 0.22 0.02GT 4 Yrs Coll 13.88 21,84 1 59 0.73 0.47 0.01 0.37 0.01


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Table 12-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Credits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang




HS Only 31.79 20.49 0.31 0.20 0.07 0.00 0.04 0.00Some College 19.34 21.00 0.88 0.47 0.n 0.03 0.i 1 0.014 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 1.51 0.67 0.51 0.00 0.31 0.01GT 4 Ybs Coll 12.79 21.77 1.79 0.66 0.51 0.06 0.55 0.01

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 0.40 0.26 0.09 0.01 0.03 0.01Some College 15.40 21.03 0.79 0.47 0.25 0.01 0.06 0.004 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 1.49 0.72 0.42 0.10 0.23 0.01GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.92 22.09 1.45 0.71 0.38 0.11 0.22 0.01

1982HS Only 35.11 21.30 0.44 0.26 0.13 0.00 0.05, 0.00Some College 15.37 21.74 0.68 0.42 0.20 0.01 0.04 0.004 Yrs College 40.49 21.83 1.37 0.58 0.42 0.07 0.27 0.02GT 4 Yrs Col 9.03 22.20 2.01 0.90 0.51 0.16 0.42 0.01

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 0.39 0.24 0.10 0.00 0.03 0.00Some College 17.62 21.09 0.77 0.46 0.21 0.02 0.08 0,004 Yrs College 35.63 21.60 1.42 0.64 0.45 0.05 0.26 0.01GT4 Yrs Col 11.91 21.95 1.69 0.74 0.47 0.07 0.4. 0.01

1982fNone 18.16 20.82 0.34 0.z2 0.08 NA 0.04 0.01Voc/Tech 20.04 21.19 0.47 0.30 0.12 NA 0.05 0.02L.14 Yr Coll 18.66 21.54 1.01 0.53 0.32 NA 0.16 0.05BAIBS 23.71 22.09 1.55 0.72 0.52 NA 0.31 0.10Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 1.95 0.81 0.62 NA 0.52 0.20


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Table 12-5-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned In Different Foreign Language Levels and by Grade Level 1975 to 1987

1975-1978

TotalHS

Credits

AliForeign

LangCredits

ForeignLang

Year 1Credits

ForeignLang

Year 2Credits

ForeignLang




Grade 9 5.39 0.39 0.33 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00Grade 10 5.49 0.41 0.13 0.21 0.02 0.04 0.00Grade 11 5.28 0.26 0.08 0.07 0.01 0.10 0.00Grade 12 4.67 0.13 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.06 C.00

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 0.32 0,27 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.00Grade 10 5.57 0.32 0.11 0.15 0.01 0.04 0,00Grade 11 5.43 0.23 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.08 0.00Grade 12 4.79 0.10 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.00

19821Grade 9 5.60 0.35 0.30 0.05 NA 0.00 0.00Grade 10 5.61 0.36 0.12 0.19 NA 0.04 0.01Grade 11 5.46 0.25 0.08 0.07 NA 0.08 0.024"... ..,', 1? 4.87 0.13 0.03 0.03 NA 0.02 0.05

1987Grp 4.92 0.34 0.27 0.05 NA 0.00 NA1..14.Jd , 4.88 0.39 0.15 0.19 NA 0.04 NAOrg6:447 ' 4.89 0.33 0.11 0.10 NA 0.09 NAG t aGf:t 2 4.44 0.17 0.03 0.06 NA 0.03 NAGracie Ur 3.81 0.22 0.10 0.06 NA 0.03 NA


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Table 13-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language, 1975 to 1987

Total ForeignHS Lang French Spanish Latin German Other ESL

Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976 20.75 1.25 0.37 0.62 0.07 0.17 0.01 0.001977 21.10 1.20 0.35 0.62 0.07 0.13 0.02 0.001978 20.98 1.08 0.33 0.51 0.07 0.15 0.02 0.001975-1978 20.86 1.19 0.36 0.58 0.07 0.15 0,02 0.001979 21.09 0.92 0.26 0.51 0.02 0.11 0.02 0.001980 20.99 1.04 0.30 0.50 0.04 0.18 0.01 0.011981 21.38 0.95 0.25 0.47 0.08 0.12 0.02 0.011982' 21.65 0.99 0.26 0.57 0.06 0.07 0.03 0.001979-1982 21.28 0.97 0.27 0,51 0.05 0.12 0.02 0.011982f 21.61 1.09 0.34 0.56 0.06 0.09 0.03 0.011987 22.84 1.45 0.44 0.74 0.08 0.10 0.04 0.04


164

Table 13-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Dil;erent Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

ForeignLang

CreditsFrench SpanishCredits Credits

LatinCredits

GermanCredits

OtherCredits

ESLCredits

Male 48.94 20.'38 1.05 0.23 0.60 0.07 0.13 0.02 0.00Female 51.06 21.11 1.43 0.51 0.64 0.07 0.20 0.01 0.01

1977Male 45.61 20.91 1.05 0.23 0.55 0.06 0.19 0.02 0.00Female 54.39 21.25 1.32 0.45 0.68 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.00

1978Male 48.82 20.76 0.98 0.22 0.48 0.10 0.15 0.02 0.00Female 51.18 21.18 1.17 0.43 0.53 0.04 0.15 0.02 0.00

1975-1978Male 46.70 20 64 1 J1 0.23 0.53 0.08 0.16 0.01 0.00Female 53.30 21.06 1.34 0.48 0.63 0.07 0.14 0.02 0.01

1979Male 50.22 20.89 0.74 0.14 0.45 0.03 0.11 0.01 0.00Female 49.78 21.29 1.11 0.39 0.56 0.01 0.11 0.03 0.01


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Table 13-2--

1980

Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof HS Total ForeignGrad HS Lang French Spanish Latin German Other ESLPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 49.54 20.82 0.92 0.15 0.49 0.04 0.23 0.01 0.00Female 50.46 21.16 1.15 0.45 0.52 0.03 0.13 0.02 0.01

1981Male 48.30 21.34 0.92 0.20 0.42 0.11 0.16 0.03 0.02Female 51.70 21.41 0.97 0.29 0.5; 0.06 0.09 0.01 0.00

1982'Male 48.74 21.59 0.93 0.21 0.57 0.02 0.09 0.04 0.01Female 51.26 21.71 1.04 0.30 0.57 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.00

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 0.87 0.18 0.49 0.05 0.14 0.02 0.01Female 50.79 21.40 1.07 0.36 0.54 0.05 0.10 0.02 0.00

1982tMale 48.05 21.45 0.91 0.25 0.47 0.06 0.09 0.03 0.01Female 51.95 21.76 1.25 0.41 0.64 0.07 0.10 0.03 0.01

1987Male 48.66 22.74 1.26 0.32 0.67 0.08 0.11 0.03 NAFemale 51.34 22.93 1.63 0.56 0.81 0.08 0.09 0.04 NA


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Table 13-3.- Average Nunter of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

Shareof HS Total ForeignGrad HS Lang French Spanish Latin German Other ESLPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976Black 9.75 20.38 0.71 0.23 0.39 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.00Hispanic 4.40 22.02 1.54 0.26 1.21 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00Non-Bik/Hisp 85.86 20.73 1.29 0.39 0.62 0.08 0.19 0.01 0.00

1977Black 10.01 00.44 0.64 0.16 0.44 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00Hispanic 4.19 21.4u 1.39 0.19 0.9/ 0.00 0.10 0.13 0.08Non- B1./Hisp 85.29 21.16 1.25 0.33 0.62 0.08 0.15 0.02 0.00

1978Black 11.23 20.47 0.69 0.19 0.40 0.07 0.03 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.32 20.74 1.02 0.06 0.78 0.07 0.01 0.11 0.10Non-BMilsp 84.45 21.06 1.13 0.36 0.51 0.07 0.17 0.02 0.00

1975-1978. Black 10.27 20.33 0.72 0.22 0.41 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.00Hispanic 4.04 21.40 1.38 0.21 1.03 0.03 0.04 0.07 0.06Non-Blk/Hisp 85.69 20.90 1.24 0.39 0.58 0.08 0.17 0.02 0.00

1979Black 13.25 20.28 0.58 0.16 0.38 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.56 21.39 1.27 0.23 0.91 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.07Non- Lifk/Hisp 82.19 21.20 0.96 0.28 0.50 0.02 0.13 0.02 0.00


167

Table 13-3-- kerage Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by I:lace/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

ForeignLang

GreatsFrench SpanishCredits Credits

LatinCredits

GermanCredits

OtherCredits

ESLCredits

Black 13.24 20.44 0.68 0.20 0.46 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00Hispanic 4.95 21.38 1.30 0.15 0.99 0.06 0.00 0.09 0.08Non-Blk/HIsp 81.80 21.05 1.08 0.33 0.48 0.04 0.22 0.01 0.00

1981Black 12.77 20.54 0.61 0.20 0.35 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.00*dispanic 5.45 21.28 1.20 0.21 0.76 0.01 0.03 0.18 0.18

Non-BM-lisp 81.78 21.52 0.99 0.26 0.47 0.10 0.15 0.01 0.00

1982"Black 13.04 21.33 0.55 0.13 0.40 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00Hispanic 4.49 21.87 1.28 0.21 1.01 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.04Non-B1 /-lisp 82.47 21.69 1.04 0.28 0.58 0.07 0.08 0.03 0.00

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 0.60 0.17 0.40 0.02 0.02 0.00 000

4.84 21.47 1.26 0.20 0.92 0.02 0.01 0.11 0.09Non-BIVHisp 82.06 21.36 1.02 0.29 0.51 0.06 0.14 0.02 0.00

1982#Asian 1.44 22.12 1.91 0.54 0.77 0.09 0.19 0.20 0.13Black 10.54 21.30 0.76 0.19 0.48 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.00Hispanic 11.52 21.30 0.84 0.14 0.61 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03Nat Am 1.05 21.44 9.44 0.13 0.21 0.01 0.06 0.01 0.02White 75.44 21.70 1.16 0.38 3.56 0.07 0.12 0.03 0.00

1987Asian 0.83 23.81 2.50 0.70 0.99 0.11 0.13 0.50 NABlack 13.59 22.25 1.14 0.32 0.71 0.05 0.03 0.03 NAHispanic 6.98 22.62 1.52 0.24 0.86 0.02 0,02 0.24 NANative Am 75.63 23.13 0.80 0.18 0.54 0.02 0.05 0.00 NAWhile 2.97 22.95 1.44 0.46 0.72 0.09 0.12 0.00 NA


168

Table 13-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

ForeignLang


LatinCredits

GermanCredits

OtherCredits

ESLcredits

HS Only 29.81 19.89 0.58 0.08 0.43 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00Some College 23.33 20.78 1.01 0.41 0.46 0.03 0.08 0.02 0.004 Yrs College 28.94 21.29 1.59 0.55 0.75 0.11 0.15 0 02 0.01GT 4 Yrs Coll 17.92 21.27 2.14 0.55 0.94 0.12 0.52 0.01 0.00

1977HS Only 28.46 20.40 0.37 0.14 0.18 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.00Some College 21.73 20.73 0.83 0.22 0.42 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.004 Yrs College 32.80 21.51 1.67 0.37 0.94 0.12 0.21 0.03 0.01GT 4 Yrs Coll 17.20 22.05 2.14 0.82 1.02 0.07 0.22 0.01 0.01

1978HS Only 29.09 20.48 0.47 0.08 0.22 0.02 0.15 0.00 0.00Some College 23 90 20.82 0.77 0.18 0.28 0.08 0.12 0.00 0.004 Yrs College 30.98 21.37 1.49 0.49 0.77 0.06 0.15 0.01 0.000114 Yis Coll 16.02 21.35 1.85 0.69 0.70 0.16 0.20 0.10 0.02

1975-1978HS Only 28.41 20.27 0.50 0.10 0.28 0.04 0.08 0.00 0.00Some College 22.33 20.71 0.89 0.27 0.44 0.05 0.10 0.03 0.004 Yrs College 29.88 21.21 1.53 0.46 0.79 0.10 0.15 0.02 0.01GT4 Yrs Col 18.75 21.44 2.06 0.73 0.88 0.11 0.30 0.03 0.01

1979IIS Only 33.77 20.72 0.40 0.14 0.23 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.00Soma Cnilecja 90.1g 90.7, 0.72 0.1g 0..46 0.01 0.04 n ncv.v." A Aiy.k, e4 Yrs College 32.20 21.42 1.31 0.33 0.73 0.05 1.18 0.01 0.00GT 4 Yrs Gott 13.88 21.84 1.59 0.56 0.74 0.02 .26 0.01 0.00


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Table 13-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

ForeignLang


LatinCredits

GermanCredits

OtherCr^dits

ESLCredits

HS Only 31.79 20.49 0.31 0.09 0.15 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00Some College 19.34 21.00 0.88 0.25 0.49 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.024 Yrs College 36.08 21.16 1.51 0.41 0.75 0.03 0.30 0.01 0.01GT4 Yrs Col 12.79 21.77 1.79 0.61 0.74 0.11 0.32 0.01 0.00

1981HS Only 39.07 20.76 0.40 0.07 0.26 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01Some College 15.40 21.03 0.79 0.20 0.34 0.03 0.21 0.00 0.004 Yrs College 33.61 22.01 1.49 0.42 0.69 0.14 0.20 0.04 0.02GT4 Yrs Col 11.92 22.09 1.45 0.44 0.71 0.18 0.10 0.01 0.00

1982'HS Only 35.11 21.30 1.23 0.09 0.29 0.01 0.05 0,00 0.00Some College 15.37 21.74 1.37 C.15 0.41 0.03 0.09 0.00 0.004 Yrs. College 40.49 21.83 1.34 0.39 0.76 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.01GT 4 Yrs Coll 9.03 22.20 1.38 0.45 1,14 0.27 0.13 0.02 0.01

1979-1982HS Only 34.85 20.83 0.39 0.10 0.23 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.00Some College 17.62 21.09 0.77 0.19 0.43 0.03 0.09 0.03 0.014 Yrs College 35.63 21 60 1.42 0.39 0.74 0.07 0.18 0.03 0.01CiT 4 Yrs Col .:1.91 21.95 1.69 0.53 0.81 0.13 0.22 0.01 0.00

19821None 18.16 20.82 0.34 0.08 0.20 0.01 0.03 002 0.01Vocaech 20. J4 21.19 0.47 0.12 0.29 t., u 1 ,.. A i%LI/ rt o'41U.V N A Allu.uu1_14 Yr Coll 18,S6 21.54 1.01 0.27 0.58 0.04 0.09 0.03 0.01BA/BS 23.71 22.09 1.55 0.47 0.83 0.09 0.12 0.04 0.01

Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 1.95 0.71 0.83 0.15 0.19 0.06 0.01

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Table 13-5--

1975-1978

Average Number of Course Credits Earned in Different Foreign Language by Grade Level, 1975 to 1987

Total ForeignHS Lang French Spanish Latin German Other ESL

Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Grade 9 5.39 0.39 0.12 0.19 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.00Grade 10 5.49 0.41 0.12 0.21 0.03 0.05 0.00 0.00Grade 11 5.28 0.26 0.08 0.12 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.00Grade 12 4.67 0.13 Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N 0.00

1979-1982Grade 9 5.47 0.32 0.08 0.18 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.00Grade 10 5.57 0.32 0.08 0.17 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.00Grade 11 5.43 0.27, 0.07 0.12 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00Grade 12 4.79 0.10 Low-N Low-N Low-N t.ow-N Low-N 0.00

19821Grade 9 5.60 0.35 0.11 0.18 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.00Grade 10 5.61 0.36 0.11 0.19 0 02 0.03 0.01 0.00Grade 11 5.46 0.25 0.08 0.12 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00Grade 12 4.87 0.13 0.04 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00

1987Grade 9 4.92 0.34 0.11 0.17 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00Grade 10 4.88 0.39 0.12 0.20 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.01Grade 11 4.89 0.33 3.10 0.17 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00Grade 12 4.44 0.17 0.06 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00Grade Unk 3.81 0.22 0.05 0.12 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.03


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Table 14-1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Mathematics, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credibi

AN

MathPercent

BasicMath

Percent

GeneralMath

Percent

AppliedMath

Percent

Pre-AlgebraPercent

Algebra Geometry CalculusPercent Percent Percent

AdvancedOther

Percent

1976 20.75 97.35 16.02 28.64 6.51 8.35 60.96 47.08 3.16 36.371977 21.10 97.87 12.53 28.65 8.54 8.75 64.14 48.34 2.59 40.931978 20.98 97.45 15.15 27.46 8.21 9.23 61.66 49.08 2.88 35.521975.1978 20.86 97.65 14.30 29.31 7.27 8.36 62.67 48.62 2.51 38.561980 20.99 98.54 5.72 38.37 12.12 8.47 65.05 49.72 2.87 40.481981 21.38 98.82 2.55 38.34 12.21 9.21 67.38 47.44 3.75 40.481982 21.65 98.83 8.72 34.91 10.59 7.82 63.22 52.17 4.05 44.871979-1982 21.28 98.67 8.72 34.63 11.16 8.72 65.04 49.37 3.29 41.801982t 21.61 99.20 8.39 32.89 15.56 20.38 57.98 49.03 5.55 43.591987 22.84 99.85 10.73 24.87 30.68 21.16 b6.97 61.39 7.16 51.68

Table 15.1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Science Subjects. 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

AllSciencePercent

ScienceSurvey

PercentBiologyPercent

ChemPercent

PhysicsPercent

1976 20.75 97.33 50.77 80.69 34.93 35.461977 21.10 98.38 50.37 85.62 37.22 34.441978 20.98 98.38 49.13 84.17 37.64 35.581975-1978 20.86 98.09 49.41 84.11 36.95 35.181980 20.99 98.62 50.07 80.16 32.72 37.091981 21.38 97.97 47.44 78.39 34.92 36.051982' 21.65 98.95 49.33 82.81 37.54 39.261979-1982 21.28 98.36 49.21 80.58 34.26 37.091982; 21.61, 97.80 80 .50 80.1.32 34.15 17.821987 22.84 99.48 70.00 90.14 45.32 21.14


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Table 16-1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Engksh Studies, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

AN

EnglishPercent

Eng ughS!':iey

Percent

EnglishComp

Percent

EnglishLit

PercentSpeechPerceni

1976 20.75 100.00 98.01 45.61 35.28 21.561977 21.10 100.00 99.34 42.93 28.80 19..851978 20.98 100.00 97.79 42.95 32.91 20.691975-1978 20.86 100.00 98.17 43.47 31.84 20,961980 20.99 100.00 98.91 42.36 47 02 23.491981 21.38 100.00 98.36 41.70 35.2b 25.551982' 21.65 100.00 96.93 40.48 37.98 24.461979-1982 21.28 100.00 98.14 42.29 36.27 24,061982t 21.61 100.00 98.14 46.58 33.97 20.101987 22.84 100.00 99.34 29.89 24.36 19.43

Table 17-1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Social Studies, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

AllSocial American

Studies HistoryPercent Percent

World AmericanHistory Govt

Percent Percent

SocialSciencePercent

1976 20.75 99.93 92.01 55.29 59.55 78.841977 21.10 99.49 92.29 53.44 59.83 74.591978 20.98 99.67 93.87 50.32 59.89 77.801975-1978 20.86 99.71 93.26 54.01 60.49 76.131980 20.99 99.97 96.06 55.63 59.13 75.971981 21.38 99.75 94.21 54,18 62.19 77.821982' 21.65 100.00 95.54 53.01 65.51 78.481979-1982 21.28 99.85 94.45 53.13 61.05 78.471982 21.61 99.97 87.93 45.01 62.80 81.361987 22.84 99.92 92.57 49.90 70.90 81.68


Table 18-1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled In Fine Arts, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

AU

FineMs

Percent

ArtsCrafts

PercentMusic

Percent

DramDance

Percent

1976 20.75 65.14 42.15 32.19 9,691977 21.10 66.29 43.93 36.10 9.961978 20.98 68.78 41.96 37.31 12.711975-1978 20.89 66.87 41.70 35.83 10.681980 20.99 70.29 45.24 38.67 10.621981 21.38 70.54 41.91 39.99 11.071982' 21.65 63.69 40.62 32.95 8.611979-1982 21.28 68.35 43.18 36.46 10.6219821 21.61 68.18 46.13 35.57 8.761987 22.84 67.81 42.26 34.'76 12.74


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Table 19-1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in Foriegn Languages, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

AN

ForeignLang

Percent

ForeignLang

Year 1Percent

ForeignLang

Year 2Percent

ForeignLang

Year 2or MorePercent

ForeignLang

Year 3 Yearor More UnknownPercent Percent

French SpanishPercent Percent

Laiin C..;errnanPercent Percent

OtherPercent

ESLPercent

1976 20.75 58.88 51.79 38.89 3.14 15.39 1.06 17.36 33.78 4.35 7.38 1.22 0.341977 21.10 55.09 49.07 36.81 2.11 14.67 1.53 15.77 32.51 4.54 6.29 2.12 0.141978 20.98 53.35 46.97 32.26 2.47 14.68 1.01 16.88 28.14 4.13 7.03 1.24 0.211975-1978 20.86 56.70 50.73 36.36 2.75 15.29 1.11 17.46 31.39 4.65 6.97 1.44 0.271980 20.99 51.10 44.32 30.92 1.26 15.13 0.60 14.58 28.44 2.69 8.80 0.96 0.441981 21.38 52.30 47.73 26.52 3.18 9.54 0.72 14.56 29.44 4.22 7.32 0.85 0.491982' 21.65 51.14 45.52 28.69 2.71 12.21 0.74 13.84 32.81 2.79 3.61 1.72 0.411979-1982 21.28 50.98 45.42 28.49 1.96 11.93 0.82 14.63 29.95 2.77 6.27 1.34 0.3919621 21.61 52.93 47.84 32.79 NA 15.93 6.75 17.41 31.09 4.07 4.66 1.93 0.381987 22.114 65.95 60.77 44.58 NA 19.22 NA 21.09 39.59 4.48 5.03 1.55 NA

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Tale 20-1-- Percentage of Graduates Enrolled in All Academics, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

ANMath

Percent

AllSciencePercent

AllEnglishPercent

AN

Soc StPercent

AltFineArts

Percent

AllFGriegn

LangPerceni

1976 20.75 97.35 97.33 100.00 99.93 65.14 58.881977 21.10 97.87 98.38 100.00 99.49 66.29 55.091978 20.98 97.45 98.38 100.00 99.67 68.78 53.351975-1978 2C.86 97.65 98.09 1 '0.00 99.71 66.87 56.701980 20.99 98.54 98.62 1u0.00 99.97 70.29 51.101981 21.38 96.82 97.97 100.00 99.75 70.54 52.301982' 21.65 98.83 98.95 100.00 100.00 63.69 51.141979-1982 21.28 98.67 98.36 100.00 99.1r, 68.35 50.9819821 21.61 99.20 97.80 100.00 99.37 68.18 52.931987 22.84 99.85 99.48 100.00 99.92 67.81 65.95


Table 21-1 Percentage Distribution of Craduates by Number of Credits Earned in Mathematics. 1975 to 1987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+Credit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975 19781979-19821982t1987

Table 21 2

1975-1978

2.4 15.1 32.1 26.6 17.8 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.01.4 16.0 34.4 26.8 19.6 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.41.2 17.3 33.5 26.0 18.9 2.9 0.3 0.0 0.00.2 4.4 23.3 32.6 29.2 8.9 1.2 0.1 0.0

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Mathematics by Sex, 1975 to !987


Male 1.3 15.9 30.0 27.5 22.3 2.8 0.2 0.0 0.0Female 3.4 21.9 34.1 25.9 13.7 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0

1979-1982t4Az,:e 1.1 15.9 33.9 27.2 25.1 2.8 0.2 0.0 0.2Female 1.7 16.3 35.0 26.4 14.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0

19821Male 0.9 15.6 32.5 25.5 21.6 3.5 0.3 0.1 0.0Female 1.4 18.8 34.4 26.4 16.5 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0

1987Male 0.1 4.2 22.6 31.7 29.7 9.9 1.7 0.2 0.0Female 0.2 4.7 24.0 33.5 28.8 7.9 0.8 0.1 0.0


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Table 22-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Science, 1975 to 1987


1975-19781979-19821982f1987

Table 22-2

1975-1978

1.9 23.2 35.0 23.1 12.0 4.1 0.5 0.2 0.13.2 27.1 37.6 18.6 10.6 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.01.6 25.2 3C.6 20.5 10.2 3.0 0.7 0.0 0.10.5 12.6 40.0 26.4 15.4 4.1 0.7 0.2 0.1

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Science by Sex, 1975 to 1987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+Credit Credit C:sdits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 1.5 20.2 33.0 24.2 15.2 4.9 0.4 0.4 0.0Female 19.1 25.9 36.7 21.9 9.2 3.4 0.6 0.0 0.0

1979-1982Male 3.5 25.4 35.6 20.0 12.2 2.7 0.5 0.1 0.0Female 2.9 28.8 39.5 17.3 9.0 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.0

19821Male 2.0 23.7 36.0 22.3 11.5 4.0 0.6 0.0 0.2Female 1.2 26.7 41.3 18.8 9.1 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.2

1987Male 0.8 12.7 38.3 25.9 16.5 4.6 0.9 .).3 0.1Female 0.3 12.4 41.6 27.1 14.2 3.6 0.5 0.2 0.1

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Table 23-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned In Mathematics and Science, 1975 to 1987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+Credit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-19781979-19821982t1987

Table 23-2

1975-1978

0.1 2.3 9.4 17.1 20.7 16.2 14.6 9.0 6.5 3.1 1.00.2 1.7 9.7 17.7 21.8 16.3 12.5 9.9 6.8 2.4 6.90.1 1.2 9.0 17.9 21.8 17.5 13.1 10.3 6.0 2.4 0.70.0 0.2 2.1 7.9 18.3 20.3 17.5 14.9 11.1 5.3 2.5

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Mathematics and Science by Sex, 1975 to 1987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+Credit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 0.0 1.1 7.0 16.0 20.0 14.9 16.7 10.0 8..7 4.1 1.4Female 0.1 3.3 11.5 18.1 21.3 17.3 12.8 8.1 4.6 2.1 0.7

1979.1982Male 0.1 1.7 8.6 17.0 20.2 16.6 12.6 11.0 7.9 3.2 1.3Female 0.2 1.8 10.7 18.3 23.2 16.0 12.5 8.9 5.9 1.6 0.9

19821Male 0.1 0.7 9.4 16.5 20.2 15.9 13.2 12.0 7.,- 3.3 1.0Female 0.1 1.7 9.6 20.0 23.8 18.1 12.7 7.8 4.0 1.5 0.8

19' 7Male 0.0 0.2 2.1 7.9 17.8 19.5 16.4 14.9 11.9 6.0 3.3Female 0.0 0.1 2.2 7.0 18.7 21.1 18.5 14.9 10.4 4.6 1.7

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Table 24-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in English, 1975 to 1987


1975-19781979-198219821 .

1987

Table 24-2

1975-1978

0.0 0.5 4.9 25.5 53.6 12.8 1.8 0.7 0.20.0 0.4 3.4 24.9 53.5 13.7 3.0 0.5 0.60.1 0.6 4.7 29.7 50.1 11.0 2.8 0.8 0.30.1 0.3 1.5 13.0 62.4 17.6 3.6 1.1 0.5

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned IrT, English by Sex, 1975 to 1987


Male 0.0 0.2 5.6 23.6 56.0 11.6 1.7 0.9 0.4Female 0.0 0.7 4.5 27.2 51.5 13.9 1.9 0.4 0.0

1979-1982Male 0.2 0 7 4.9 30.9 49.1 10.7 2.5 0.8 0.3Female 0.0 0.5 4.5 2d.6 51.0 11.3 3.1 0.8 0.3

1982fMale 0.0 0.2 3.2 25.7 57.7 15.0 3.0 0.2 0Y9Female 0.0 0.6 3.7 24.2 49.6 12.6 3.0 0.7 0.4

1987Male 0.1 0.3 "..6 13.2 63.3 17.1 3.2 0.8 0 4Female 0.1 0.3 1.4 12.9 61.6 18.0 3.9 1.3 0.6

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Table 25-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Social Studies, 1975 to 1987


1975-19781979-19821982t1987

Table 25-2

1975-1978MaleFemale

1979-1982MaleFemale

1982fMaleFemale

1987Male

ernao

0.3 1.4 16.8 41.5 29.6 8.2 1.4 0.6 0.10.1 3.2 24.9 42.2 23.0 5.1 1.1 0.3 0.00.2 1.2 18.5 43.4 27.0 7.9 1.4 0.4 0.00.1 0.7 12.2 40.5 33.2 10.6 2.3 0.4 0.1

Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits in Social Studies by Sex, 1975 to 1337

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8fCredit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

0.4 1.9 16.7 39.3 29.0 10.1 1.9 0 9 0.20.2 0.9 16.9 43.5 30.3 6.6 ;.1 0.4 0.1

0.1 3.4 25.4 41.4 22.6 5.3 1.3 0.4 0.0.1 3.0 24.4 43.0 234 4 9 0.9 0.2

1.2 19.0 40.9 27.7 8.9 1.4 0.8 0.00.0 1.2 18.2 45.9 26.5 3.9 1.4 0.0 0.0

0.1 0.6 13.2 40 3 32.2 10.6 2.3 0.5 0.10.1 0.7 11.3 40 6 34,1 10.6 2.3 0.3 0.1

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Table 26-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Fine Arts, 1975 to 1987


1975 -197b 36.1 27.5 15.0 8.6 6.6 2.8 2.1 0.6 0.71979-1982 42.9 23.9 13.1 8.7 6.5 2.5 1.2 0.6 0.71982f 34.2 27.4 14.5 9.3 6.8 4.4 1.6 0.9 0.91987 33.5 29.0 15.9 8.0 7.2 3.3 1.6 0 8 0.7

Table 26-2

1975-1978

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Fine Arts by Sex, 1975 to 1987


Male 44.2 26.6 13.9 5.1 5 1 2.6 1.5 0.4 0.4Female 29.0 28.5 16.1 11.6 9 3.2 2.6 0.7 0.8

1979-1982Male 48.2 22.8 12.5 7.0 5 2 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.7Female 37.9 24.8 13.7 10.3 7.8 2.9 1.2 0.8 0.7

19821Male 44.2 26.6 13 '' 5.1 5.1 2.6 1.5 0 4 0.4Female 29.0 28.5 16.1 11.6 7.9 3.2 2.6 0.7 0.7

1987Male 37.7 29.8 15.1 6.8 5 5 2.4 1.2 0.7 0.7Female 29.5 28.2 16.7 9.1 8.7 4.1 2.1 0.9 0 6

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Table 27-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Foreign Language, 1975 to 1987

<11 1 2 3 4 r 6 7Credit Credit Clerk* Credits Credits r.;itsdiis Credits Credits Credits

1975-19781979-19821982 t1987

Table 27-2

1975-1978

43.5 17.5 22.6 11.2 4.:3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0,049.8 16.0 19.5 9.2 4.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.149.2 1.6 11 ti,..8 8.1 3.0 0.4 0. t 0 0 0.034 2 , J.9 24.8 12.9 6.8 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.2

Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Foreign language by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1 4 5 6 8+Credit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 50.0 15.7 22.1 9 0 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Female 37.8 10.1 23.2 131 5.4 1.1 0,4 ei 24+,... 0. 0

19821Male 56.9 13.9 178 7.6 3.1 0.4 0.2 00 01Female 43.3 18.0 21.1 10.7 5.7 0.9 0,2 0.1 01

1979-1982Male 40.9 26.3 13.1 6.7 6.1 4.0 1. 0 6 1 0Female 27.7 28,5 15.8 11.9 7.5 4.9 2.0 1.2 '3

1987Male 40.9 17.2 23.6 11,5 5 r ,1 0.9 0.3 0.2 ft .3Female 27.8 20.6 25.9 14.1 8.3 2.0 0.7 0.2 0 3

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Table 28-1 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earner, In Academic Subjects, 1975 to 1987

8 9 10 11 12 12 1 15 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23+Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits is Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Crafts Credits Credits

1975-1978 1.7 2.0 5.1 6.9 8.4 9.2 10.6 11.1 9.8 10.1 7.7 5.8 4.4 3.8 1.7 1.6 0.81982f 1.4 2.5 4.4 7.0 8.6 9.9 10.3 10.5 8.7 8.2 8.0 6.9 5.4 3.6 2.1 1.2 1.31979-1982 1.1 2.2 4.6 8.3 8.2 10.7 11.0 10.3 9.8 8.6 7.9 5.2 5.0 3.8 1.7 0.8 0.91987 0.3 0.6 1.7 3.2 5.6 7.5 8.7 9.3 9.1 9.1 8.9 9.1 7.9 7.0 4.9 3.2 3.8

Table 28-2 Percentage Distribution of Graduates by Number of Credits Earned in Academic Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987

57 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Clecits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Crer Is Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-1978

21 22Credits Credits

23+Credits

Male 0.8 2.8 5.0 6.9 8.3 9.0 10.1 11.3 10.1 10.4 7.5 5.7 3.6 4.4 1.3 1.8 0.8Female 1.1 1.3 5.2 6.8 8.4 9.4 11.1 10.8 9.6 9.9 7.9 6.0 5.0 3.3 2.0 1.4 0.9

19821Male 1 6 2.9 4.7 8.0 8.8 10.4 9.8 10.6 8.4 7.8 8 3 6.5 4.9 3.0 2.0 1.2 1.2Female 1.1 2.1 4.1 6.2 8.4 9.5 10.8 10.4 9.0 8.7 7.8 7.3 5.9 4.1 2.2 1.2 1.4

197n1982Male 1.4 2.8 5.3 8.3 7.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 10.1 8.5 8.5 6.1 4.9 4.0 1.0 0.8 0.8Female 0.8 1.6 4.0 8.3 8.9 10.9 11.7 11.1 9.5 8.5 7.5 4.4 5.1 3.6 2.4 0.8 i .0

1987Male 0.4 0.9 2.3 3.6 6.6 7.7 9.7 9.1 8.8 8.6 9.0 9.1 7.7 6.2 4.4 2.6 3.3Female 6.2 0.4 1.2 2.9 4.7 7.3 7.8 9.4 9.4 9.5 8.8 9.1 8.0 7.8 5.3 3.7 2.3

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Table 29-1- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas, 1975 to 1987

TotalHS

Credits

TotalTotal Voc Ed Consum

Voc Ed Less CE HomeEcCredits Credits Credits

TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits

Speclab Mkt1st CrsCredits

SpecLab Mkt2nd CrsCredits

1st or 2d SpecialityCourse CoursesIn Seq Credits

1976 20.75 4.19 3.87 0.61 1.19 2.39 1.47 0.41 0,24 0.271977 21.10 4.46 4.12 0.69 1.24 2.53 1.46 0.50 0.28 0.301978 20.98 4.54 4.07 0 d6 1.29 2.58 1.50 0.46 0.29 0.34.975-1978 20.86 4.33 3.97 0.64 1.23 2.45 1.44 0 46 0.25 0.301979 21.09 4.70 4.44 0.71 1.22 2.77 1.52 0.50 0.43 0.331980 20.99 4.54 4.20 0.65 1.18 2.72 1.55 0.54 0.33 0.291981 21.38 4.84 4.45 0.68 1.27 2.88 1.57 0.55 0.39 0.3819824 21.65 4.90 4.44 0.65 1.29 2.95 1.63 0.66 0.37 0.291979-1982 21.28 4.74 4.36 0.67 1.24 2.83 1.57 0.56 0.38 0.3219821 21.61 4.38 4.22 0.64 0.98 2.76 1.66 0.d5 NA 0.241987 22.84 4.21 4.08 0.57 0.90 2.75 1.81 0.75 NA 0.19

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Table 29-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Arc as by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

Total1-IS

Credits



Tot 5iGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits

SpecLab Mkt1st CrsCredits

Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Course Speciality2nd Crs In Seq CoursesCredits Credits Credits

Male 48.94 20.38 3.79 3.59 0.19 0.96 2.64 1.49 0.45 0.33 0.38Female 51.06 21.11 4.58 4.13 1.02 1.41 2.16 1.45 0.38 0.16 0.17

1977Male 45.61 20.91 4.30 4.06 0.21 1.07 3.02 1.52 0.56 0.49 0.45Female 54.39 21.25 4.60 4.16 1.09 1.39 2.12 1.40 0.45 0.09 0.17

1978Mate 48.82 20.76 4.44 4.00 0.27 1.15 3.02 1.56 0.48 0.49 0.49Female 51.18 21.18 4.64 4.14 1.04 i.43 2.17 1.44 0.43 110 0.19

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 4 13 3 84 0.21 1 08 2 83 1,48 0.50 0.42 0.43Female 53.30 21.06 4 51 4.08 1.02 1 31 2.12 I 41 0 42 0.10 0.19

1979Male 50.22 20.89 4.68 4.36 0.28 1.09 3.31 1.60 0 57 0.67 0.47Female 49.78 21,29 4.73 4.32 1.15 1.35 2.23 1.44 0.42 0.18 0.19

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Table 29-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGladPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed Consum

Less CE HomeEcCredits Credits

TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits


Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Course Speciality2nd Crs in Seq CoursesCredits Credits Credits

Male 49.54 20.82 4.34 4.01 0.28 1.04 3.01 1.58 0.51 0.53 0.39Female 50.46 21.16 4.74 4.38 1.00 1.31 2.43 1.53 0.57 0.13 0.19

1981Male 48.30 21.34 4.67 4.33 0.33 1.11 3.23 1.61 0.55 0.59 0.48Female 51.70 21.41 4.99 4.56 1.01 1.42 2.56 1.53 0.55 0.20 0.28

1982Male 49.13 21.59 4.80 4.30 0.29 1 23 3.28 1.57 0.68 0.67 0.36Female 50.87 21.71 4.99 4,57 0.99 1.35 2.65 1.68 0.65 0.09 0.23

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 4.62 4.25 0.29 1.12 3.21 1.59 0 58 0.62 0.42Female 50.79 21.40 4.86 4.46 1.04 1.36 2.47 1.55 0.55 0.15 0.22

19821Male 48.05 21.45 4 34 4.16 0 29 0 91 3.14 1.92 0.95 NA 0.27Female 51.95 21.76 4.41 4.26 0.97 1.0 2.41 1,43 0.76 NA 0.22

1987Male 48.66 22.74 4.27 4 14 0 31 0 86 3.10 2.08 0.84 NA 0.18female 51.34 22.93 4.15 4 03 0.82 0.93 2.41 1.55 0.66 NA 0.20

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Table 29-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Vocational Areas by I-lace/Ethnicity. 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed Consum


TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits


Spec lst or 2dLab Mkt Course Speciality2nd Crs in S xi CoursesCredits Credits Credits

Black 9.75 20.38 4.38 4.18 0.83 0.99 2.56 1.66 0.31 0.22 0.37Hispanic 4.40 22.02 4.21 3.61 0.77 1.41 2.03 1.11 0.16 0.51 0.2:,Non-Blk/Hisp 85.86 20.73 4.17 3.85 0.58 1.20 2.39 1.47 0.44 0.23 0.26

1977Black 10.01 20.44 4.82 4.45 1.09 1.36 2.38 1.22 0.48 0.35 0.33Hispanic 4.19 21.40 4.74 4.04 0.74 1.63 2.37 1.39 0.34 0.30 0.34Non-Ei WHisp 85.79 21.16 4.41 4.08 0.64 1.21 2.55 1.49 0.51 0.27 0.29

19. 8Black 11.23 20.47 4.50 4.04 0.y1 1.25 2.33 1.44 0.32 0.27 0.30I lispanic 4.32 20.74 4.55 3.94 0.66 1.34 2.56 1.34 0.65 0.29 0.29Non-Blk/tlisp 84.45 21.06 4.55 4.09 0.63 1,30 2.62 1.52 0.47 0.29 0.34

1975.1978Black 10.27 20.33 4.51 4.16 0.93 1.20 2.38 1.44 0.39 0.24 0.32I lispanic 4.04 21.40 4.52 3.94 0.74 1.43 2.36 1.26 0,42 0.38 0.29Non BIM lisp 85.69 20.90 4.30 3.95 0.60 1.23 2.46 1.45 0.47 0.25 0.30

1979Black 13.25 20.28 4.69 4.25 0.93 1.19 2.57 1.43 0.51 0.44 0.20I lispanic 4.56 21.39 4.78 4.00 0.59 1.66 2.53 1.40 0.48 0.37 0.27Non DWI-lisp 82.19 21.20 4.70 1.W 0.68 1.20 2.82 1.54 0,50 9.43 0.35

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Table 29-3-- Average Number of Course Credits CNripleted in Vocation- Areas by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalVoc EdCrecits

TotalVoc Eci Consum

less CE HomeEcCredi1:1 Credits

TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp MkPrep

Credits


Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Course Speciality2nd Crs in Seq Cour; PsCredits Credits Credits

Black 13.24 20.44 4.48 4.05 0.84 1.20 2.44 1.32 0.46 0.34 0.32Hispanic 4.95 21.38 4.37 3.61 0.63 1.43 2.32 1.34 0.50 0.17 0.31Non-Olk/Hisp 81.80 21.05 4.56 4.25 0.62 1.16 2.79 1.61 0.56 0.34 0.28


1982'Black 13.04 21.33 5.0f 4.45 0.77 1.53 2.79 1.33 0.57 0 60 0.30Hispanic 4.49 21.87 4.6G 3.83 0.43 1.55 2.68 1.61 0.61 0.31 0 14Non-Bikil lisp 82.47 21.69 4.88 4.47 0.64 1.24 3.00 1.68 0.68 0.34 0.30

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 4.74 4.26 0.86 1.32 2.56 1.35 0.48 0.46 0.28Hispanic 4.84 21.47 4.69 3.90 0.58 1.57 2.54 1.45 0.56 0.26 0.27Non-Blk/Hisp 82.06 21.36 4.75 4.40 0.65 1.21 2.89 1.61 0.58 0.38 0.33

1982tAsian 1.43 22.12 3.02 2,79 0.31 0.88 1.83 1.11 0.52 NA 0.21Black 10.44 21.30 4.72 4.47 0.89 1.03 2.79 1.63 0.88 NA 0.28I lispanic 11.41 21.30 5.06 4.81 0.84 1.12 3.10 1 89 0.98 NA 0.23Ndi Ain 1.04 21.44 5.06 4.9x0 0.53 1.12 3.41 2.17 1 01 NA 0.24While 74.70 21.70 4.24 4.11 0.58 0.95 2.71 1.64 0 83 NA 0.24

1987Asian 2,97 23.81 2.86 2.76 0.35 0.70 1 81 1 17 0 41 NA 0.23Black 13.59 22.25 4.36 4.15 0.71 0.96 2.69 1.81 0.70 NA 0.18Hispanic 6.98 22 q2 4 23 3.98 0.61 0.97 2.65 1.69 0.79 NA 0.17Native Am 0.83 23.13 4.63 4.58 0.63 0.86 .3.14 2.08 0 81 NA 0.25While 75.63 22 95 4.28 4.17 0.56 0.91 2.81 1.85 0.78 NA 0.19

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Table 29-4-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Sex and Flace/EIhnicity, 1975 to 1987

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dol HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-1978Male

Black 4.40 20.40 3.97 3.74 0.34 1.03 2.60 1.42 0.39 0.40 0.39Hispanic 1.67 21.55 4.49 3.96 0.35 1.23 2.90 1.35 0.47 0.72 0.36Non-Blk/Hisp 40.63 20.68 4.13 3.85 0.19 1.08 2.85 1.49 0.51 0 41 0.44

FemaleBla:k 5.89 20.31 4.91 4.49 1.38 1.32 2.22 1.45 0.37 0.13 0.27Hit panic 2.36 21.34 4.55 3.93 1.01 1.56 1.98 1.20 0.39 0.14 0.24Non-Blkit lisp 45.06 21.17 4.45 4.04 0.98 1.36 2.11 1.41 0.43 0.10 0.17

1979-1982Male

Black f. 13 20.67 4 55 4.03 0.37 1.30 2.88 1.38 0.43 0.74 0.33Hispanic 2 36 21 41 4.34 :3.70 0 30 1.24 2 80 1 42 0.57 0.47 0.34Non-Blkil lisp 40.72 21.21 4.65 4.32 0.28 1.08 3.28 1.63 0.60 0.61 0.44

FemaleBlack 6 95 20.63 4.91 4.47 1.30 1.33 2.28 1.32 0.52 0.20 0.23I lispanic 2.49 21.53 5.03 4.09 0.85 1,88 2.30 1.48 0.56 0.06 0.20Non BIM lisp 41.34 21.52 4.84 4.48 1.01 1.33 2.51 1.59 0.55 0.14 0.22

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1982tMale

Average Number ol Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Sex and Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk lab Mkt Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Asian 0.77 21.90 3.16 2.95 0.18 0.88 2.10 1.26 0.54 NA 0.30Black 4.64 21.19 4.46 4.15 0.49 0.97 3.00 1.82 0.92 NA 0.25Hispanic 6.22 21.09 4.95 4.74 0.40 1.02 3.53 2.17 1.09 NA 0.26Nat Am 0.67 21.52 5.07 4.94 0.22 1.12 3.73 2.48 1.06 NA 0.19White 35.77 21.54 4.23 4.12 0.25 0.88 3.09 1.89 0.93 NA 0.27

FemaleAsian 0.67 22.37 2.86 2.61 0.45 0.88 1.53 0.94 0.49 NA 0.10Black 5.90 21.38 4.92 4.71 1.21 1.08 2.63 1.48 0.86 NA 0.30Hispanic 5.30 21.54 5.18 4.93 1.35 1.23 2.59 1.56 0.85 NA 0.18Nat Am 0.39 21.30 5.04 4.82 1.10 1.10 2.84 1.60 0.91 NA 0.32White 39.64 21.84 4.25 4.12 0.89 1.01 2.36 1.41 0.74 NA 0.21

1987Male

Asian 2.70 23.80 2.71 2.59 0.23 0.63 1.85 1.15 0.42 NA 0.13Black 13.38 22.20 4.07 3.88 0.45 0.90 2.72 1.92 0.67 NA 0.13Hispanic 7.00 22.47 4.17 3.92 0.39 0.90 2.88 1.88 0.85 NA 0.15Nat Am 0.83 22.87 4.70 4.64 0.32 0.69 3.69 2.44 1.08 NA 0.17White 76.08 22.85 4.45 4.33 0.29 0.83 3.26 2.19 0.90 NA 0.18

Fer&leAsian 3.22 23.82 2.03 2.88 0.44 0 TS 1 70 1.1n 0.49 PIA 0.20Plack 73.73 22.30 4.82 4.40 0.94 1,02 2.66 1.70 0.73 NA 0.23I .ispanic 6.90 22.76 4.28 4.03 0.81 1.04 2.43 1.51 0.72 NA 0.19Nat Am 0 84 23.38 4.57 4 51 0.93 1.03 2.62 1.74 0.56 NA 0.32White 75.31 23.05 4.12 4.01 0.82 0.92 2.39 1.53 0.66 NA 0.19

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Tabie 29-5-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

Share Total Total Total Spec Specof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab MktGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd CrsPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-1978

1st or 2dCourse Specialityin Seq CoursesCredits Credits

HS or. 28.59 20.28 6.02 5.56 0.87 1.56 3.59 1.98 0.69 0.52 0.39Some Coll 22.47 20.73 5.03 4.57 0.76 1.39 2.88 1.71 0.57 0.23 0.364 Yrs Col 30.07 21.24 3.42 3.13 0.53 104 1.85 1.17 0.31 0.13 0.25GT4 Yrs Col 18.87 21.51 2.43 2.23 0.37 0.85 1.21 0.77 0.19 0.06 0.18

1979-1982HS only 34.85 20.83 6.28 5.79 0.86 1.51 3.91 1.99 0.78 0.72 0.42Some Col 17.62 21.09 5.52 5.11 i).87 1.32 3.32 1.88 0.66 0.38 0.404 Yrs Coll 35.63 21.60 3.53 3.21 0.51 1.06 1.97 1.23 0.39 0.15 0.20GT 4 Yrs Col 11.91 21.95 2.70 2.49 0.33 0.84 1.53 0.88 0.30 0.07 0.27

1982tNone 18.16 20.82 6.06 5.81 0.86 1.20 4.00 2.34 1.35 N/A 0.32Vac/Tech 20.04 21.19 5.81 5.62 0.89 1.07 3.85 2.30 1.28 N/A 0.27IT 4 Yrs Coll i8.66 21.54 4.55 4,37 0.69 1.06 2.80 1.69 0.84 N/A 0.27BA/BS 23.71 22.09 3.17 3.07 0.46 0.85 1 86 1.16 0.49 N/A 0.21Adv Deg 19.43 22.30 2 56 2.47 0.36 0.72 48 0.93 0.39 N/A 0.16

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Table 29-6-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Sex and PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

1975-1978Male

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalVoc Ed Consum


TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits

SpecLab Mkt1st OrsCredits

Spec 1st or 2dLab Akt Course Speci2nd -.:rs in Seq Cou,sesCredits Credits CrLditS

HS only 14.51 20.26 5.92 5.49 0.25 1.45 4.23 1.96 0.80 0.88 0.58Some Coll 9.76 20.29 5.13 4.77 0.24 1.28 3.61 1 86 0.67 0.45 0.624 Yrs Col 14.62 20.83 3.31 3.08 0.21 0.90 2.20 1.34 0.31 0.21 0.34GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.12 21.40 2.01 1.90 0.15 0.68 1.19 0.74 0.17 0.09 0.19

FemaleHS only 14.11 20.29 6.11 5.62 1.43 1.67 3.01 2.00 0.60 0.20 0.22Some Coll 12.53 21.30 4.96 4.43 1.11 1.47 2.38 1.60 0 51 0.08 0.194 Yrs Coll 15.41 21.59 3.51 3.18 0.79 1.15 1.56 1.02 0.30 0.07 0.17GT 4 Yrs Coll 7.97 21.64 2.93 2.62 0.63 1.07 1.23 0.82 0.22 0.03 0.16

1979-1982Male

HS only 17.87 20.63 6.28 5.76 0.37 1.43 4.48 1.97 0.82 1.16 0.E3Some Coll 6.98 21.04 5.39 5.02 0 25 1.12 4 02 1 84 0.73 0.794 Yrs Coll 18.39 21.48 3.38 3.10 0.27 0.93 2.19 1.35 0.37 0.22 "._.2,;GT 4 Yrs Coil 6.77 21.48 2.76 2.57 0.19 0.76 1.81 0.98 0.35 0.10 0.38

FemaleHS only 17.00 21.03 6.29 5.82 1.35 1.59 3.34 2.01 0.74 0.28 0.31Some Coll 10.58 21.11 5.60 5.17 1.27 1.45 2.88 1.91 0.62 0.11 0.244 Yrs Coll 17.26 21.73 3.96 3.32 0.75 1.19 1.74 1.11 0.4 I 0 07 0.15GT el Yrs Col L 17J. I eV) (In

VUt r n n n n n r-U..31 0 91 elI. 10 V.11 V

el rInV.V.) 0.14

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Table 29-6-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Sex and PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1s1 or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in See CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

19821Male

Nono 10.11 20.70 5.84 5.54 0.37 1.12 4.35 2.52 1.49 NA 0.34Voc/Tech 9.76 21,14 5.94 5.75 0.38 1.04 4.53 2,75 1.48 NA 0.29LT 4 Yrs Coll 7.74 21.25 4.27 4.10 0.33 0.90 3.04 1.89 0.84 NA 0.31BA/BS 11.21 21.92 3.15 3.05 0.23 0.80 2.12 1.35 0.52 NA 0.24Adv Deg 9.26 22.23 2.41 2.33 0.15 0.69 1.58 1.03 0.39 NA 0 16

FemaleNone 8.02 20.97 6.33 6.13 1.48 1.29 3.56 2.10 1.17 NA 0.29Voc/Tech 10.25 21,25 5.69 5.51 1.37 1.11 3.21 1.88 1.09 NA 0.24LT 4 Yrs Col 10.92 21.75 4.74 4.55 0.94 1.17 2.63 1.55 0.84 NA 0.24BA/BS 12.51 22.25 3.19 3.09 0.67 0.89 1.63 0.99 0.46 NA 0.19Adv Deg 10.18 22.36 2.68 2.59 0.55 0.75 1.39 0.84 0.39 NA 0.16


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Table 29-7--

1976

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by High School Grades, 1975 to 1987

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mostly A 23.57 21.67 3.17 2.86 0.51 1.00 1.66 1.09 0.33 0.06 0.17Mowry B 20.62 21.13 3.81 3.42 0.54 1.31 1.96 1.22 0.32 0.10 0.32Mostly C 55.81 20.25 4.75 4.45 0.69 1.21 2.84 1.71 0.47 0.37 0.30Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1977Mostly A 24.35 22.24 3.26 3.03 0.54 0.95 1.77 1.29 0.23 0.11 0.13Mostly B 24.87 21.39 4.20 3.88 0.76 1.30 2.14 1.36 0 39 0.22 0.18Mostly C 47.66 20.50 5.20 417 0.76 1.39 3.05 1.63 0.70 0.28 0.44Below C 3.12 18.91 4.65 4.39 0.40 0.77 3.48 0.95 0.32 1.88 0.32

1978Mostly A 24.83 21.76 3.46 3 02 0.53 1.14 1.80 1.19 0.28 0.13 0.20Mostly Li 24.05 21.42 4.75 4.36 0.64 1 28 2.83 1.63 0.52 0.31 0.36Mostly C 51.12 20.42 4.99 4.49 0.75 1.35 2.89 1.62 0.53 0.36 0.38Below C Low-N Low.N Low N Low-N LowN t ow .N Low-N Low -N Low-N Low-N !ow-N

1975.1978Mostly A 24.51 21.73 3.27 2.96 0.53 1.03 1.71 1.13 0.32 0.09 0.18Mostly B 22.82 21.30 4.31 3.92 0.68 1,34 2.29 1.37 0 41 0.21 0.30Mostly C 50.78 20.36 4,84 4.46 0.70 1.29 2.85 1.62 0.55 0.32 0.35Below C 1.90 19.63 4.74 4.27 0.30 1.20 3.24 1.42 0.42 1.03 0.37

1979Mostly A 22.86 22.09 3,71 3.41 0.67 1.06 1.98 1.28 0.36 0 14 0.20Mostly B 22.76 21 64 4,45 4.03 0.71 1.37 2.37 1.49 0 35 0 24 0.30Mostly C 54.38 20.42 5.20 4.84 0.72 1.22 3.25 1.61 0 62 0.62 0 40Below C Low-N Low-N Low ,N Low N I ow N IowN LowN t ow N t )w N t ow-N t ow N

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1980

Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by High School Graces, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mostly A 22.26 21.97 3.70 3.40 0.52 1.11 2.07 1.34 0.46 0.06 0.21Mostly B 25.53 21.45 4.38 4.01 0.55 1.23 2.60 1.42 0.62 C.25 0.31Mostly C 50.40 20.39 4.99 4.62 0.75 1.21 3.03 1.72 0.53 0.46 1.32Be!ow C 1.82 19.09 4.96 4.81 0.74 0.55 3.67 1.52 0.94 1.11 1).09

1981Mostly A 20.41 22.29 3.95 3.63 0.56 1.10 2.29 1.38 0.60 0.18 0.13Mostly 13 22.55 22.01 4.57 4.28 0.58 1.18 2.81 1.58 0.58 0.24 0.40Mostly C 57.04 20.82 5.24 4.78 0.75 1.37 3.12 1.61 0.53 0.52 0.46Below C Low-N Low-N Low-: Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1982*Mostly A 21.43 22.69 3.49 3.19 0.60 1.01 1.88 1.26 0.42 0.07 0.13Mostly 13 25.16 22.22 4.44 4.01 0 63 1.29 2.52 1.64 0.46 0.07 0.35Mostly C 53.40 21.04 5.65 5.14 0.67 1 40 3.59 1.77 0.86 0.62Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N I ow-N Low-N

1979-1982Mostly A )1.51 22.25 3.70 3.40 0.59 1.07 2.05 1.31 0.45 0.11 0.17Mostly B 23.76 21.82 4.45 4.07 0.62 1.27 2.57 1.53 0.50 0.20 0.34Mostly C 53.09 20.67 5.28 4.85 0.72 1.30 3.25 1.68 0.64 0.56 0.38Below C 1.64 20.13 5.39 5.02 0.90 1.12 3.36 1.99 0.54 0.71 0.12

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Table 29-7- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by High School Grades, 19751c 1987 (continued)

19821

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalMS

Credits


Voc Ed Less CE HorneEcCredits Credits Credits

TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits

SpecLab ktti

1s1CrsCredits

Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Course Speciality2nd Crs in Seq CoursesCredits Credits Credits

Mostly A 15.83 22.69 3.03 2.95 9.47 0.81 1.75 1.08 0.51 NA 0.16Mostly B 33.44 22.09 4.10 3.97 0.59 0.93 2.57 1.52 0.82 NA 3.23Mostly C 45.27 21.11 4.99 4.78 0.72 1.06 3.21 1.94 0.99 NA 0.28Below C 5.46 19.70 4.89 4.67 0.77 1.05 3.08 1.94 0.91 NA 0.23

1987Mostly A 14.32 24.35 2.77 2.70 0.36 0.72 1.70 1.15 0.41 NA 0.14Mostly B 32.25 2?.54 3.90 3.78 0.52 0.88 2.50 1.65 0.67 NA 0.19Mostly C 47.36 22.18 4.78 4.63 0.66 0.95 3.17 2.07 0.89 NA 0.21Below C 6.07 20.38 4.83 4.64 0.61 0.91 3.31 2.19 0.89 NA 0.22

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Table 29-8-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Vocational Areas by Grade Level, 1975 to 19878

1975.1978

TotalHS

Credits


Voc Ed Less CE FlomeEcCredits Credits Credits

TotalGLMPrep

Credits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits

SpecLab Mktist CrsCredits

SpecLab Mkt2nd CrsCredits

1st or 2dCourse Specialityin Seq Courses

Credits Credits

Grade 9 5.39 0.64 0.b1 0.17 0.25 0.22 0.17 0.01 0.01 0.03Grade 10 5.49 0.87 0.83 0.13 0.35 0.39 0.25 0.06 0.04 0.05Grade 11 5.28 1.29 1.19 0.14 0,32 0.84 0.49 0.15 0.10 0.10Grade 12 4.67 1.51 1.33 0.20 0.30 1.00 0.53 0.24 0,11 0.12

1979.1982Grade 9 5.47 0.68 0.64 0.16 0.27 0 26 0.20 0.02 0.02 0.03Grade 10 5.57 0.96 0.92 0.12 0.35 0.48 0.28 0.09 0.05 0.06Grade 11 5.43 1.42 1.31 0.16 0.29 0.97 0.52 0.18 0.16 0.11Grade 12 4.79 1.68 1.49 0.23 0.32 1.13 0.57 0.27 0.15 0.12

1982'1Grade 9 5.60 0.65 0.63 0.15 0.23 0.27 0.22 0.02 NA 0.02Grade 10 5.61 0.88 0 86 0.12 0.31 0.45 0.32 0.09 NA 0.04Grade 11 5.46 1.31 1.28 0.16 0.22 0.93 0.58 0.28 NA 0.07Grade 12 , 4.87 1.52 1.44 0.21 0.21 1.10 0.54 0.46 NA 0.11

1987Grade 9 4.92 0.54 0.52 0.11 0 "L'1 0.22 0.19 0.01 NA 0.01Grade 10 4.88 0.70 0.68 0.09 0.25 0.36 0,26 0.08 NA 0.02Grade 11 4.89 1.00 0 98 0.11 0.15 0.74 0.53 0.17 NA 0.05Grade 12 4.44 1.26 1.21 0.16 0.14 0.96 0.53 0.36 NA 0 08Grade Ur* 3 81 0.71 0.69 0.10 0.15 0.47 0.30 0.13 NA 0.03

8 Approximately 20 percent of all courses in the NAEP transtiot H(311980 were mist.itgi the grade trivet vat able. As a te!->uti, the 19 I er.lunales of credits earned by grde levelinclude a catagory for grade unknown.

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Shareof HSGradPop

Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dTotal Total Voc E d CO'ISUM GLM Sp Mk Lab MM Lab Mkt Course Speciality

HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in Seq CoursesCredits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

19821FT Job 29.23 21.09 5.78 5.57 0.75 1.16 3.87 2.28 1.31 NA 0.282 Yr CoNege 14.68 21.77 4.27 4.10 0.70 1.02 2.55 1.59 0 75 NA 0.214 Yr CoNege 37.81 22.30 2.82 2.73 0.39 0.79 ..64 1.02 0.44 NA 0.18Other Training 8.20 21.48 5.47 5.27 0.86 1.12 3.819 2.13 1.01 NA 0.35Other 10.08 21.05 4.80 4.62 0.86 0.97 2.c. 7 1.80 0.86 NA 0.31

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Table 30-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas, 1975 to 1987


Vuc Ed Less CE 1-lomeEcPercent Percent Percent

TotalGLMPrep

Percent

TotalSp Mk

PrepPercent

SpecLab Mkt

1st CrsPercent

Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Course Speciality2nd Crs in Seq CoursesPercent Percent Percent

1976 95.79 95.47 44.34 79.77 80.44 70.24 27.23 11.72 22.631977 95.95 95.14 49.33 80.06 82.11 72.79 30.68 11.89 23.231978 97.89 96.76 49.45 84.72 84.00 73.75 28.64 14.92 25.521975-1978 96.58 95.86 47.48 82.39 81.33 71.00 29.69 12.17 23.671979 98.26 97.85 53.19 82.45 83.45 72.56 32.51 17.63 23.611980 9 3.94 96.09 51,23 82.82 83.39 73.93 34.25 14.16 25.0719R1 97.04 96.43 50.91 83.43 85.43 75.84 37.39 17.07 28.201982' 96.60 p6.60 $9.70 79.49 85.13 76.22 37.25 15.62 22.391979-1982 97.22 96.76 51.29 82.00 84.33 74.81 35.30 16.11 24.721982t 96.61 NA 47.95 77.70 84.44 76.68 44.17 NA 21.941987 97.34 97,12 44.87 77.28 87.33 82 13 40.85 NA 19.44

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Table 30-2--

1976

Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Voc Ed Consum &M Sp Mk Lab Mk: Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGrad Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2rkl Crs in Seq CoursesPop Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Male 48.94 95.64 95.57 25.46 70.73 84.94 74.03 27.31 15.90 27.74Female 51.06 95.94 95.38 62.44 88.43 76.13 66.61 27.14 7.71 17.72

1977Male 45.A1 95.07 95.01 26.23 71.19 83.39 73.72 31.58 20.09 31.07Female 54.39 96.68 95.25 68.71 87.50 81.03 72.01 29.93 5.01 16.65

1978Male 48.82 98.14 96.61 32.11 7,2.21 86.35 76.34 26.88 24.06 34.35Female 51.18 97.65 96.90 65.97 90.93 81.77 71.28 30.31 6.20 17.10

1975-1978Male 46.70 96.21 95.56 27.83 74.94 84.24 73.76 29.04 19.51 31.23Female 53.30 96 90 96.12 64.70 88.91 78.77 68.59 30.27 5.74 17.04

1979Male 50.22 98.28 97.89 35.04 74.63 88.33 76.21 32.50 28.41 79 95Female 49.Y8 98.24 97.80 71.49 90.34 78.54 68.83 32.52 6.76 17.22

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1980

Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Voc Ed Con sum Gi..M Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Course SpecialityGrad Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs in Soo CoursesPop Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Male 49.54 fiE09 95.17 33.83 74.70 85.12 77.03 29.34 21.72 28.14Female 50.46 97.78 96.99 68.30 90.78 81.28 70.89 39.07 6.74 22.07

1981Male 48.30 96.25 95.75 35.67 77.33 88.64 79.48 36.10 25.47 33.68Femat 51.70 97.77 97.06 65.15 89.14 82.43 72.44 38.59 9.23 23.09

1982'Male 48.74 96.16 96.16 34.14 70.34 84.30 78.43 35.88 27.57 26.10Female 51.26 97.03 97.03 64.65 88.19 85.93 74.12 38.56 4.27 18.87

1979-1982Male 49.21 96.72 96.2C 34.65 74.15 86.55 77.73 33.39 25.84 29.34Female 50.79 0 7.70 97.22 67.42 89.60 82.17 71.59 37.16 6.68 20.24

19821Male 48.05 96.36 NA 32.07 69.97 87.62 81.37 45.58 NA 23.11Female 51.95 96.83 NA 62.64 84.85 81.50 72.36 42.86 NA 20.85

1987Male 48.66 48.82 48.79 35.25 45.67 50.44 51.34 52.65 NA 47.69Female 51.34 51.18 51.20 64.75 54,32 49.55 48.65 41.35 NA 52.18

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Table 30-3-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits In Vocational Areas by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec Lab Mktof HS Total Voc Ed Consem GLM Sp Mk Sp Mk Lab Mkt 2nd Crs 1st or 2d SpecialityGrad Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep Prep 1st Crs in Seq Course CoursesPop Percent Percent Percent Percent Percen! Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

1976Black 9.75 97.14 97.14 56.50 75.29 2.56 79.39 66.98 22.90 8.08 28.0214:Tank 4.40 95.40 95.40 55.79 88.37 2.03 74.01 60.93 18.90 17.61 24.13Non-BM-lisp 85.86 95.66 95.29 42.37 79.84 2.39 80.09 71.09 28.14 11.83 21.94

1977Black 10.01 97.29 97.29 63.94 78.95 2.38 81.70 64.44 34.31 7.92 14.55Hispanic 4.19 98.73 98.73 65.99 90.57 2.37 85.96 70.89 35.15 20.59 30.42Non-BlIalisp 85.79 95.66 94.71 46.81 79.67 2.55 81.97 73.86 30.04 11.93 23.89

1978Black 11.23 98.43 98.43 62.15 77.73 2_33 88.26 71.06 25.01 12.90 21.55Hispanic .4.32 95.93 95.93 45.52 81.94 2.FS 86.01 76.33 36.98 13.92 24.23Non-B1101 lisp 84 45 97.92 96.58 47.96 85.80 2.62 83.33 73.98 28.69 15.24 26.11

1975-1978Black 10.27 97.92 97.92 61.73 78.74 2.38 33.85 68.52 26.55 8.89 20.70Hispanic 4.04 97.14 97.14 56.48 88.34 2.36 82.27 69.65 33.05 17.62 26.51Non-BOO-lisp 85.69 96.39 95.55 45.35 82.54 2.46 80.98 71.37 29.91 12.31 23.89

1979Black 13.25 98.10 97.24 58.51 73.36 2.57 84.49 68.96 31.75 13.45 17.28Hispanic 4.56 98.30 96 65 53.56 85.89 2.53 85.76 73.76 35.80 15.98 23.63Non-BIM-lisp 82.19 98.28 98.01 52.31 83.73 2.82 83.16 73.07 32.45 18.40 24.63

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Table 30-3-- Percentage 01 Graduates with Credits in Vocational Areas by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Specof Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab MM Lab Mkt 1st or 2d SpecialityGrad Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1s1Crs 2nd Crs in Seq CoursesPop Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

1980Black 13.24 97.92 97.37 54.70 77.43 82.66 67.85 32.22 10.76 27.85 IHispanic 4.95 96.92 95.11 54.03 87.12 83.80 77.56 35.74 11.33 26.90Non-BIM-lisp 81.80 96.78 95.94 50.50 83.42 83.48 74.70 34.49 14.88 24.51

1981Black 12.77 98.16 97.48 63.50 83.08 87.19 70.99 27.35 8.73 26.62Hispanic 5.45 4 00.00 98.49 52.88 90.81 92.41 82.80 40.73 12.13 33.90Non-BIM-lisp 81.78 96.66 96.12 48.81 83.00 84.69 76.14 38.73 17,14 28.07

1982'Black 13.04 97.25 97.25 55.44 81.21 80.13 65.54 41.72 15.73 20.19Hispanic 4.49 98.73 98.73 40.40 87.31 88.67 82.66 43.35 13.12 16.39Non-Blk/Hisp 82.47 96.39 96.39 49.40 78.79 85.73 77.50 36.21 15.74 23.07

1979-1982Black 13.09 97.85 97.33 57.87 78.61 83.51 68.35 33.46 14.55 22.81Hispanic 4.84 98.49 97.23 50.34 87.83 87.68 79.22 38.88 13.10 25.38Non-Blk/Hisp 82.06 97.04 96.64 50.29 82.20 81.26 75.34 35.38 16.54 24.98

19821Asian 1.41 94.75 NA 35.05 76.20 76.49 68.91 38.38 NA 17 80Black 10.44 98.97 NA 59.82 76.28 86,88 78 '8 43.90 NA 19.96Hispanic 11.41 98.43 NA 55.17 76.90 88.40 80.50 47.28 NA 21.24Nat Am 1.04 99 40 NA 50.67 85.30 92.64 86.86 56.54 NA 18.88While 74.70 96.01 NA 45.39 78.00 83.53 75.85 43.59 NA 22.40

1987Asian 2.97 2.85 2.84 2.42 2.71 2.79 2.54 2.36 NA 3.73Black 13.59 13.76 13.75 16.01 13.68 13.66 13.66 12.39 NA 10.44Hispanic 6.98 7.02 7.01 8.00 6.94 7.08 6.94 7.71 NA 7.;'.4Native Am 0.83 0.84 0.84 0.94 0.34 0.88 0.6,1 0.85 NA 0.97White 75,63 75.63 75.64 73.72 75.58 75.17 75.49 76.33 NA 74.96


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TotalTotal Total Sp Mk

HS Voc Ed PrepCredits Credits Credits

AllAgric Bus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dist

Credits Credits Credits Credits CreditsHealth 01 IE

Credits Credits

AU

TMCredits

TMConsIrCredits

TMMech

Credits

TMPrecProd

Credits

Tech &CommCredits

1976 20.75 4.19 2.39 0.12 0.93 0.21 0.72 0.14 0.03 0.11 0.91 0.08 0.22 0.60 0.091977 21.10 4.46 2.53 0.19 0.90 0.21 0.69 0.14 0.03 0.12 0.93 0,14 0.20 0.54 0.111970 20.98 4.54 2.E3 0.17 0.93 0.25 0.69 0.11 0.06 0.11 1.03 0.10 0.24 0.68 0.091975-1978 20.86 4.33 2.45 0.14 0.95 0.22 0.73 0.13 0.04 0.11 0.92 0.10 0.21 0 58 0.081979 21.09 4.70 2.77 0.21 J.89 0.21 0.68 0.15 0.06 0.15 1.13 0.13 0.29 0.68 0.091980 20.99 4.54 2.72 6.22 0.90 0.19 0.70 0.25 0.06 0.11 1.03 0.14 0.24 0.62 0.071981 21.38 4.84 2.88 0.24 0.98 0.23 0.76 0.14 0.04 0.20 1.16 0.17 0.25 0.68 0.081982 21.65 4.90 2.95 0.17 1.07 0.23 0.84 0.22 0.06 0.12 1.17 0.14 0.36 0.63 0.091979-1982 21.28 4.74 2.83 0.21 0.96 0.21 0.74 0.19 0.06 0.14 1.12 0.14 0.29 0.65 0.0819821 21.61 4.38 2.76 0.19 1.00 0.21 0.78 0.15 0.04 0.16 0.98 0.12 0.23 0.C2 0.101987 22.84 4.21 2.75 0.18 0.94 0.18 0.75 0.15 0.07 0.18 0.89 0.10 D.20 0.59 0.24


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Table 31-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects by S9X, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalVoc EdCredits

TotalSp Mk

PrepCredits

AgricCredits

AllBus

CreditsBus Mg Bus SupCredits Credits

Mk Dist HealthCredits Credits

OHECredits

AllT&I

Credits

T &I

Conr,IrCredits

T&IMech

Credits

T&IPrecProd

Credits

Tech &CommCredits

Male 48.94 20.38 3.79 2.64 0.20 0.41 0.19 0.21 0.17 0.00 0.02 1.66 0.16 0.39 1.09 0.10Female 51.06 21.11 4.58 2.16 0.04 1.43 0.23 1.20 0.11 0.06 0.20 0,19 0.00 0.05 0.12 0.07

1977Male 45.61 20.91 4.30 3.02 0.30 0.42 0.20 0.21 0.14 0.00 0.06 1,82 0.31 0.41 1.95 0.12Female 54.39 21.25 4.60 2.12 0.69 1.31 0.22 1.09 0.14 0.06 0.17 0.17 0.00 0.02 0.11 0.09

1978Male 48.82 20.76 4.44 3.02 0.27 0.44 0.22 0.22 0.12 0.02 0.07 1.89 0.20 0.46 1.20 0.12Female 51.18 21.18 4.64 2.17 0.07 1.40 0.27 1.13 0.11 0.10 0.15 0.22 0.00 0.02 0.18 0.06

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 4.13 2.83 0.24 0.42 0.20 0.22 0.14 0.01 0.05 1.76 0.21 0.41 1.11 0.10Female 53.30 21.06 4.51 2.12 0.06 1.41 0.24 1.17 0.11 0.07 0,16 0.18 0.00 0.03 0.13 0.07

1979Male 50.22 20.89 4.68 3.31 0.33 0.41 0.19 0.22 0.17 0.01 0.06 2.11 0.26 0.55 1.24 011Female 49.78 21.29 4.73 2.23 0.08 1.37 0.23 1.15 0.13 0.12 0.24 0.14 0.00 0.02 0.11 0.07


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Table 31-2-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalTo la: Sp Mk

Voc Ed PrepCredits Credits

AgricCredits

AU

BusCredits

Bus MgBus SupCredits Credits

Mk gist HealthCredits Credits

OHECredits

AU

TMCredits

TMConstrCredits

TMMech

Credits

TMPrecProd

Credits

Tech &Comm

Credits

Male 49.54 20.82 4.34 3.01 0.33 0.44 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.00 0.04 1.80 0.27 0.46 1.03 0.07Female 50.64 21.16 4.74 2.43 0.11 1.34 0.18 1.16 0.28 0.11 0.18 0.26 0.01 0.02 0.22 0.06

1981Male 48.30 21.34 4.67 3.23 0.39 0.41 0.18 0.23 0.09 0.01 0.n6 2.13 0.32 0.51 1.21 0.09Female 51.70 21.41 4.99 2.56 0.10 1.52 0.27 1.25 0.18 0.08 0.32 0.25 0.02 0 00 0.18 0.08

1982'Male 48.74 21.59 4.80 3.28 0.29 0.44 0.18 0.25 0.15 0.00 0.07 2.15 0.27 0.70 1.13 0.12Female 51.26 21.71 4.99 2.65 0.04 1.67 0.28 1.39 0.28 0.12 0.18 0.24 0.01 0.05 0.16 0.06

1979-1982Male 49.21 21.15 4.62 3.21 0.34 0.42 0.19 0.23 0.16 0.01 0.06 2.05 0.28 0.56 1.15 0.10Female 50.79 21.40 4.86 2.47 0.08 1.48 0.24 1.24 0.22 0.11 0.23 0.22 0.01 0.02 0.17 0.07

1982tMale 48.05 21.45 4.34 3.14 0.32 0.48 0,18 0.30 0.13 0.02 0.05 1.84 0.24 0.47 1.12 0.13Female 51.95 21.76 4.41 2.41 0.07 1.47 0.24 1.23 0.16 0.07 0.26 0.19 0.01 0.02 0.16 0.08

1987Male 48.66 22.74 4.27 3.10 0.30 0.57 0.16 0.40 0.12 0.02 0.08 1.61 0.20 0.39 1.01 0.30Female 51.34 22.93 4.15 2.41 0.07 1.29 0.20 1.09 0.17 0.11 0.27 n.21 0.01 0.02 0.18 0.18

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Table 31-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed In Specific Vocational Subjects by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987

1976

Share Total T&Iof HS Total Total Sp Mkt All AU T8,1 T&I Prec Tech &Grad HS Voc Ed Prep Agric Bus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dist Health ONE T&I Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credts Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Black 9.75 20.38 4.38 0.11 1.02 0.26 0.76 0.19 0.10 0.08 0.93 0.16 0.23 0.52 0.06Hispanic 4.40 22.02 4.21 2.03 0.05 0.66 0.21 0.46 0.13 0.04 0.20 0.89 0.07 0.34 0.47 0.05Non.81k/HIsp 85.86 20.73 4.17 2.39 0.12 0.93 0.21 0.72 0.14 0 02 0.11 0.91 0.07 0.21 0.61 0.09

1977Black 10.01 20.44 4.82 2.38 0.07 0.82 0.15 0.67 0.20 0.06 0.38 0.80 0.11 0.24 0.33 0 02Ifispanic 4.19 21.40 4.74 2.37 0.07 0.93 0.18 0.75 0.11 0.02 0.08 1.02 0.03 0.27 0.71 0.09Non-Blk Alisp 85.79 21.16 4.41 2.55 0.21 0.91 0.22 0.69 0.14 0.03 0.09 0.94 0.15 0.19 0.55 0.12

1978Black 11.23 20.47 4.50 2.33 0.03 0.83 0.24 0.59 0.15 0.09 0.39 0.76 0.12 0.28 0.32 0.04flisparic 4,32 20.74 4.55 2.56 0.24 0.91 0.13 0.78 0.04 0.07 0.12 1.02 0.09 0.21 0.68 0.05Non, Blkil lisp 84.45 21.06 4,55 2.62 0.18 0.95 0.25 0.69 0.11 0.06 0.08 1.07 0.09 0.23 0.73 0.10

1975-1978Black 10.27 20.33 4.51 2.38 0.06 0.92 0.23 0.68 0.18 0.08 0.27 0.79 0.12 0.23 0.36 0.04I lispanic 4.04 21.40 4.52 2.36 0.13 0.84 0.16 0.67 0.10 0.04 0.13 1.00 0.08 0.30 0.60 0.06Non- BIM lisp 85.69 20.90 4.30 2.46 0.15 0.96 0.22 0.74 0.12 0.04 0.09 0.93 0.10 0.20 0.61 0.09

1979Black 13.25 20.28 4.69 2.57 0.16 0.75 0.20 0.55 0.24 0.10 0.27 0.91 0.20 0.29 0.41 0.03I lispanIc 4.56 21.39 4.78 2.53 0.20 0.96 0.12 0.84 0.08 0.02 0.11 1.12 0.07 0.34 0.68 0.02

61.) 62.19 21.20 4.70 2.82 0.22 0.9i 0 21 0.70 0.14 0.06 0.13 1.17 0.12 0.26 0.72 0.10

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Table 31-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Share Total TMof HS Total Total Sp Mkt AU All TM TM Prec Tech &Grad HS Voc Ed Prep Agnc Bus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dist Health 011E TM Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Black 13.24 20.44 4.48 2.44 0.18 0.86 0.23 0.63 0.21 0.04 0.24 0.77 0.14 0.16 0.42 0,05Hispanic 4.95 21.38 4.37 2.32 0.13 0.91 0.17 0.74 0.18 0.03 0.02 0.91 0.11 0.21 0.57 0.07Non- Blk/Hisp 81.80 21.05 4.56 2.79 0.23 0.90 0.19 0.71 0.26 0.06 0.09 1.07 0.14 0.25 0.66 0,07

1981Black 12.77 20.54 4.69 2.42 0.07 0.91 0.25 0.66 0.13 0.07 0.25 0.82 0.15 0.27 0.32 0,06Hispanic 5.45 21.28 4.95 2.65 0.09 1.05 0.14 0.91 0.15 0.08 0.20 0.93 0.03 0.25 0.60 0.13I4on-B1h/Hisp 81.78 21.52 4.85 2.97 0.27 0.99 0.23 0.76 0.13 0.04 0.19 1.23 0.18 0.24 0.74 0.08

1982'Black 13.04 21.33 5.09 2.79 0.04 0.95 0,18 0.76 0.19 0.04 0,32 1.15 0,36 0.35 0,41 0.03Hispanic 4.49 21.87 4.66 2.68 0.08 1.15 0.21 0.93 0.25 0.00 0.06 1.03 0.10 0.40 0.51 0.06Non-Blk/Hisp 82.47 21.69 4.88 3.00 0.19 1.08 0.24 0.84 0.22 0.07 0.09 1.18 0.11 0.J6 0.67 0.10

1979-1982Black 13.09 20.65 4.74 2.56 0.12 0.86 0.21 0.65 0.19 0.06 0.27 0.92 0.22 0.27 0.39 0.04Hispanic 4.84 21.47 4.69 2.54 0.12 1.02 0.16 0.85 0.17 0.03 0.10 1.00 0,08 0.30 0.59 0.07Non-Blalisp 82.06 21.36 4.75 2.89 0.23 0.97 0.22 0.75 0.19 0.06 0.13 1.16 0.14 0.29 0.70 0.09

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Table 31-3-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specilic Vocational Subjects by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

19821

Share Total TMof HS Total Total Sp Mkt All AN TM TM Prec Tech &Grad HS Voc Ed Prep Agric Bus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dist Health OHE TM Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Black 1.43 21.30 4.72 1.83 0.09 0.95 0.22 0.74 0.20 0.12 0.22 0.96 0.21 0.19 0.55 0.16Asian 10.44 22.12 3.02 2.79 0.05 0.57 0.10 0.47 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.82 0.04 0.16 0.60 0.10Hispanic 11.41 21.30 5.06 3.1) 0.22 0.97 0.20 0.77 0.14 0.05 0.18 1.29 0.16 0.33 0,80 0.07Nat Am 1.04 21.44 5.06 3.41 0.26 0.70 0.14 0.56 0.12 0.06 0.10 1.83 0.22 0.45 1.17 0.04While 74.70 21.70 4.24 2.71 0.20 1.02 0.22 0.80 0.14 0.03 0.15 0.92 0.10 0.22 0.59 0.11

1987Asian 2.97 23.81 2.86 1.81 0.01 0.62 0.09 0.54 0.16 0.10 0.09 0.42 0.01 0.09 0.32 0.29Black 13.59 22.25 4.36 2.69 0.09 0.98 0.18 0.80 0.17 0.12 0.24 0.72 0.12 0.17 0.43 0.17Hispanic 6.98 22.62 4.23 2.65 0.06 0.97 0.11 0,86 0.16 0.01 0.17 0.94 0.09 0.24 0.62 0.14Native Am 0.83 23.13 4.63 3,14 0.19 1.06 0.35 0.71 0.09 0.09 0.08 1.28 0.22 0.24 0.79. 0.21White 75.63 22.95 4.28 2.81 0.22 0.94 0.19 0.75 0.14 0.06 0.17 0.93 0.10 0.21 0.62 0.26

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Table 32-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Credits in Specific Vocational Subjects, 1975 to 1987

HS TotalGrad Total Sp lAk Agrtc AllPop Voc Ed Prep Avg Bus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dist Health OHE

000's Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

181

AN TM T81 Prec TechTM Constr Mech Prod Comm

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

1976 3,148 95.79 80.44 7.95 49.42 23.87 39.96 9.18 1.13 7.37 38.97 5.34 15.84 30.16 14.191977 3,155 95.95 82.11 8.52 47.76 23.51 37.83 7.59 1.99 8.47 35.99 4.89 12.20 29.02 15.301978 3,127 97.89 84.00 7.70 50.58 27.70 33.50 7.89 2.26 8.89 42.29 5.48 16.29 35.39 13.741975-1978 3,141 95.8t: 81.33 7.22 49.90 24.36 38.64 7.89 1.82 7.97 37.44 4.91 13.89 '10.46 13.191979 3,117 98.26 83.45 10.U4 48.73 23.26 36.78 7.86 2.87 7.93 40.69 5.05 15.37 32.55 14.171980 3,043 96.94 83.39 10.98 49.17 22.19 37.88 11.38 3.58 9.41 41.83 5.70 14.46 32.29 11.071981 3,020 97.04 85.43 11.73 51.16 25.10 40.3 7.81 2.42 11.47 41.99 8.15 12.52 33.87 14.341982' 2,995 96.60 95.13 9.50 52.66 25.09 44.06 11.40 3.47 8.68 40.04 7.91 15.63 32.19 13.041979-1982 3,044 97.22 E4.33 10.52 50.42 23.89 39.76 9.65 3.10 9.31 41.11 6.67 14.55 32.70 13.1419821 2,995 96.61 84.44 9.26 52.16 23.15 42.97 8.50 2.84 10.79 37.69 6.71 11.89 31.78 12.861987 2,693 97 34 8? 33 7.34 52.99 20.69 45.10 8.16 4.56 9.78 35.59 4.68 9.74 30.78 26.00

Table 33.1--

1975-19781979-1982198211987

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Percentag: of Graduates with Four or More Credits in Specific Vocational Subjects, 1975 to 1987

HSGradPop

000's

TotalSp Mk

Prep AgricPercent Percent

3.141 81.333,044 84.332,995 84.442,693 87.33

AltBus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dst

Percent Percent Percent PercentHealth

Percent

AllOHE T81 Constr

Percent Percent Percent

TMMach

Percent

18l

PrecProd

Percent

TechComm

Percent

0.7 7.6 0.0 5.9 1.0 0.1 0.4 9.4 0.3 0.1 3.9 0.11.1 7.7 0.0 6.2 1.6 0.3 0.5 12.4 0.3 0.4 4.8 0.00.9 7.1 01 5.2 0.9 0.2 i. i 9.5 0.9 2.0 4.i 0.32.0 6.6 0.0 5.1 1.1 0.4 1.5 8.3 8.9 1.8 4.6 0.4

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Table 34-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects, it Participaling, 1975 to 1987

HS Total TatGrad Total Sp lik AN AN Teal TM Prec Tech &Pop Voc Ed Prep Agric Bus Bus MgBus Sup Mk Gist Health OHE T&I Constr Mech Prod Comm

000's Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits CFedits Credits Credits

1976 3,148 4.37 2.97 1.51 1.88 0.88 1.80 1.53 2.65 1.49 2.34 1.50 1.39 1.99 0.631977 3,155 4.65 3.0e 2.23 1.88 0.89 1.82 1.84 1.51 1.42 2.58 2.86 1.64 1.86 0.721978 3,127 4.64 3.07 2.21 1.84 0.90 1.94 1.39 2.65 1.24 2.44 1 e2 1.41 1.92 0.681975-1978 3,141 4.48 3.01 1.94 1.90 0.90 1.89 1.65 2.20 1.38 2.46 2.04 1.51 1.90 0.611979 3,117 4.78 5.68 2.09 1.83 0.90 1.85 1.91 2.03 1.8S 2.78 2.57 1.89 2.09 0.641980 3,043 4.68 3.26 2.00 1.83 0.86 1.85 2.20 1.68 1.17 2.46 2.1$ 1.66 1.92 0.631981 3,020 4.99 3.37 2.05 1.92 0.92 1.89 1.79 1.65 1.74 2.76 2.09 2.00 2.01 0.561982° 2,995 5.07 3.47 1.79 2.03 0.92 1.91 1.93 1.73 1.38 2.92 1.77 2.;:i0 1.96 0.691979-1982 3,044 4.88 3.36 2.00 1.90 0.88 1.86 1.97 1.94 1.50 2.72 2.10 1.99 1.99 0.611982t 2,995 4.38 3.27 2.05 1.92 0.91 1.82 1.76- 1.41 1.48 2.60 1.79 1.93 1.95 0.781987 2,693 4.33 3.15 2.45 1.77 0.87 1.66 1.84 1.54 1.84 2.50 2.14 2.05 1.92 0.92

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Table 351-- Total Number of Course Credits Completed in Specific Vocational Subjects, 1975 to 1987 9

TotalHS

Credits

Total Voc Ed AllVoc Ed Less CE Agric Bus Bus Mg Bus Sup Ilk Ds!Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Health ONE TMCredits Credits Credits

TMConstrCredits

TMMach

Credits

TMPrecProd

Credits

Tech &CommCredits

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976 65,321 13,190 7,524 378 2,928 661 2,267 441 94 346 2,865 252 693 1,889 2831977 66,571 14,071 7,982 599 2,840 663 2,177 442 95 379 2,934 442 631 1.704 3471978 65,604 14,197 8,068 532 2,908 782 2,158 344 188 344 3,221 313 750 2,126 2811975-1978 65,521 13,601 7,695 440 2,984 691 2,293 408 126 346 2,890 314 660 1,822 2511979 65,738 14,656 8,6o4 655 2,77, 655 2,120 468 187 468 3,522 405 904 2,120 2811980 63,873 13,815 8,277 669 2,729 578 2,130 761 183 335 3,134 426 730 1,887 2131981 64,568 14,617 8,698 725 2,9b0 695 2,295 423 121 604 3,503 513 75f. 2,054 2421982 64,842 14,676 8,835 509 3,205 689 2,516 659 180 353 3,504 ell 9 1,07o 1,887 2701979-1982 64,776 14,429 8,615 639 2,922 639 2,253 578 183 426 3,409 426 8! '3 1,979 24419821 C4,722 13,118 8,266 569 2,995 629 2,336 449 120 479 2,935 359 689 1,857 3001987 31,508 11,338 7,406 485 2,531 485 2,020 404 189 485 2,397 269 539 1,589 646

Table 36-1.- Total Student Participation in Specific Vocational Subjects, 1975 to 1987

115 TotalOral Total Voc EdPop Voc Ed L ess CE Agric

AllBus Bus Mg Bus Sup Mk Dsi Health OHE

AllTM

T841

ConstrTM

Mech

TMPrecProf

Tech &Comm

000's 000's t. A's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976 3,148 3,015 2,532 250 1,556 751 1,258 289 36 232 1,227 168 499 949 4471977 3,155 3,027 2,591 269 1,507 742 1,194 239 63 267 1,135 154 385 916 4831978 3.127 3.061 2;627 241 1;582 866 1,110 247 71 278 1.322 171 509 1,107 4301975-1978 3 141 3,011 2,555 227 1,567 765 1,214 248 57 250 1,176 154 436 957 4141979 3,117 3,063 2,601 313 1,519 725 1,146 245 89 247 1,268 157 479 1,015 4421980 3,043 2,950 2,538 334 1,496 675 1,153 346 109 286 1,273 173 440 983 3371981 3,020 2,931 2,580 354 1,545 758 1,217 236 73 346 1,268 246 378 1,023 4331982' 2,995 2,893 2,550 285 1,577 751 1,320 34) 104 260 1,199 237 468 964 3911979-1982 3,044 2,959 2,567 320 1,535 727 1,210 294 94 283 1,251 203 443 995 40019621 2,995 2,893 2,529 277 1,562 693 1,287 255 85 323 1,129 201 356 952 3851987 2,693 2,621 2,352 198 1,427 557 1,215 220 123 263 958 126 262 829 700

9 Esturiales 01 student populations by ditterent courses may not sum to total population due to rounding.

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Table 37-1- Average Number of Course Credits Completed in GLMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987

HS Total TotalGrad Total Total Voc Ed UM Intro CareerPop HS Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp

000's Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

UMSkills

Credits

1976 3,148 20.75 4.19 3.87 1.19 0.54 0.16 0.32 0.161977 3,155 21.10 4.46 4.12 1.24 0.55 0.16 0.35 0.181978 3,127 20.98 4.54 4.07 1.29 0.56 0.13 0.47 0.141975-1978 3,141 20.86 4.33 3.97 1.23 0.56 0.15 0.36 0.161979 3,117 21.09 4.70 4.34 1.22 0.55 0.14 0.36 0.161980 3,043 20.99 4.54 4.20 1.18 0.54 0.12 0.35 0.171981 3,020 21.38 4.84 4.45 1.27 0.58 0.16 0.39 0.141982' 2,995 21.65 4.90 4.44 1.29 0.53 0.16 0.46 0.151979-1982 3,044 21.28 4.74 4.36 1.24 0.55 0.15 0.39 0.151982t 2,995 21.61 4.38 4.22 0.98 0.54 0.16 0.16 0.111987 2,693 22.84 4.21 4.08 0.90 0.54 0.13 0 13 0.10

National Assesmen1 of Vocaaonal friar:allow Secondary

Table 37-2-- Average Number ol Course Credits Completed In GIMP Curriculum by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareol HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalTotal Voc Ed

Voc Ed Less CECredits Credits

TotalGUIPrep

CreditsTypingCredits

IntroIndust

Credits

CareerExp

Credits

UMSkills

Credits

Male 48.94 20.38 3.79 3.59 0.96 0.34 0.29 0.19 0.14Female 51.06 21.11 4.58 4.13 1.41 0.73 0.04 0.45 0.19

1977Male 45.61 20.91 4.30 4.06 1.07 0.36 0.34 0.24 0.12Female 54.39 21.25 4.60 4.16 1.39 0.71 0.01 9.44 0.22

1978Male 48.82 20.76 4,44 4.00 1.15 0.36 0.24 0.44 0.11Female 51.18 21.18 4.64 4.14 1.43 0.75 0.02 0.50 0.17

1975-1978Male 46.70 20.64 4.13 3.84 1.08 0.37 0.31 0.29 0.12Female 53 30 21.06 4.51 4.08 1.37 0.73 0.02 0.43 0.19

1979Male 50.22 20 89 4.68 4.36 1.09 0.36 0.26 0.32 0.16Female 49.78 21.29 4.73 4.32 1.35 0.74 0.03 0.41 0.17

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Table 39-2--

1980

Average Number of Course Credits Comp teed in General Vocational Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Total Totalof HS Total Total Voc Ed GLM Intro Career GLMGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp ShillsPop Credits Cracks Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 49.54 20.82 4.34 4.01 1.04 0.36 0.21 0.33 0.15Female 50.46 21.16 4.74 4.38 1.31 0.73 0.04 0.37 0.18

1981Male 48.30 21.34 4.67 4.33 1.11 0.37 0.30 0.34 0.09Female 51.70 21.41 4.99 4.56 1.42 0.78 0.02 0.43 0.18

1982'Male 48.74 21.59 4.80 4.30 1.23 0.34 0.27 0.49 0.12Female 51.26 21.71 4.99 4.57 1.35 0 71 0.05 0.42 0.17

1979.1982Male 49.21 21.15 4 62 4.25 1.12 0.36 0.26 0.37 0.13Female 50.79 21.40 4.86 4.46 1.36 0.74 0.04 0.41 0.17

19821Male 48.05 21.45 4.34 4.16 0.91 0.37 0.28 0.18 0.08Female 51.95 21.76 4.41 4.26 1.04 0.71 0.04 0.15 0.14

1987Male 48 66 22.74 4.27 4,14 0.86 0.43 0.22 0.14 0.08Ferna% 51.34 22.93 4.15 4.03 0.93 0.65 0.03 0.13 0.11

National Assestrient 01 Vocational ;;econ(lary .;

Table 38-1-- Percentage of Graduates with Crecils In GLMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987

HS Total TotalGrad Total Voc Ed GLM Intro CareerPop VoC Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp

000's Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

GLMSkills

Percent

1976 3,148 95.79 95.47 79.77 63.79 14.54 21.26 14.821977 3,155 95.95 95.14 80.06 64.58 13.11 23.97 17.321978 3,127 97.89 96.76 84.72 68.23 11.82 30.98 13.891975-1978 3,141 96.58 95.86 82.39 66.67 13.36 24.46 14.961979 3,117 98.26 97.85 82.45 65.22 13.31 23.74 17.791980 3,043 96.94 96.09 82.82 66.31 12.74 26.56 16.881981 3,020 97.04 96.43 83.43 68.58 14.29 26.68 15.101982' 2,995 96.60 96.60 79.49 62.58 14.65 29.31 16.051979-1982 3,044 97.22 96.76 82.00 65.58 13.74 26.57 16.491982t 2,995 96.61 NA 77.70 64.00 12.97 15.04 12.761987 2,693 97.34 97.12 77.28 65.22 11.49 13.611 10.77

Table 39-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed, It Participating in GIMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987

HS Total TotalGrad Total Total Voc Ed UM Intro Career GLMPop 115 Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp Skills

000's Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976 3,148 20.75 4.37 4.05 1.49 0.85 1.10 1.51 1.081977 3,155 21.10 4.65 4.33 1.55 0.85 1.22 1.46 1.041978 3,127 20.98 4.64 4.21 1.52 0.82 1.10 1.52 1.011975-1978 3,141 20.86 4.48 4.14 1.49 0.84 1.12 1.47 1.071979 3,117 2:.09 4.78 4.44 1.48 0.84 1.05 1.52 0.901980 3,043 20.99 4.68 4.37 1.42 0.81 0.94 1.32 1 011981 3,020 21.38 4.99 4.61 1.52 0.85 1.12 1.46 0.931982' 2,995 21.65 5.07 4.60 1.62 0.85 1.09 1.57 0.931979-1982 3,044 21.28 4.88 4.51 1.51 0.84 1.09 1.47 0.911982t 2,995 21.61 4.53 NA 1.26 0.84 1.23 1 OA I) 861987 2,693 22.84 4.33 4.20 lA6 0.83 1.13 0.95 0.93

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flational Assesrnenl of Vocational SecJiviary 7rar s:,14)

Table 40-1-- Total Number of Course Credits Completed in &MP Curricukim, 1975 to 1987

Total TotalItS Total Total Voc Ed GLM Intro Career

Grad NS Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust ExpPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

C00's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

GLMSkills

Credits000's

1976 3,148 65,321 13,190 12,183 3,746 1,700 504 1,007 5041977 3,155 66,571 14,071 12,999 3,912 1,735 505 1.104 5681978 3,127 65,604 14,197 12,727 4,034 1,751 407 1,470 4381975-1978 3,141 65,521 13,601 12.470 3,863 1,759 471 1,131 5031979 3,117 65,738 14,650 13,528 3,803 1,714 436 1,122 4991980 3,043 63,873 13,815 12,781 3,591 1,643 365 1,065 5171981 3,020 64,568 14,617 13,439 3,835 1,752 483 1,178 4231982' 2,995 64,842 14,676 13,298 3,864 1,587 479 1,378 4491979 1982 3,044 64,776 14,429 13,272 3,775 1,674 457 1,187 45719821 2,995 64,722 13,118 12,639 2,935 1,617 479 479 3291987 2,693 61,508 11,338 10,987 2,424 1,454 350 350 269

Table 41-1-- Total Student Participation In GIMP Curriculum, 1975 to 1987

Total TotalS Total Voc Ed GLM Intro Career GLM

Grad Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp SkillsPop Students Students Students Students Students Students Students

000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's 000's

1976 3,148 3,015 3,005 2,511 2,008 458 669 4671977 3,155 3,027 3,002 2,526 2,037 414 756 5461978 3,127 3,061 3,u26 2,649 2,134 370 969 43419/5-1978 3,141 3,034 3,011 2,588 2,094 420 768 4701979 3,117 3,063 3,050 2,570 2, 3 415 740 5551980 3,043 2,950 2,924 2,520 2,( 3 388 808 5141981 3,020 2,931 2,912 2,520 2,071 432 806 4561982' 2,995 2,893 2,893 2,381 1,874 439 878 4811979-1982 3,044 2.959 2,945 2,496 1,996 418 809 5021982f 2,995 2,893 NA 2,327 1,917 388 450 3821987 2,693 2,621 2,615 2,081 1,756 309 368 290

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National Assesineol ot Vocational Inticalion ;;ecoiw.ary Traitsc

Table 42-1--

1976

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum WA Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs In SpedalilyGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1s1Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 48.94 48.07 44.27 45.40 15.24 39.48 . 54.06 49.61 53.71 67.29 68.88Female 51.06 51.95 55.81 54.49 85.38 60.50 46.15 50.37 47.32 34.04 32.15

1977Male 45.61 45.20 43.97 44.95 13.88 39.36 54.44 47.49 51.08 79.82 68.42Female 54.39 54.78 56.10 54.92 85 12 60.97 45.57 52.15 48.95 17.48 30.82

1978Male 48.82 48.31 47.74 47.98 19.97 43.52 57.15 50.77 50.94 82.49 70.36Female 51.18 51.67 52.31 52.06 80.65 56.73 43.05 49.13 47.84 17.65 28.6

1975-1978Male 46.70 46.21 44.54 45.17 15.32 41.00 53.94 48.00 50.76 78.45 66.93Female 53.30 53.81 55.52 54.78 84.95 59.37 46.12 52.19 48.67 21.32 33.76

1979Male 50.22 49.75 50.01 50.45 19.81 44.87 60.111 52.87 57.25 7Ji.25 71.53I emale 49.78 50.25 50.09 49.55 80.62 55.08 40.07 47.16 41.81 20.84 28.66

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National ASSVS1111f1111 Vocalionat f niicaiion: 6econ6aty

Table 42-1--

1980

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continue

Share To at Total Total Spec Spec 1s1 or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs in SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 49.54 49.14 47.36 47.30 21.34 43.66 54.82 50.50 46.79 79.56 66.62Female 50.46 50.87 52.69 52.63 77.63 56.02 45.08 49.81 53.27 19.88 33.06

1981Male 48.30 48.21 46.60 46.99 23.44 42 21 54.16 49.53 48.30 73.06 61.01Female 5+ .70 51.78 53.31 52.98 76.80 57.81 45.96 50.39 51.70 26.52 38.10

1982'Male 48.74 48.61 47.75 47.21 21.75 46.48 54.20 46.95 50.22 88.26 60.51Female 51.26 51.40 52.20 52.76 78,07 53.64 46.04 52.83 50.48 12.47 40.65

1979.1982Male 49.21 48.91 47 97 47.97 21.30 44,45 55.82 49.84 50.97 80.30 64.59Female 50.79 51.07 52.07 51.95 78.83 55.70 44,32 50.14 49.88 20.05 34.91

19821Male 48.05 47.70 47.61 NA 21.77 44.62 54.67 55.58 53,70 NA 54.06Female 51.95 52.31 52.30 NA 78.73 55.13 45.36 44.75 46.45 NA 47.62

1987Male 48 66 48.27 49.36 49.38 26.47 46.50 54.86 55.92 54.50 NA 46.10Female 51.34 51.73 50.60 50.71 73.85 53.05 44.99 43.96 45.18 NA 54.04

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National Assesment of Vocational t (111(7;116n'

Table 42-2-- Percentage Distribution of Total COIuse Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 198'

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GIM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs in SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Crackle Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits


1977Black 10.01 9.70 10.82 10.82 15.82 10.98 9.42 8.37 9.61 12.52 11.01Hispanic 4.19 4.25 4.46 4.11 4.50 5.51 3.93 3.99 2.85 4.49 4.75Non-Blk/Hisp 85.79 86.04 84.83 84.96 79.58 83.72 86,47 87.56 87.51 82.73 82.93

1978Black 11.23 10.96 11.13 11.15 15.48 10.88 10.14 10.78 7.81 10.46 9.91Hispanic 4.32 4.27 4.33 4.18 4.32 4.49 4.29 3.86 6.10 4.32 3.68Non-Blk/Ilisp 84.45 84.77 84.64 84.86 80.61 85.1 85.76 85.58 86.29 84.45 84.45

1975-1978Black 10.27 10.01 10.70 10.77 14.93 10.02 9.98 10.27 8.49 9.86 10.96Hispanic 4.04 4.14 4.22 4.01 4.67 4.74., 3.89 3.53 3.69 6.14 3.90Non-MA-lisp 85.69 85.85 85.09 85.26 J.33 85.69 86.04 86.28 87.55 85.69 85.69

1979Black 13.25 12.74 13.22 12 38 17.36 12.93 12.30 12.47 13.52 13.56 8.03Hispanic 4.56 4.62 4.63 4.20 3.75 6.20 4.16 4.20 4.37 3.92 3.73Non-Blk/Hisp 82.19 82.62 82.19 82.76 75.72 80.84 83.68 83.27 82.19 82.19 87.17

1980Black 13.24 12.90 13.07 12.77 17.11 13.47 11.88 11.28 11.28 13.64 14.61Hispanic 4.95 5.05 4.77 4 26 4.80 6.00 4.23 4.28 4,59 2.55 5.30Non-EM lisp 81.80 82.04 82.16 82.7P 78.03 80.42 83.91 84.97 84 83 84.28 78.98

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Table 42-2-- Percentage Distribution of Totai Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Race/Ethnicity, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consura GUI Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs In SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Cis 2nd Crs Sad CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credit: Credits Credits Credits Credits


1982'Black 13.04 12.85 13.55 13.07 15.45 15.47 12.34 10.64 11.27 21.15 13.49Hispanic 4.49 4.53 4.27 3.87 2.97 5.39 4.08 4.43 4.15 3.76 2.17Non-Blkillisp 82.47 82.62 82.13 83.03 81.20 79.27 83.87 85.00 84.97 75.78 85.31

1979-1982Black 13.09 12.71 13.09 12.79 16.81 13.94 11.84 11.26 11.22 15.85 11.46Hispanic 4.84 4.89 4.79 4.33 4.19 6.13 4.35 4.47 .d4 3.31 4.09Non-BikMisp 82.06 82.37 82.24 82.32 79.61 80.08 83.80 84.15 84.39 82.06 84.63

19821Asian 1.43 1.46 0.98 0.95 0.69 1.28 0.95 0.95 0.87 NA 1.25Black 10.44 10.29 11.25 11.06 14.52 10.97 10.55 10.25 10,81 NA 12.18Hispanic 11.41 11.25 13.18 13.01 14.98 13.04 12.82 12.99 13.16 NA 10.94Nat Am 1.04 1.04 1.21 1.21 0.86 1.19 1.29 1.36 1.24 NA 1.04While 74.70 75.02 72.32 72.75 67.70 72.41 73.35 73.80 72.95 NA 74.70

1987Asian 2.97 3.13 2.02 2.01 1.82 2.31 1.96 1.92 1.62 NA 3.60Black 13.69 13.16 14.0/ 13.82 16.93 14.50 13.29 13.59 12.68 NA 12.87Hispanic 6.98 6.86 7.01 6."1 7.47 7.52 6.72 6.52 7.35 NA 6.24Native Am 0.83 0.84 0.92 0.94 0.92 0.80 0.95 0.96 0.90 NA 1.10White 75.63 76.11 76.88 77.29 74.30 76.47 77.28 77.30 78.65 NA 75.63

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Table 42-3-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1s1 or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum UM Sp Mk Lab MO Lab MM Crs > SpeciaklyGrad 1-1S Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976HS Only 29.81 28.57 40.91 40.67 44.47 40.08 40.54 38.12 42.90 57.14 35.33Some College 23.33 23.36 2C.V. 25.50 20.65 25.29 27.63 26.82 34.14 22.36 27.654 Yrs College 28.94 29.69 22.86 23.26 27.04 22.62 21.92 24.02 14.12 14.47 27.87GT4 Yrs Coll 17.92 18.37 10.52 10.74 9.11 12.05 10.12 11.58 7.87 5.97 9.29

1977HS Only 28.46 27.52 40.65 41.24 37.95 34.66 44.33 40.94 41.56 69.13 41.75Some College 21.73 21.35 26.12 25.58 28.66 26.29 25.26 27.24 27.38 10.87 24.634 Yrs College 32.60 33.23 24.12 24.37 26.46 26.29 22.29 21.88 25.43 17.46 22.82GT 4YrsColl 17.20 17.98 9.41 9.14 7.73 12.07 p.57 10.37 5.85 1 23 10.32

1978HS Only 29.09 28.4 38.57 39.1 38.79 36.76 39.58 36.07 41.11 55.17 39.36Some College 23.9 23.72 27.69 27.78 30.78 24.46 28.62 29.00 31.17 23.08 26.714 Yrs College 30.98 31.56 24.98 24.51 20.65 27.38 24.98 27.47 21.55 17.09 24.6GT4 Yrs Coll 16.02 16.3 8.86 8.74 10.19 11.67 7.08 7.69 5.57 4.42 8.95

1.'975-1978HS Only 28.59 27.78 39.75 40.04 38.86 36.26 41.89 39.31 42.88 i9.46 37.16Some College 22.47 22.31 2(1.10 25.87 26.68 25.39 26.41 26.68 27.84 20.67 26.964 WS College 30.07 30.58 23.75 23.71 24.90 25.43 22.71 24.43 20.':,1 15.64 25.06GT 4 Yrs Coll 18.87 19.40 10.59 10.60 10.91 13.04 9.32 10.09 1.79 4.53 11.32

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Table 42-3-- Percentage Distributbn ol Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by PSE Plans. 1975 to 1982 (continued)

1979

Shareof HSGradPop

Total11S

Credits



TotalGU4Prep

Credits

TotalSp MkPrep

Credits

SpecLab Mid1st CisCredits

Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Crs In Speciality2nd Crs Seq CoursesCredits Credits CreJits

HS Only 33.77 33.18 44.98 44.51 39.00 42.35 47.55 42.44 53.36 63.61 39.91Some College 20.15 19.79 23.62 23.82 28.66 20.15 23.86 23.86 21.76 24.36 25.644 Wit CAhllege 32.20 32.71 23.84 23.82 24.04 27.98 21.97 26.27 19.97 10.48 18.54GT4 Yrs 0111 13.88 14.37 7.56 7.74 8.21 9.10 6.66 7.40 4.44 1.29 13.46

1980HS Only 31.79 31.04 43.35 43.91 38.64 33.80 46.29 42.26 44.75 67.44 48.24Some College 19.34 19.34 23.42 23.06 25.28 21.09 22.81 23.45 25.06 16.99 20,674 Yrs College 36.08 36.37 26.30 25.77 30.53 29.35 23.74 27.70 21.38 13.12 19.91GT4 YrsColl 12.79 13.27 7.02 7.16 5.12 7.91 7.05 6.93 8.29 2.71 10.59

1981HS Only 39.07 37.93 50.69 50.92 52.85 46.14 52.22 49.77 46.81 f9.12 51.40Some College 15.40 15.15 17.54 17.72 18.35 16.62 17.86 17.ii6 15 e6 16.59 21.484 Yrs College 33.61 34.60 23.82 23.94 23.72 27.26 22.41 24.62 20.28 10.34 19.46GT4 Yrs Coil 11.92 12.32 7.96 7.42 5.43 9.95 7.70 7.82 10.40 4.59 6.27

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Table 42-3-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by PSE Plans, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Vc- Ed Consum OM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs in SpecialityGrad I-18 Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prey: Prep 1s1Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits .3rtidits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1982"I-IS Only 35.11 341.55 45.86 46.19 47.54 42.73 46.90 43.30 47.88 66A3 39.96Some College .15.37 15.44 17.47 18.00 18.45 14.66 18.50 19.33 20.03 10.80 20.674 Yrs. College 40.49 40.82 31.81 31.09 29.27 36.41 30.47 32.79 30.06 21.88 29.32GT 4 Yrs Coll 9.03 9.26 4.77 4.94 4.17 5.74 4.50 4.87 3.56 0.24 9.96

1979-198kNS Only 34.85 34.11 46.17 46.27 44.73 42.43 48.14 44.17 48.54 66.02 45.74Some College 17.62 17.46 20,E2 20.65 22.88 18.76 20.67 21.10 20.76 17.62 22.024 Yrs College 35.63 36.16 26 53 26.23 27.12 30.46 24:80 27.91 24.81 14.06 22.27GT 4 Yrs Coll 11.91 12.28 6. '9 6.80 5.86 8.07 6.44 6.67 6.38 2.19 10.05

19821None 17.88 17.23 24.74 24.62 24 03 21.89 25.92 25.21 28.40 NA 23.85Vac/Tech 19.73 19.35 26.17 26.28 27.44 21.54 27.52 27.33 29.71 NA 22.0:1LT 4 Yrs Col 18.37 18.31 19.08 19.02 19.81 19.87 18.64 18.70 18.16 NA 20.67BAMS 23.35 23.87 16.90 16.99 16.78 20.25 15.73 16.31 13.46 NA 20.43Adv Deg 19.14 19.75 11.19 11.20 10.76 14.06 10.26 10.72 8.78 NA 12.76

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Table 42-4-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Fathers Education, 1975 to 19W

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits



TotalGLMPrk

Credits

TotalSp MkPrep

Credits


Spec 1st or 2dLab Mkt Crs in Speciality2nd Crs Seq CoursesCredits Credits Credits

LT High Scht 6f .95 63.88 83.89 85.03 95.14 70.94 87.75 79.41 86.86 131.90 95.26HS only 16.98 16.94 18.20 18.04 15.87 19.27 18.19 19.52 18.23 12.74 15.72Some College 5.00 5.02 4.64 4.79 3.44 4.62 4.94 4.73 4.39 8.33 3.894 Yrs College 6.81 7.03 3.98 3.94 3.24 5.04 3.68 3.52 5.98 0.57 3.53Adv. Degree 5.26 5.49 3.07 3.08 5.34 2.92 2.57 2.90 1.41 1.10 3.90

1977LT High Schl 24.65 23.98 31.01 31.00 36.80 26.44 31.67 28.20 32.54 54.59 23.01HS only 38.97 38.62 43.26 42.76 38.97 43.69 44.06 46.98 41.31 25.05 50.67Some College 13.00 13.27 10.23 10.51 9.61 9.86 10.54 10.33 15.86 3.72 8.671 Yrs College 13.07 13.30 9.97 9.55 8.90 13.39 8.63 9.40 6.80 5.14 10.89Adv. Degree 10.30 11.09 4.99 5.12 5.52 6.31 4.19 5.08 3.09 1.84 3.43

1978LT Schl 25.72 2,.).18 30.54 31.15 38.97 26.92 30.21 29.49 29.63 36.36 27.99HS Coly 38.22 38.31 44.95 43.95 37.64 47.7. 45.63 44.08 50.68 38.22 50.59Some College 11.95 11.77 11.00 11.25 7.42 13.38 12.32 12.27 10.91 16.07 11.254 Yrs College 13.32 13.79 7.92 7.99 10.09 8.67 7.02 8.61 2.90 4.13 7.05Adv. Degree 10.79 11.14 5.35 5.41 4.41 6.36 5.14 6.19 2.58 4.46 4.13

1975-1978LT High Schl 26.40 25.77 32.62 33.05 37.54 28.98 33.30 30.99 33.29 50.69 30,80HS only 37.66 37.62 42.10 41.64 37.66 43.17 42.89 44.20 44.21 31.63 42.68Some College 12.10 12.16 10.34 10.58 8.51 10.14 10.97 10.16 11.58 11.62 10.894 Yrs College 13.34 13.71 1, 97 8.80 9.59 10.74 7.95 8.43 7.83 3.74 9.34Adv. Degree 10.49 10.88 5.65 5.63 6.72 6.57 4.93 5.90 2.97 2.94 4.90

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Table 42-4-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Father's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share Total Totai Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GUM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs in SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HorneEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Beg r oursesPop Credits Credits Credits Grails Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1979LT High &chi 23.23 22.92 27.98 27.35 25.85 28.94 28.01 26.13 33.45 33.49 21.12HS only 38.45 38.01 44.18 44.65 40.62 39.71 46.92 48.06 39.99 48.29 48.94Some College 15.26 15.57 13.15 13.26 10.32 13.88 13.61 13.25 14.34 10.29 17.574 Yrs College 12.54 12.75 8.24 8.49 12.54 8.22 7.15 7.51 8.63 4.67 7.22Adv. Degree 10.52 11.01 5.66 5.70 7.11 7.50 4.44 5.19 15.78 2.20 5.74

1980LT High Schl 29.64 29.55 35.45 35.50 38.30 33.41 35.63 36.33 29.64 47.60 31.68HS only 36.43 35.95 39.00 38.95 37.55 38.90 39.24 38.55 45.20 34.22 38.94Some College 11 05 11.19 10.95 10.63 11.05 11.61 10.60 11.76 10.64 4.69 11.434 Yrs College 13.94 13.92 9.52 9.69 6.65 9.45 10.20 10.53 11.10 5.92 12.02Adv. Degree 8.94 9.41 4.37 4.28 3.03 6.21 3.88 3.75 4.80 1.90 5.24

1981LT High Schl 26.57 26.10 31.62 31.64 33.21 2C.45 32.75 28.09 30.92 45.64 41.25HS only 38.18 37.57 40.78 40.58 43.23 43.59 38.97 41.09 39.56 35.24 33.15Some College 15.83 16.47 14.29 14.51 1J.27 13.21 15.06 15.43 18.71 13.80 8.754 Yrs College 10.78 11.15 6.86 7.05 4.28 7.30 7.26 7.83 7.05 4.70 7.66Adv. Degree 8.65 8.94 5.50 5.36 5.09 6.74 5.10 5.56 2.36 7.32 4.55

1982LT High Schl 24.22 23.99 27.92 26.89 26.08 30.22 27.42 26.45 30.09 34.04 19.21HS only 41.28 40.90 45.24 46.21 48.27 41.60 46.32 45.08 46.66 51.32 48.40Some College 10.80 11.03 10.43 10.39 9.14 10.05 10.91 11.99 8.84 11.09 9.314 Yrs College 15.03 15.25 11.81 12.02 12.49 12.70 11.31 12.73 12.53 4.47 9.33Adv. Degree 8.67 9.10 4,81 4.90 5.60 5.51 4.35 4.52 2.10 1.87 11.96

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Table 42-4-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Father's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GW Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs In SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1979.1982LT High Schl 25.85 25.55 30.60 30.18 30.87 30.23 30.79 29.15 30.93 39.46 28.28HS only 38.62 38.13 42.45 42.69 42.66 41.11 43.12 43.29 42.76 42.69 42.24Some College 13.17 13.47 12.17 12.14 11.01 12.11 12.47 13.00 12.70 10.05 11.934 Yrs College 13.15 13.31 9.21 9.38 9.23 9.55 9.06 9.72 10.10 4.85 9.04Adv. Degree 9.20 9.57 5.09 5.05 5.22 6.46 4.42 4.75 3.12 3.15 6.90

19821LT High Schl 21.81 21.59 26.64 26.77 29.31 24.70 26.71 25.88 27.46 NA 30.90HS only 30.64 30.50 33.93 34.20 33.99 31.58 34:75 34.89 34.97 NA 34.47Some College 24.21 24.36 21.50 21.51 20.43 23.22 21.14 22.31 19.94 NA 19.164 Yrs College 11.55 11.86 7.30 7.20 6.50 9.08 6.86 7.17 5.84 NA 8.18Adv Degree 11.78 12.07 6.94 6.98 5.89 8.41 6.66 6.88 6.24 NI 6.87

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Table 42-5-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Mother's Education, 1975 to 1981

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dol HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mkt Crs in SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976LT High Schl 21.84 21.35 26.27 25.62 28.65 27.17 25.22 26.30 22.37 31.85 17.80HS only 53.71 53.68 55.89 56.90 53.71 51.45 58.65 58.09 64.19 49.23 61.66Some College 12.70 12.77 9.91 9.55 10.20 11.74 8.87 8.38 8.36 13.23 8.474 Yrs College 6.94 7.38 4.95 4.90 2.39 5.02 5.61 5.48 3.73 4.34 10.03Adv. Degree 4.81 4.90 2.90 2.98 5.36 3.07 2.19 2.32 1.76 0.60 3.38

1977LT High Schl 19.26 18.75 26.17 26.18 32.65 21.28 26.79 24.01 32.74 32.33 24.39HS only 53.64 53.31 58.21 58.46 52.87 57.54 60.22 64.67 56.86 44.06 59.01Some College 17.42 17.33 12.03 11.84 12.37 14.75 10.60 9.90 9.41 14.93 11.614 Yrs College 9.68 10.46 5.17 5.12 6.03 6.71 4.17 3.85 3.87 4.49 5.8Adv. Degree Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1978LT High Schl 20.83 20.27 25.65 26.05 29.98 23.58 25.75 24.44 29.89 29.45 22.06HS Only 53.98 54.39 58.74 53.62 56.43 59.42 59.21 59.02 51.63 61.43 66.68Some College 13.78 13.97 10.41 10.9 12.53 9.72 10.25 11.58 11.98 4.75 6.084 Yrs College 11.4 11.65 5.47 5.24 4.15 7.87 4.64 5.62 1.73 3.54 5.03Adv. Degree Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N tr Low.N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1975-1978LT High Schl 20.52 20.08 25.87 26.05 29.50 23.5: 26.21 25.22 28.55 30.37 23.26HS only 51.89 51.96 55.60 55.68 62.70 55.26 L6.76 57.66 54.15 53.97 57.08Some College 14.69 14.74 11 03 11 07 11 71 12.18 1 0.32 1n_71 1n.86 9_99 11.134 Yrs College 9.49 9.88 5.35 5.28 5.49 6.40 1 80 5.01 3.30 3.80 6.96Adv. Degree 3.41 3.47 1.87 1.88 2.61 2.05 1.57 1.56 1.48 0.95 2,27

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Table 42-5-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Mother's Education, 1975 to 1982 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mk, Lab MId Crs in SpecialityGrad HS Voc td !.ess CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1979LT High Schl 24.00 23.39 28.95 28.65 22.65 27.54 17.16 28.58 28.32 34.61 24.00HS only 53.06 53.49 55.77 56.36 3,1,45 53.06 57.85 56.20 56.24 62.93 62.71Some College 14.12 13.84 11.21 11.36 69.41 11 23 10.81 11.05 13.84 6.57 10.274 Ym College 8.83 9.18 5.09 4.96 30.35 6.73 4.24 5.23 3.71 0.21 5.62Adv. Degree Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Law -N Low-N Low-N

1980LT High Schl 26.03 25.58 30.21 30.61 32.83 28.67 30.14 29.55 35.19 23.66 33.21liS only 51.70 51.70 54.55 54.17 54.89 53.46 54.74 54.37 51.70 68.94 48.14Some College 11.28 11.62 10.38 9.99 8.15 10.51 10.86 10.62 9.19 7.86 18.664 Yrs College 10.99 11.18 6.13 6.23 4.74 7.64 5.78 6.67 5.70 3.66 3.79Adv. Degree Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

190,1LT High Scht 24.12 23.53 27.51 27.37 31.4:1 27.16 26.88 27.19 24.12 25.97 29.831Z only 48.'29 48.60 51.42 51.30 51.15 50.53 52.05 52.73 56.11 50.24 45.17Some College 11.67 12.22 11.57 11.38 10.81 13.14 11.10 10.03 10.39 8.08 19.344 Yrs College 11,63 12.05 6.85 7.21 b.:4 7.32 6.98 7.11 8.88 5.07 5,51Adv. Degree 3.60 3.72 1.73 1.80 2.2t, 2.04 1.55 1.47 1.37 3.51 0.09

1982'LT High Schl 26.77 26_A9 31.58 31.18 30.48 32.17 31.68 32.03 32.45 31.12 28.62HS only 52.97 52.84 54.59 55.35 53.78 50.91 56.56 53.94 56.98 67.28 54.79Some College 11.35 11.46 9.68 9.63 9.08 9.76 9.77 9.47 12,72 6.44 9.004 its Cortege 6.9 i 9.32 5.73 5.90 6.b4 5.94 5.02 6.12 4.05 0.24 1,38Adv. Degree Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N ow-N low-N Low N Low N Low-N Law iV

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Table 42-5-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by Mother's Education, 10510 1982 (continued)

Share Total Total Total Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GUM Sp UR Lab Mkt Lab Mid Crs in SpedaklyGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 181 Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1979-1982LT High Schl 24.70 24.23 28.97 28.83 30.97 28.28 28.89 28.79 29.55 28.60 27.79HS only 50.61 50.59 52.96 53.16 5212 51.02 54.19 52.67 54.23 61.27 52.19Some College 11.86 12.01 10.46 10.34 10.09 10.91 10.35 10.05 11.44 6.87 14.094 Yrs College 9.83 10.15 5.80 5.90 6.91 6.74 5.35 6.13 5 44 2.07 5.53Adv. Degree 3.00 3.07 1.41 1.41 1.43 1.98 1.15 1.34 0.54 1.34 1.03

1982LT High Schl 17.39 16.97 21.76 21.36 23,64 19.16 20.98 20.95 21.48 NA 20.29HS only 41.55 41.67 44.11 44.0 44.15 43.25 26.80 44.55 43.99 NA 45.01Some College 26.22 26.52 22.87 22.81 22.53 24.88 22.3:" 22.90 21.28 NA 21.854 Yrs College 9.18 9.38 5.76 5,74 4.45 6.56 5.75 5.70 5.72 NA 6.50Adv. Degree 5.66 J.81 3.44 3.46 2.56 4.5L+ 3.26 3.38 2.66 NA 4.72

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Table 42-6--

1976

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Different Vocational Areas by High School Grades. 197510 191

Share Total Total To:rat Spec Spec 1st or 2dof HS Total Total Voc Ed Consum GLM Sp Mk Lab Mkt Lab Mid Crs In SpecialityGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE HomeEc Prep Prep 1st Crs 2nd Crs Seq CoursesPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mostly A 23.57 24.62 17.83 17.42 19.71 19.81 16.37 17.48 18.97 5.89 14.84Mostly B 20.62 21.00 18.75 18.22 18.25 22.70 16.91 17.11 16.09 8.59 24.44Mostly C 55.81 54.47 83.27 84.17 83.13 58.75 88.32 84.92 83.98 88.04 82.01Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1977Mostly A 24.35 25.67 17.80 '17.91 19.06 18.66 17.04 21.51 11.20 9.57 10.55Mostly B 24.87 25.21 23.42 23.42 27.39 26.07 21.04 23.17 19.40 19.54 14.92Mostly C 47.66 46.30 55.57 55.18 52.49 53.42 57.45 53.21 66.72 47.66 69.90Below C 3.12 2.80 3.25 3.33 1.81 1.94 4.29 2.03 2.00 20.95 3.33

1978Mostly A 24.83 25.75 18.92 18.42 19.94 21.94 17.32 19.7 15.11 11.13 14.61Mostly B 24.05 24.55 25.16 25.76 23.32 23.86 26 38 26.13 27.19 25.71 25.46f;ostly C 51.12 49.76 56.19 56.4 58.09 53.5 57.26 55.21 58.9 63.46 57.13Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1975-1478Mostly A 24.51 25.48 18 51 18.27 20.30 20.52 17.11 19.23 17.05 8.82 14.70Mostly B 22.82 23.26 2".: S 22.53 24.24 24.86 21.33 21.71 20.34 19.16 22.82Mostly C 50.78 49.49 56.76 57.04 55.54 53.25 59.07 57.12 60.71 64.99 59.24Below C 1.90 1.79 2.08 2.04 0.89 1.85 2.51 1.87 1.74 7.83 2.34

1979Mostly A 22.86 23.94 18.04 17.96 21.57 19 86 16.34 19.25 16.46 7.44 13.85Mostly B 22.76 23.35 21.55 21.13 22.73 25.56 19.47 22.31 15.93 12.70 20.69Mostly C 54.38 52.65 60.17 60.65 55.15 54.38 63.80 57.60 67.43 78.41 65.92Below C Low N Low-N low-N Low-N Low-N Lew N Low-N Low-N Low N Low-N tow-ti

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Table 42-6-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Di Hermit Vocational Areas by High School Grades, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

1980

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

TotalTotal Voc Ed Corsum


TotalGLMPrep

Credits

Iola!Sp Mk

PrepCredits


Spec 151 or 2dLab Mkt Crs in Speciality2nd Crs Seq CoursesCredits Credits Credits

Mostly A 22.26 23.30 18.14 18.02 17.81 20.94 16.94 19.24 18.96 4.05 16.12Mostly B 25.53 26.09 24.63 24.37 21.60 26.61 24.40 23.39 29.31 19.34 27.29Mostly C 50.40 48.96 55.39 55.44 58.15 51.68 56.14 55.92 49.46 70.25 55.61Below C 1.82 1.b5 1.98 2.08 2.07 0.85 2,45 1.78 3.16 6.11 0.56

1981Mostly A 20.41 21.28 16.65 16.65 16.81 17.68 16.23 17.94 22.26 9.42 6.98Mostly B 22.55 23.22 21.30 21.69 19.24 20.96 22.01 22.70 23.78 13.88 23.74Mostly C 57.04 55.54 61.75 61.27 62.91 61.53 61.79 58. '9 54.96 76.05 69.05Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N t ow-N Low-N Low-N Low-N

1982'Mostly A 21.43 22.46 15.27 15.40 19.78 16.78 13.66 16.51 13.64 4.05 9.61Mostly B 25.16 25.82 22.80 22.73 24.39 25.16 21.4u 25.32 17.54 4.76 30.37Mostly C 53.40 52.57 61.58 61.82 55.05 57,96 64.99 57.99 69.59 89.49 60.77Below C Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low-N Low- N

19821Mostly A 32.53 33.71 26.37 NA 26.94 29.27 25.34 25.28 25.64 NA 25.76Mostly B 47.67 47.45 50.72 NA 50.65 28.29 51.30 51.11 51.59 NA 53.63Mostly C 13.40 12.84 15.51 NA 14.86 25.12 15.97 16.30 15.44 NA 15.63Below C 5.57 5.19 6.47 NA 6.78 17.32 6.47 6.54 6.68 NA 5.57

1987Mostly A 14.32 15.63 9.42 9.48 9.04 11.46 8.85 9.10 7.83 NA 10.55Mostly B 32 25 33.44 29.88 29.88 29.42 31.53 29.32 29.40 23.81 NA 32.25Mostly C 47.36 45.61 53.77 53.74 54.84 50.00 54.59 54.16 56.20 NA 52.35Below C 6.07 5.34 6.96 6.90 6.50 6.14 7.31 7.34 7.20 NA 7.03

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Table 43-1-- Percentage Diotribution of Total Course Credits Completed !y Specific Labor Market Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1.87

Share TMof HS Total Total Total AN All TM 181 Prec TechGrad HS Voc Ed SLUP Agdc Bus BusMgBusSup MkOst Health OHE TM Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credits Credits Credits Credit's Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Cree.,:!s Credits Credits

1976Male 48.94 48.07 44.27 54.06 81.57 21.58 44.28 14.27 59.43 0.00 8.90 89.28 100.00 86.76 8k1.91 57.80Female 51.06 51.95 55.81 46.15 17.02 78.51 55.92 85.10 40.12100.00 92.84 10.66 0.00 11.60 10.21 42.20

1977Male 45.61 45.20 43.97 54.44 73.66 21.29 43.44 13.88 45.61 0.00 22.81 89.26 160.00 93.50 88.69 52.79Female 54.39 54.78 56.10 45.58 26.34 79.17 56.98 85.92 54.39 100.00 77.05 9.94 0.00 5.44 11.08 47.21

1978Male 48.82 40.31 47.74 57.15 77.54 23.10 42.96 15.57 53.26 16.27 31.07 89.58 100.00 93.57 86.15 65.09Female 51.18 51.67 52.31 41.86 21.07 77.05 55.27 83.82 51.18 85.30 69.19 10.53 0.00 4.27 13.55 34.12

1975-1978Male 46.70 46.21 44.54 53.94 80.05 20.65 42.45 14.07 50.29 11.12 21.23 89.34 100.00 91.17 89.37 55.59Female 53.30 53.81 55.52 46.12 22.84 79.11 58.15 85.43 45.10 88.88 77.53 10.43 0.00 7.61 11.95 44.42

1979MaleFemale

:0.2249.78

49.7550.25

50.0150.u9

60.0140.08

78.9218.96

23.1476.62

45.4454.52

16.2584.18

56.9243.14

7.1,92.24

20.0979.64

93.78 100.006.17 0.00

95.253.43

91.588.05

61.3838.72

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Table 43-1-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Specific Labor Market Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share Tit Iof HS Total Total Total Al Al TM TM Prec TechGrad HS Voc Ed SIMP Agric Bus BusMgBusSup MkDst Health OHE Tbl Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credit; Credits Credts Credits Credits Credits Credits Credils Credits Credils Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1980Male 49.54 49.14 47.36 54.82 74.31 24.22 54.75 16.28 43.59 0.00 18.01 86.57 95.54 94.95 82.30 53.39Female 50.46 50.87 52.69 45.03 25.23 75.13 47.81 83.62 56.52 100.00 82.57 12.74 3.60 4.21 17.91 46.61

1981Male 48.30 48.21 46.60 54.17 78.48 20.21 37.80 14.62 31.05 10.45 14.90 88.68 93.73 100.00 85.94 51.24Female 51.70 51.78 53.31 45.96 21.54 80.19 60.70 85.04 66.48 89.55 85.10 11.14 6.27 0.00 13.69 48.76

1982'Male 48.74 48.61 47.75 51.19 87.33 20.04 38.15 14.51 33.23 0.00 26.99 89.57 94.00 93.01 87.43 65.54Female 51.25 51.40 52.20 46.05 12.67 80.00 62.40 84.82 65.24 100.00 73 01 10.51 3.66 6.99 13.02 34.46

1979.1982Male 49 21 48.91 47.97 55.82 79.68 21.53 44.53 15.30 41.44 8.09 20.18 90 08 98.43 95.04 87.07 58.06Female 50.79 51.07 52.07 44.33 19.35 78.29 58.04 85.10 58.80 91.91 79.82 9.98 3.63 3.50 13.28 41.94

19821Male 48.05 47.70 47.61 54.67 80 33 23.06 4 i ,19 18.48 41.64 20.91 15.02 90.22 6.10 95.60 86.80 60.05Female 51.95 52.31 52.30 45.36 19.14 76.36 59.37 81.92 55.41 79.09 84.42 10.07 4.33 4.40 13.41 39.95

1987Male 48.66 48.27 49.36 54.85 81.11 29.51 43.26 25.95 40.09 14.70 21.F.:3 88.03 94.99 94.89 83.31 60.83Female 51.34 51.73 50.60 44.99 19.96 70.45 57.04 74.61 59.91 85.30 77.00 12.11 5.01 5.13 15.66 38.50

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Table 43-2-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Specific Labor Markel Subjects by Race/Ethnidly. 1S i5 to 1987

Sham TMof HS Total Total Total AN All TM T81 Prec Tech &Grad HS Voc Ed SLMP Agric Bus BuslIgBusSup MkDst Health OHE 181 Cone!, Mech Prod CommPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1976Black 9.75 9.57 10.19 10.44 9.25 10.73 11.80 10.40 12.82 33.99 7.02 9.95 19.80 10.30 8.52 6.86Hispanic 4.40 4.67 4.42 3.74 1.90 3.13 4.30 2.84 3.96 6.14 7.92 4.30 3.91 6.87 3.47 2.58Non-Blk/Hisp 85.86 85.76 85.40 85.83 88.85 86.14 83.90 86.76 83.22 59.87 85.05 85.75 76.29 82.83 88.01 90.57

1977Black 10.01 9.70 10.81 9.43 3.69 9.10 7.11 9.71 13.83 18.43 32.07 8.62 7.81 12.11 6.18 1.84Hispanic 4.19 4.25 4.45 3.93 1.54 4.32 3.57 4.55 3.18 2.57 2.83 4.60 0.89 5.70 5.56 3.47Non-BM-lisp 85.79 86.05 84.74 86.63 94.77 86.58 89.32 85.73 82.98 78.99 65.10 86.78 91.30 82.18 88.26 94.69

1978Black 11.23 10.96 11.12 10.12 2.03 9.97 11.06 9.71 15.11 15.84 37.58 8.26 14.43 13.39 5.27 4.93Hispanic 4.32 4.27 4.33 4.28 6.26 4.21 2 30 4.94 1.55 4.74 4.45 4.27 4.16 3.86 4.31 2.37Non-Blk/Hisp 84.45 84.77 84.55 85.60 91.71 85.82 86.64 85.36 83.34 79.42 57.97 87.47 81.40 82.74 90.42 92.70

1975-1978Black 10.27 10.01 10.70 9.99 4.40 9.93 10.81 9.55 14.75 18.63 25.18 8.83 12.17 11.40 6.33 4.91Hispanic 4.04 4.14 4.22 3.90 3.75 3.57 2.96 3.76 3.22 3.66 4.77 4.40 3.19 5.85 4.15 2.90Non-Blk/Hisp 85.69 85.85 85.09 86.12 91.84 86.50 86.24 86.74 82.03 77.71 70.05 8617 84.64 82.74 89_52 92.19

1979Black 13.25 12 74 13.22 1n.28 10.04 11.15 12.95 10.62 21.13 20.37 24.23 10.64 20.65 13.53 8.02 4.56Hispanic 4.56 4.63 4.64 4.32 4.91 2.67 5.58 2.42 1.44 3.40 4.51 2.49 5.46 4.58 1.05Non-FiliAlisp 82.19 82.63 82.15 83.56 85.64 83.94 84.37 83.C1 76.45 17.69 72.37 84.85 76.86 81.01 87.40 94.39

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Table 43-2-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Specific Labor Markel Subjects by Race/EIhnicily, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

;Aare TMof HS Total Total Total AM All TM TM Prec Tech &Grad HS Voc Ed SLIP Agric Bus BusMgBusSup MkDst Health OHE T&I Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Creosh; credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1980Black 13.24 12.90 13.07 11.88 10.91 12.72 15.67 11.90 11.15 9.48 29.87 9.97 13.38 8.97 8.92 9.83Hispanic 4.95 5.04 4.77 4.22 2.95 5.03 4.33 5,23 3.57 2.66 0.93 4.41 3.93 4.40 4.52 5.15Non-B1kMisp 81.80 82.06 82.17 83.90 86.14 82.25 80.00 82.87 85.28 87.86 69"0 85.62 82.69 86.6e 36.56 85.02

1981Black 12.77 12.27 12.39 10.72 .81 11.82 1.1 02 11.16 12.66 19.4J 16.11 9.02 11.40 14.11 6.02 9.56Hispanic 5.45 5.42 5.58 5.01 2.09 5.82 3.35 6.57 6.24 9.48 'S.50 4.36 0.97 5.58 4.82 8 94Non-Bik/Hisp 81.78 82.31 82.03 84.27 94.10 82.36 82.f.'2 82.28 81.10 71.1J 78.39 86.62 87.62 80.32 89.16 81.61

1982'Black 13.04 12.85 13.55 12.30 3.15 11.62 10.'47 11.89 11.39 8.29 35.17 12.82 33.02 12.66 8.50 4.39Hispanic 4.49 4.54 4.27 4.07 2.17 4.84 4.08 5.01 5.16 0.00 2.27 3.95 3.16 4.98 3,64 3.02Non-BikMisp 82.47 82.62 82.18 83.63 94.68 83.54 85.75 83.10 6J.44 91.71 62.56 83.22 63'.02 82.36 87.86 92.58

'2'79-198213.09 12.71 13.08 11.84 7.47 11.75 12.74 11.47 13.16 13.42 24.07 10.75 12.52 12.28 7.81 6.354.84 4.89 4.78 4.34 2.76 5.15 3.59 5.55 4.35 2.48 3.30 4.32 2.62 5.04 4.37 4.11

e2.06 82.41 82.14 83.81 89.77 83.09 83.67 82.98 82.49 84.10 72.64 84.94 77.86 82.38 87.83 89.54

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Table 43-2-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by Specific Labor Market Subjects by laceiEthnicily, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Share TMof HS Total Total Total MI AM T&I T&I Prec Tech &Grad HS Voc Ed SiMP Agric Bus BusM9BusSup MkDst Health OHE TM Constr Mech Prod CommPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1982fBlack 1.43 1.42 1.61 0.96 0.70 1.43 1.56 1.41 2.22 5.11 2.22 1.44 2.93 1.20 1.28 2.21Asian 10.44 10.75 7.54 10.67 2.84 6.24 5.16 3.53 3.24 9.33 3.68 8.98 4.08 7.39 10.19 10.11Hispanic 11.41 11.32 13.81 12.95 13.66 11.61 11.29 " 1.70 12.40 16.99 14.46 15.45 17.82 16.65 14.85 7.73Nal Am 1.04 1.04 1.26 1.30 1.47 0.76 0.72 0.78 0.97 1.86 0.73 2.00 2.23 2.07 1.98 0.40White 74.70 75.48 75.77 74.13 81.32 79.95 81.28 79.58 81.17 66.72 78.91 72.13 72.93 72.69 71.70 79.54

1987Asian 2.97 3.13 2.00 1.95 0.16 1.96 1.47 2.12 3.26 4.23 1.52 1.40 0.:20 1.31 1.62 3.59black 13,59 13.14 13.95 13.27 6.62 14.18 13.48 14.34 15.86 23.20 18.49 11.00 16.25 11.36 9.96 9.63Hispanic 6.98 6.86 6.95 6.71 2.27 7.21 4.23 7.92 7.67 6.95 6.73 7.37 6.26 8.24 7.38 4.07Native Am 0.83 0.83 0.90 0.95 0.85 0.94 1.60 0.78 0.51 1.06 0.38 1.19 1.82 0.98 1.12 0.73White 75.63 76.04 76.20 17.12 90.09 75.71 79.21 74.84 72.70 64.56 72.89 79.04 75.37 78.11 79.93 81.98

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Table 44-1-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by General Vocational Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareof HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

Total Voc EdVoc Ed Lass CECredits Credits

GINPrep

CreditsTypingCredits

IntroIndust

Credits

CareerExp

Credits

GINSkills

Credits

Male 48.34 48.06 44.23 45.45 39.49 30.86 87.42 28.81 41.39Female 51.06 51.94 55.77 54.55 60.51 69.14 12.58 71.19 58.61

1977Male 45.61 45.21 43.94 45.01 39.23 29.83 96.61 31.38 31.38Female 54.39 54.79 56.06 54.99 60.77 70.17 3.39 68.62 68.62

1978Male 48.82 48.32 47.72 47.96 43.41 31.41 91.97 45.64 38.17Female 51.18 51.68 52.28 52.04 56.59 68.59 8.03 54.36 61.83

1975-1978Male 46.70 46.20 44.52 45.19 40.85 30.75 93.14 37.14 35.62Female 53.30 Sc2.13 55.48 54.81 59.15 69.25 6.86 62.86 64.38

1979Male 50.22 49.75 49.95 50.45 44.89 32.92 89.74 44.05 48.70Female 49.78 50.25 50.05 49.55 55.11 67.08 10.26 55.95 51.30

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Table 44-1--

1980

Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by General Vocational Subjects by Sex, 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof I-IS Total Total Voc Ed GOA intro Career UMGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp SkillsPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 49.54 49.14 47.34 47.34 43.80 32.62 83.75 46.68 45.00Female 50.46 50.86 52.66 52.66 56.20 67.38 16.25 53.32 55.00

1981Male 48.30 48.22 46.65 47.01 42.21 30.71 93.34 42.49 31.84Female 51.70 51.78 53.35 52.99 57.79 69.29 6.66 57.51 68.16

1982'Male 48.74 48.60 47.77 47.22 46.42 31.29 83.70 52.59 40.16Female 51.26 51.40 52.23 52.78 53.58 68,71 16.30 47.41 59,84

1979.1982Male 49.21 48.92 47 94 48.01 44.38 32.04 86.30 46.65 42.56Female 50.79 51.08 52.06 51.99 55.62 67.96 13.70 53.35 57.44

19821Male 48.05 47.69 47.65 47.46 44.73 32.52 86.62 52.60 34.58Female 51.95 52.31 52.35 52.54 55.27 67.48 13.38 47.40 65.42

1987Male 48.66 48.26 49,37 49.33 46.71 38.54 87.42 50.51 40.80Female 51.34 51.74 50.63 50.67 53.29 61.46 12.58 49.49 59.20

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Table 44-2-- Percentage Distribution ol Total Course Credits Completed by General Vocational Subjects by Race/EIhnidly, 1975 to 1987

1976

Shareol HSGradPop

TotalHS

Credits

Total Voc EdVoc Ed Less CECredits Credits

GOAPrep

CreditsTypingCreeits

IntroIndust

Credits

CareerExp

Credits

allSkills

Credits

Kick 9.75 9.58 10.19 10.53 8.11 10.11 6.70 6.09 7.92Hispanic 4.40 4.66 4.42 4.10 5.21 4.64 1.92 8.24 4.67Non-B1k4-lisp 85.86 85.77 85.45 85.41 86.58 85.66 91.22 85.86 85.86

1977Black 10.01 9.70 10.82 10.82 10.98 9.10 9.10 10.87 17.80Hispanic 4.19 4.25 4.46 4.11 5.51 4.88 2.54 8.39 4.43Non-131k/1-Iisp 85.79 86.04 84.83 84.96 83.72 87.35 88.36 78.44 76.26

1978Black 11.23 10,96 1113 11.15 10.88 10 03 6.C5 10.75 17.65Hispanic 4.32 4.27 4.33 4.18 4.49 4.40 2.66 5.61 2.16Non-BIM-lisp 84.45 84.77 84 64 84.86 85.10 64.45 90.95 82.65 78.42

1975.1978Black 10.27 10.01 10.70 10.77 10.02 9.54 7.53 9.99 14.77Hispanic 4.04 4.14 4.22 4.01 4.70 4.40 2.69 6.51 3.28Non-81k/Hisp 85.69 85.85 85.09 85.26 85.69 87.22 91.40 83.31 80.33

1979Black 13.25 12.74 13.22 12.98 12.93 10.12 8.52 16.20 19.88Hispanic 4.56 4.62 4,63 4.20 6.20 4.72 5 86 9.87 3.70Non-Blk/Ilisp 82.19 82.62 82.19 82.76 80.84 85.18 88.06 75.34 77.05

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Table 44-2-- Percentage Distribution of Total Course Credits Completed by General Vocational Subjects by Race/EIhnicity. 1975 to 1987 (continued)

Shareof HS Total Total Voc Ed Gill Intro Career GLIAGrad HS Voc Ed Less CE Prep Typing Indust Exp SkillsPop Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits


1981Black 12.77 12.27 12.37 12.34 13.57 12.99 9.58 12.44 23.71Hispanic 5.45 5.43 5.58 5.11 7.08 6.02 2.39 11.04 5.45Non- blk/Hisp 81.78 82.31 81.95 82.51 79.20 81.78 86.89 75.49 70.10

1982'Black 13.04 12.85 13.55 13.07 15.47 13.78 10.60 18.15 18.03Hispanic 4.49 4.53 4.27 3.87 5.39 4.57 2.80 8.09 2.17Non-Blk/Hisp 82.47 82.62 82.13 8:i 03 79.27 80.91 87.62 73.50 79.80

1979-1982Black 13.09 12.71 13.09 12.79 13.94 11.90 8.73 16.11 20.95Hispanic 4.84 4.89 4.79 4.33 6.13 4.93 3.23 9.81 3.55Non-Blk/Hisp 82.06 82.37 82.24 82.82 80,08 83.56 87.53 7' .65 76.59

1982tAsian 1.44 1.41 0.99 0.95 1.29 1.31 0.90 2.07 0.79Black 10.54 10,39 11.36 11.16 11.08 10.74 7.91 16.47 10.54Hispanic 11.52 11.35 13.30 13 13 13.17 10.88 17.28 18.00 12.56Nal Am 1.05 1.04 1.21 1.22 1.20 0.91 1.57 1 05 2.29Whito 75 44 73.03 73.47 73.113 76.84 70.73 61.30 75.44

1987Asian 2.97 3.13 2.02 2.01 2.31 2.81 0.91 2.51 1.49Hack 13.59 13.16 14.07 13 82 14.50 13.09 12.55 21.95 16 31Hispanic 6 98 6.86 7.16 6.81 7 52 7.24 5.91 13.42 3 49Native Am 0.83 0.84 0 91 0,93 0.79 1 02 1.09 0.38 0 42White 75.63 76.12 76 89 77.30 76,47 76.43 81.45 64.00 75.63

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Table 45-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Vocational Education Credits, 1975 to ',987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12Credit Crec4 Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-19781979-198219821987

Table 45.2--

1975-1978

4.4 12.6 12.2 13.1 11.9 11.7 10.4 8.1 5.8 4.1 2.8 1.33.4 9.1 11.5 13.3 10.6 11.2 10.9 10.2 7.9 5.0 -,.7 1.97.3 12.7 13.2 12.4 11.7 11.3 9.6 8.0 5.9 3.7 2.1 1.23.3 12.2 14.5 13.8 12.5 11.6 9.4 7.7 5.8 4.3 2.4 1.4

Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Vocational Education Credits by Sex, 1975 to 1987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11Credit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

0.90.51.01.2

12+Credits

Male 5.0 15.0 14.2 12.4 11.7 9.6 8.7 8.1 5.6 4.3 2.6 1.3 1.4Female 3.9 10.5 10.4 13.7 12.1 13.4 11.9 8.1 5.9 3.9 2.9 1.3 0.8

1979-1982Male 4.0 9.4 13.1 13.3 10.7 10.3 10.9 9.1 7.0 5.0 3.9 1.8 1.5Female 2.8 8.f; 9.9 13.2 10.6 12.1 11.0 11.4 8.7 5.0 3.5 1.9 1.1

1982Male 7.2 12.9 14.0 13,8 12.7 11.0 8,4 8.3 5.9 3.7 2.2 1.0 1.0Female 7.3 12.5 12.5 13.0 11.0 12,0 11:.0 7.8 5.8 3.8 2.1 1.4 0.9

1987Male 3.0 11.8 14.9 13.7 12.5 11.4 9.5 7.6 (.0 4.2 2.6 1.5 1.4Female 3.6 12.5 14.2 13.9 12.5 11.8 9.4 7.8 5.6 4.3 2.2 1.2 0.9

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Table 46-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits In Specific Labor Markel Vocational Education Subjects, 1975 to 1987

<1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+Credit Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-1978 18.3 21.4 15.8 13.4 10.1 6.3 6.6 3.3 1.8 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.21979-1982 15.0 17.3 16.9 13.1 11.1 7.6 7.6 5.2 3.2 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.21982 19.3 18.6 16.0 13.3 10.1 7.5 6.0 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.21987 11.9 19.8 17.7 14.5 11.2 8.0 6.8 4.4 2.6 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.3

Table 47-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits In Primary Vocational Education Including CHLEby Hall Crecit/Semester Intervals, 1975 10 1987

<1 05 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5+Credit Credits Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

1975-1978 12.0 6.7 16.8 8.7 18.6 5.6 10.4 2.8 6.8 1.8 2.3 1.1 3.8 2.51979-1982 15.0 5.8 16.2 6.5 18.9 4.9 12.5 3.7 7.7 1.4 3.9 0.9 4.9 3.51982 10.4 6.1 17.9 8.2 17.5 4.9 11.7 3.4 7.0 1.8 3.1 G.8 4.0 3.11987 8.2 7.1 17.6 8.2 19.1 5.0 12.5 2.5 7.6 1.7 2.8 0.7 4.0 3.1

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Table 47-2--

1975-1978

Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits Primary Vocational Education Including CH&Eby Ha CrediVSemester Intervals by Sex. 1975 to 1987

o 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5+Credit Credits Credit Credits Credits Credits C..cliis Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Male 13.2 6.9 18.5 8.0 18.7 4.1 9.8 1.1 7.2 2.0 2.1 0.7 4.4 3.4Female 10.9 6.4 15,4 9.3 18.6 6.9 11.0 4.3 6.5 1.6 2.5 1.5 3.3 1.7

1979-1982Male 16.0 6.4 18.0 6.8 18.0 4.0 10.0 3.2 6.9 1.2 4.1 0.8 6.1 4.8Female 14.1 5.4 14.4 6.2 19.7 5.8 14.9 4,1 8.5 1.7 3.6 0.9 3.7 2.3

1982Male 10.2 6.1 18.9 7.5 18,0 4.0 10.8 3.3 6.9 1.6 2.9 0.9 4.8 4.0Female 10.6 6.1 17 1 8.7 17.1 5.7 12.6 3.6 7.2 1.9 3.3 0.7 3.2 2.3

1987Male 7.1 7.2 17 5 8.6 19.8 4.3 11.9 2.2 7.8 1.7 3.0 0.6 4.8 3.4Female 9.2 7.0 17.6 7.8 18.4 5.6 13.1 2.9 7.4 1.8 2.6 0.8 3.3 2.5

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Table 48-1-- Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits in AN Vocational EducationNot Including CHNIE by Hall Credil/Semester Intervals 1975 to 1987

<1 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5+Credit Credits Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits1975.1978 30.8 5.7 14.2 5.5 14.5 3.1 8.5 2.0 5.3 1.7 1.9 1.1 3.4 2.31979-1982 26.9 4.4 14.3 3.9 15.0 3.1 9.6 2.9 6.2 1.2 3.6 0.8 4.6 3.41987 26.9 5.5 15.4 5.2 13.8 3.1 9.4 2.6 5.7 1.5 2.9 0.8 3.9 3.0198/ 21.9 6.9 15.9 6.2 15.6 10.1 2.1 6.5 1.5 2.5 0.7 38 2.9

Table 48-2--

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Percentage Distribution of Graduates with Different Numbers of Credits in AN Vocational EducationNot Including CH8E by HaN Credit/Semester Intervals by Sex, 1975 to 1987

<1 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5+Credit Credits Credit Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits Credits

Mai) 18.9 6.4 17.0 6.3 17.8 3.9 9.2 1.1 6.9 2.0 2.1 0.7 4.4 3.4Female 41.2 51 11.9 4.8 11.7 2.4 7.9 2.7 3.9 1.4 1.6 1.5 2.5 1.5

1979-1982Cale 22.7 4.7 16.4 5.0 16.1 5 9.8 3.2 6.5 1.0 4.1 0.8 6.1 4.8Female 39.7 4.1 12.3 2.9 13.9 7 9.5 2.5 5.9 1.4 3.0 0.8 3.2 2.2

1982Mae 16.5 6.2 17.1 6.0 16.3 3.7 10.4 3.0 6.7 1.6 2.8 0.9 4.8 4.0Female 36.6 4.8 13.8 4.5 11.5 3.2 8.4 2.1 4.9 1.5 2.9 0.6 3.0 2.1

1987Male 13.1 E.9 17 1 7.4 18_1 3.8 10.7 2 1 7,5 1.6 a 4.7 3.4Female 30.3 7.0 14.8 5.0 13.1 :1.1 9,5 2.0 5.6 1.4 R a 2.9 2.3

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Table 49-1-- Average Number of Course Credits Completed andPercentage of Graduates with Credits in Personal/Other Subjects, 1975 to 1987

HS ParsGrad Pile Pars Use/01hPop Use/1h Use/Oth Credits

000's Credits Percent V Panic

1976 3,026 2.44 97.52 2.501977 3,076 2.50 95.61 2.611978 3,126 2.42 97.78 2.471975-1978 2,866 2.42 97.07 2.491979 3,139 2.49 99.00 2.521980 3,028 2.49 98.68 2.521981 2,788 2.50 97.87 2.551982' 3,143 2.58 98.97 2.6119821 2,874 2.75 98.16 2.801979-1582 3,024 2.52 98.66 2.551987 3,262 2.80 97.53 2.80

Table 50-1-- Total Course Enrollments and Total StudentParticipation In Personal/Other Subjects, 1975 to 1987

ParsHS Pars Pers Use/0Ih

Grad Use/Oth Use /Oth CreditsPop Credits Students W Panic

000's 000's 000's 000's

1976 3,026 383 2,951 7,5651977 3,076 7 690 2,947 8,0281978 3,126 7,565 3,057 7,7211975-1978 2,866 6,936 2,782 7,1361979 3,139 7,816 3,108 7,9101980 3,028 7,540 2,988 7,6311981 2,788 6,970 2,729 7,1091982' 3,143 8,109 3,111 8,20319821 2,874 7,904 2,821 8,0471979-1992 3,024 7,620 2,983 7,7111987 3,262 9,134 3,181 9.134

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APPENDIXALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF

HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCES

There are three basic measures of high school students' course-taking experiences. The simplestand most highly aggregated measure is the student's high school curriculum track (academic,vocational, or general). A less aggregated, and therefore more informative, measure of a student's high

school course-taking experiences is provided by partial course-taking information such as the number ofcourses a student completed in mathematics, English, or business. A third measure of coursescompleted is the 'tudent's high school transcript. Transcripts are by far the most detailed and 'lexible

measure, since they provide a complete record of all the courses the student took; however, thetrarscript is also more cumbersome than other measures because of its great detail.

High School Curriculum Tracks

The high school curriculum has taditionally been cha.-acterimi as consisting of three largelyexclusive tracks: academic, general, and vocational. High school students were classified it,/ referenceto one of these tracks, and their course-taking experiences were considered to be adequatelyexplained by this reference. These labels are not without some merit, since 'academic" students docomplete more credits on average from within the academic curriculum than 'general- or 'vocational"students, vocational students complete more vocational credits than students in the other tracks, and

general students are left somewhere in between.

These distinctions, however, are really not very informative. "Academic* may appropriately define

the group of students that goes on to four-year colleges and universities, but the label does not

unambiguously define a unique high school curriculum that applies only to these students. Forexample, many students described as vocational or general complete courses such as Algebra 1 orFrench, courses which are generally fought of as college preparatory; similarly, wood shop,electronics, or personal finance courses are not closed to academic students. Thus, the labels

'academic,* "general; and vocationar may accurately differentiate curricula, but they do not work wellto distinguish different types of students.

The data pr; sorted in this report show why applying these labels to students is misleading. For

example, data from High School and Beyond show that high school graduates who describethemselves as vocational track students completed an average of 6,6 credits In the vocational

curriculum, self-de .ribed general students completed 4.7 vocational credits on average, and self-

reported academic students completed an average of 3.0 credits In the vocational curriculum Similarly,

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all high school graduates completed most of their credits in the academic curriculum: vocationalstudents completed an average of 11.9, academic students an average of 16.4, and general students

an average of 13.5 credits. Thus, while the curriculum track designations do reflect some differences in

patterns of participation in the high school curricula, these designations are imprecise and conceal theextent to which all high school graduates complete courses across the various curricula.

There are two overarching reasons to be wary of describing students' curricular experiences with

these broad track labels. The first is that the labels suggest a degree of consistency in patterns ofparticipation that are not justified. Two students in the academic truck will not necessarily follow the same

paths and complete the same courses. and likewise for students in the other tracks. Furthermore, the

definitions of these tracks may change over time, so the courses taken by a vocational student in 1969

may not be the same as those taken by a vocational student in 1987. The secor;d reason follows from

the first: by ascribilg a degree of uniformity in patterns of curricular participation to students in the same

track, the wrong conclusions may be drawn about the utility of the track or the shortcomings (orstrengths) of that curriculum. For example, policy makers may see that °vocational° students earn

relatively low wages or suffer from high rates of unemployment when they get out of high school, and

conclude that the vocational programs are an inefficient use of limited educational resources. Thisconclusion, however, may not be supported by a more carefully articulated examination of the results of

different programs: health occupations and construction may have very different employmentoutcomes. The track designations also obscure Issues related to access. Information about who is

labeled "vacationer reveals little about the amount of participation in vocational education or theoccupational preparation students receive.

it short, the track designations are indicators of high school curricular participation that are too

broad to be useful in making educational policy. While they are broadly indicative of patterns of

participation and are perhaps useful in understandirr students' perceptions of their own educational

intentions, the detail necessary for tracing relationships between education and outcomes or for

identifying the consequences of particular course-taking decisions is lost.

Measures of Semesters of Credits Completed in Specific Subject Areas

A more discriminating measure of students' participation in the high school curriculum is the

nfrnber of courses students have taken in spedific vont such as mathematics Th;e

esure of curricular participation has the advantage of being more detailed tnan the three broad

curriculum tracks and, therefore, avoids many of the hazards described above. Students or schools

report the number of courses, semesters, or credits completed in various subject areas, and this

enables researchers to discriminate among different patterns of participation by the level of course-

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taking activity in me different curricula. Vowever, this is a hybrid measure that lacks both the simplicity of

the basic track descriptions and the dis anguishing detail of the transcnot measure.

The firs. 1033 of this measa.re is that the listing of credits or courses is partial. It need not be a

partial measure, but the data sources :onsidered for this report that contained these variables included

only partial measures. As a result, there was no way to reliably calculate average total credits earned in

high school, average total vocational credits, or average total academic credits.

Lack of consistency is another problem with this measure, particularly for the type time-series

analysis presented in this report. Neither the students nor the schools had the benefit of the Secondary

School Taxonomy for classifying the courses taken. Therefore the credits reported in one subject area

by some students or schools may have been classified in another subject area by other students or

schools. For example, in one place students may be classify vocational math as mathematics, in another

they may classify this course as an introductory vocational course. Because of this classification

problem, any differences that may emerge in patterns of course-taking cannot be positively identified as

real differences or as the result of different classification schemes, particularly when the analysis

involves several data sets collected at different times.

A third problem is that the units of accounting may also be inconsistent. Although students in the

NLS-72 and HS&B samples reported each semester length course as one credit, these units may differ

from standardized Camec'e Units because of difficulties in estimating credits earned in non-standard

term courses, differences in the length of class periods, or differences in the slumber of periods per

week that the class met.

Prior work conducted by MPR Associates tc' the Natiolial Assessment of Vocational Education

using High School and Beyond data indicated that students' estimates of the number of semesters

completed in specific subject areas consistently differed from estimates denved through transcripts)

Table 1.1 shows that the precision with which students reported their curse work varied considerably by

subject area, even without any of the problems of data inconsistencies that might be introduced when

mare than one data set is used.

1 E Gareth Hoscillander, Cynthia L Brown, and John Turna, Measuring High School Curricular Experienc^s:Implications br Vocational Education, a report prepaset,1 for the National Assessment of Vocational Education,(Washington, D.C.: Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evalusti3n, U.S. Department of Eduction,) December1987),

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Percentage of Students Reporting the Same,Moro, or Fewer Credits Than Their Transcripts

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Math 5.6% 52.2% 42.2%English 15.4 50.1 34.5For. Lang. 3.0 76.6 20.4Soc. Studies 26.2 48.5 25.3Science 8.4 58.0 33.6Business 12.6 55.9 31.5Tail 17.4 74.6 8.0Technical 3.6 81.5 14.9Other Voc. 54.4 34.3 11.3

Credit counts were considerf.r± equivalent if they were within t 0.5credits.

Table 1.1 shows that students consistently overreported credits in math, English, foreignlanguages, science, and business, and under-reported the number of units complt. ad in vocationalareas other than trade and industrial and technical fields. This table is indicative of the problemsassociated with relying on partial measures for indications of the number of credits completed bystudents in various fields. These measures provide more information than rut simple curriariorn trackd'aignations, but they introduce a whole range of problems related to consistency of reporting,accounting, and incomplete measurements.

The probable inconsistencies of the partial course-taking measure between one data set andanother maces it inappropriate for the time-series analysis presented in this report. However, the partial

measure has one important advantage over transcript data: the partial measure reflects thecategorization scheme of the student or administrator reporting the data, which in turn reflects the

educational objectives of the student or the student's school. Although not available in the data sets

used in this time-series study, one partial measure that would he very useful for studying vocational

education is the number of courses taken in a single vorptional program, where program denotes a

series of linked courses leading to a clear vocational objet ave. Problems of consistency in reporting

vocational program participation would probably still make comparisons of these data from one data set

to another or over time very difficult. But the transcript measure, whose great strength Is its flexbility,

does not reflect the assumptions of the student or the school about the program of courses taken, and

hence assessing the comprehensiveness of vocational course - taking for individual students is more

difficuft than with the partial measure.

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Transcript Measures of Course-Taking Activity

The problems and limitation of the curriculum track and partial course-taking measures of highschool curricular participation are largely solved by using transcript measures. Transcripts provide acomplete record of the courses taken by students in high school. Researchers and policy makers aretherefore able to examine in detail the substantial variations in patterns of participation within curriculumtracks, as well as the entire record of courses rather than just a partial summarization. Transcript data alsomake possible a relatively consistent scheme for classifying courses so that any changes in patterns ofparticipation in the high school curriculum over time can be documented.

One advantage of using transcript data is their detail. Transcripts provide a course-by-courselisting of the courses taken by students while they were in high school. Hence questions about therelationships between courses or parts of the curriculum can be addressed. In contrast, the curriculumtrack measure does not allow any real disaggrega ln of the courses completed by students in highschool. To return to ;in earlier example, students enrolled in the vocational track may have poorer jobprospects on average after high school than students in the academic track, but this pattern may bemitigated for students who complete two or more full years of training in a single occupational field oramong students in particular vocational disciplines such as computer technologies. This kind ofdiscriminating investigation cannot be undertakenwithout the detail available in transcript data.

Another advantage of transcript data is their flexibility for evaluating patterns of participation in thehigh school curriculum. Using transcript information, the researcher can combine courses or subjectareas into groupings that make sense for particular analytic purposes. For example, the NAEP SSTaggregates mathematics, and English courses into two very different structural paradigms: the firstorganizes courses primarily by content, the second by the level of diffIzulty. These differentcombinations of courses provide different information about the types and levels of courses taken byhigh school students. Hence, the analysis being undertaken has implications for the form in which thedata will be aggregated; transcript data provide the flexibility necessary to respond to a variety ofanalytical needs.

The third advantage of transcript data, particularly for the time-series analysis presented in thisdata volume, Is that they enable the researcher to organize course-taking data from different sourcesinto a consistent format. Partial measures of course-taking do not provide a reliable measure of students'

sigh school act' hies not only because they are partial, but because there is no way to ensure aconsistent scheme for classifying courses. The development of the Secondary School Taxonomy

(SST) was a complex and time-consuming task that required many staff hours as well as the efforts of an

expert review panel. Many of the decisions regarding where to place various courses were not obvious:

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rather they were decided as a matter of opinion. The subjective collective effort of the participants. andthe fact that other reasonable people might disagree with the placement of one or a number of courses,does not invalidate the SST. What is important, particularly for this time-series analysis that takes datafrom four different sources collected at different times, is not that the Taxonomy end once and 1...)r ll anydiscussion about how cr where to classify secondary courses, but rather that courses be consistentlyclassified for p ooses of this type of analysis.

Despite the many advantages of transcript data, there were still problems of consistency in theway courses were programmed in the original data sets. This is a problem that can really only becontrolled if course titles r.re consistently coded in each of the data sources. For example, the HS&Bcourse names and codes were highly differentiated, which enabled quite precise placement of coursesin the taxonomy.2 However, this level of differentiation was not consistent across all of the data sets.Several NLS-Youth course titles were often aggregated as a single course code; in several cases thesemultiple course titles were distinguished separately in HS&B and were placed in different parts of thetaxonomy. As a result, there were a number of inconsistencies in the time-series data that are notindicative of different patterns of course-taking, but are a function of inconsistencies in the way courseswere coded in the original transcript data sets.

Even though multiple titles were not combined in several of these data sets, a single course title inthe transcript files contains information that is an aggregation of courses from different school. Evencourses with relatively clearly defined subject matter such as Algebra 1 may differ somewhat from schoolto school in terms of specific content, methodology, or level of sophistication. Thus, even at this level ofdetail, each course title represents an 'average" course with generally the same content, rather than acourse with very specific, clearly defined content. By focusing on the course as the unit of aggregation,however, the amount of variation reprasented by each taxonomic category is relatively small. Forexample, within the vocational curriculum track, students can complete credits in such diverse areas asauto shop or health occupations, within a student-reported measure of semesters completed inscience, they would include physics and biology; at the level of the taxonomic categories in the SST,which are based on aggregations of specific courses, we can determine how many credits studentsearned in health or biology. There may be questions still about the amount of variation in courseslabeled Biology 1 that we cannot resolve, but level of indeterminacy is small relative to either of thebroader measures.

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2 The SST was first developed usihg the High Shoal and Beyond data se,. The original SST was developed for theNational Assessment by Cynthia L Brown. S. Gareth Hoachlander, anc' Robert H. Meyer. with the assistance cfNational Assessment Staff, staff of the NAVE SIJP1301 Center (VSSAC). snd an external review panel. Subseouentversions of the SST for the other dais sets were developed by Antoinette Gifford. John Turna. and Robert H.Meyer. These taxonomies will be published separately as a report of the National Assessment.

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APPENDIX IISOURCES OF NATIONAL

HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DATA

We examined six sources of high school enrollment data for this time-series report. These werethe National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), High School and Beyond (HS&B), theNational Longitudinal Survey-Youth Cohort (NLSY), the National Longitudinal SP* of the High SchoolClass of 1972 (NLS-72), the ETS Study of Academic Predict;on and Growth, and Project TALENT. Fourof these sources contained complete transcripts, three contained partial course-taking measures, andfive contained student curriculum tracks. A seventh source, the federal Vocational Education DataSystem (VEDS), was not considered for inclusion in this repc,,t, but will be reviewed here as one of themajor alternative sources of high school enrollment Information. Table 11.1 sliows as type of enrollmentinformation available in each data set.

TableSources of National Enrollment Data

Data SourceCurriculum

TrackPartial Course-Takinq____

NAEP No No YesHS &8 Yes Yes YeeNLSY Yes No YesNt..S-72 Yes Yes No"T'S Yes Yes YesTALENT Yes Yes froVEDS Yes Yes No

National Assessment of Educational Progress

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a Congressionally mandatednational survey of the skits, knowledge, and attitudes of young Americans. NAEP selected data for thefirst time in 1969, and since that time its samples have included over a million students aged 9, 13, and17. In 198344: NAEP began sampling students by grads lave! as wall as by age. The iriosi recent datacollection effort undertaken by NAEP was conduced in 1986. In addition to the comprehensive surveyof skills, attitudes, and knowledge, the 1986 assessment collected complete high school transcripts forthe sample of students in the eleventh grade cohort (age 17).

The transcript file contained a total of 34,140 cases and included information about students'schools and a complete listing of courses offered at each school. The transcript files also includeddemographic information on each student, a listing of courses taken by each student, and for eachcourse listed, the grade and amount of credit the student received. Courses were coded using a seven-digit identification number that was based on the six-digit Classification of Instructional Programs code)

The seventh digit was added to identify courses as g:Lher special or ref,,Jlar education courses.

High School and Beyond

High School and Beyond (HS&B) is a longitudinal data base with a nationally representativesample of over 58,000 1980 high school sophomores and seniors. Part of the long-term data collection

program of the Center for Education Statistics, the National Education Longitudinal Studies, the HS&Bdata base is the one of most comprehensive data bases available. Both the 1980 senior and sophomore

cohorts were surveyed in 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1986.2

1)e High School and Beyond base year survey was conducted in spring of 1980. Over 30,000

sophomores and 28,000 seniors enrolled in 1,015 public and private high schools across the countyparticipated. The survey sample was designed to include sufficient numbers of students who were ofparticular interest in policy questions by over-sampling schools with high minority populations,altemlttve public schools, and private schools with high achieving students. Follow-up surveys retained

members of these over-sampled groups at higher rates than other students.3

Complete high school transcripts are available for approximately 16.200 members of the 1.5 0sophomore class. The sample of 1980 sophomores chosen for the transcript study was selected in part

to maximize the number of cases from policy-relevant subgroups (e.g., drop-outs and racial minorities).4

Transcript information was collected in 1982 from the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade records (1979-80 to

1981-82 school years). but many of tt ese students also have 9th grade records available. The

secondary transcript file is organized by student ID number, and contains for each course taken by thestudent the school year and term the course was take n, the number of credits earned, and the final

1 The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) was developed by the National Center for Education Statisticsin 1981 to replace the Standard Terminology for Curriculum and instruction in Local and State School Systems;Hardback Vi. Tne CIF is now the standard categorization WhfflO for educational programs.2 The 1986 survey data has not been released to date. A final foflow-ts, of the 1980 sophomore cohort is scheduledfor 1992.3 U.S. Department of Education, Center for Statistics, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. HighSchool and Beyond, 1980 Senior Cohort Second Follow-up (1 994) Data Filo Users Manual.4 U.S. Department of Education, Canter for Statistics. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, HighSchool and Beyond, 1980 Sophomore Cohort Second F040111.-UP (1984) Data File User's Manual; 59.

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grade re,:eiv*d. Courses are coded using a six-digit course identification number that is based on the

Classification of Instructional Programs.

National Longitudinal Study of the Senior Class of 1972

The National Longitudinal Study of the Senior Class of 1972 (NLS-72) has many Qf the same

features as the more recent High School and Beyond Surveys. Along with HS&B, NLS-72 is a part of

the National Education Longitudinal Studies program. The availability of these data for 1972, 1980 and

1982 seniors permits analysis of trends over time, as well as analysis of the progress of each cohort.

The NLS-72 is a highly str'tified national probability sample of 1972 high school seniors. The data

contains measures of high school curriculum participatnn, students' family, ability, community

.,-teristics, and postsecondary activities. The sample of 1972 seniors was surveyed in 1972, 1973,

1974, 1976, 1979, and 1986. Over 16,000 students from the sample participated in the base-year

survey and, with the addition of many students who could not be reached for the original survey, over

21,000 of the original sample participated in the 1973 follow-tip and were included in subsequent

samples. The NLS-72 does not contain high school transcripts and was not included in the time-series

study.

National Longitudinal Study or Labor Market .Experience -Youth Panel

The National Longitudinal Study of Labor Force BehaviorYouth Cohort is an annual national

survey of 12,686 young people throughout the United States. At the present time, six rounds of

interviews have been conducted. The Youth Cohort actually consists of three independent probability

samples. Two samples were designed to cover the non-institutionalized civilian population in the age

range 14 to 21 as of January 1, 1579. One of these is a cross sectirnal sample designed to yield the

proper population proportions of various racial, ethnic, and income groups. The second is a

supplemental sample designed to over-sample Hispanic, black and economically disadvantaged non-

black, non-Hispanic youth. The third sample was designed specifically to cover the 17 to 21 year age

cohort serving in the military as of the same date.5 The sart,t,die was constructed using a multi-stage

random probability sample. Dwelling units were chosen for screening from among selected .block

groups. Block groups were chosen from sampled SMSA's. Youth in the target age range were recruited

from dwelling units where screenings were successful.

5Frankel, Martin R , Harold A. McWilliams, and 5ruce 0. Spencer. National 1.,:ngitudirral Study of Labor ForceBehavior, Youth Survey. Technical Sampling Report (Chicago: NORC, August 983).

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Base year interviews were conducted with over 11,000 civilian youth aged 14 to age 21 in springof 1979. Five follow-up surveys were conducted in the springs of 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985.All youth interviewed in the base year survey were included in the follow-up samples. This data baseIncludes high school transcripts for over 9,000 students in the NLSY sample. The transcripts containcomplete listings of high school courses, grades received, and the number of credits earned. Coursetitles were coded using a four-digit code for each course title.6

Study of Academic Prediction and Growth

The Study of Academic Prediction and Growth is a longitudinal and cross sectional study includingyouth who were in grades 5, 7, $.1, 11, and 12 in 1961. The sample was df;:vn from 17 communitiesacross the United States which wet e chosen specifically to vary on geographic bcation, school systemsize, and the proportion of high school graduates continuing on to college. Although the communitieswere not chosen randomly, they have been shown to be similar to the populations in national probability

samples.? The Growth Survey includes communities and schools which represerton a variety offactorsmost types of schools and communities: however, it includes no schools from the largestmetropolitan areas in the country. Subsequent analyses have also shown that the study is deficient in itsrepresentation of the Southern region of the country.8

The base year survey sample consisted of all 11th and 12th grade students it 27 high schools in

these communities, plus samples of younger students who would enter those schools in the years tocome. The sample has a total of 32,000 students from the five age cohorts. The Growth Survey containsfull high school transcripts and extensive ability and achievement test results, but little information aboutpostsecondary activities.

High school transcripts (9th to 12th grade, and elementary school courses when available) are

available tor the 1969 graduates (Group 4). Transcripts included grades, credits, and course titles coded

using an independent five-digit code. They are available for 24 of the 27 high schools in the study, and

over 80% of transcripts were obtained from most schools. Some transcript information is available onover 6,000 members of the cohort.9

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6 Gcnovoclasefficstions were develmed tram ths SLIAdard Terminology fix" CioiricTadutriand in coon in Local anoStare Sc ' Systems: Handbook VI.7 Hilton somas L. °EIS Study of Academic Growth and Prediction', New Directions for Totting and Measuromer.Vol. 2. (1979):29.

Adelman, Op. cat9 Soo Cook, Martha A. Mashy Tape Documentation for the Group 4 and Group 2 Follow -up Samples from the Studyof Academic Prediction and Growth 1961. 1969 (Maryland, '11.. nter for Social Organization of Schools, JohnHopkins University, October 1978); 101.

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Project TALENT

Project TALENT :s a national longitudinal data base of students in high school in 1960. Thesample of over 400,000 young people was developed using a lational stratified probability sample ofhigh schools in 1960, acid included all students in grades 9 through 12 in those schools. Schoolselection was stratified bi region and type of school. Pubi lc school selections were further stratified bystudent retention rate and school size. Each of the four cohorts was sampled in 1960 and again 1 year,5 years and 11 years after the expected year of graduation from high school, creating a data based onthe high schooi classes of 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. AU student information in the Project TALENTdata base is drawn from student questionnaires. Unlike the National Education Longitudinal surveys,Project TALENT data were collected only by mail, resulting in low response [Wes to follow-up surveys.Small random surveys of non-respondents were conducted to assess tne bias caused by the lowresponse rate, and data can be weighted accordingly.

Project TALENT contains sots- reported high school curriculum program and partial course-takingmeasures. High school curriculum tracks were categorized as general, vocational (trade/industry),college, and agriculture. Students reported how many crodits they had taken ,n mathematics, science,foreiijn language, social studies, English, business, commercial, vocational/shop/agriculture. A creditwas defined as a semester length course. Courses were surveyed only in 1960, so course-taking dataincluded only 9th grade classes for the freshmen cohort, 9th and 10th for the sophomore cohort, 9ththrough 11th for the 1960 juniors, and 9th through 12th for the senior cohort. However, since ProjectTALENT did not include high school transcripts, it was not used in the time-series study.

Vocational Education Data System (VEDS)

Unlike the data sets used in this time-series report, which are samples of high school students,VEDS was a national census of the vocational enrollments of secondary, postsecondary, and adultstudents. VEDS was designed to provide accurate and complete information about secondaryvocational education in the United States, from enrollment statistics to data on the types and levels ofcourses being taught in schools across the country. These data were then to be used to allocate federal

vocational eduction monies to the states as well as to support research in vocational education.

VEDS we.s created in response to a Co igressional mandate to develop a data system thatgrovider.! policy-relevant inforrnatlon about vocationai irducaiion in the United States. VEDS first sta....ecl

collecting data in 1i;78, but it was abandoned several years later, in 1983, after failing to produceaccurate information of sufficient disaggregation to meet the needs of Congress and others interestedin vocational education policy.

The failure of VEDS was due largely to its ambitious scale. The VEDS sought to report enrollmentdata at the program level, enrollments of specific population subgroups such as disadvantaged andhandicapped students, and data on the spending of federal vocational education monies. To collectthese census data, classroom teachers, counselors, and school administrators were all asked to fill outnumerous forms, which were then collated and aggregated at the state level State level data was thenreported to the federal government. However, VEDS did not produce accurate data, and the combinedexpenditures of local, state, and federal agencies on these data were enormous.

The VEDS suffered from three basic problems. First, the data collected were not comparable fromstate to state, and produced misleading national totals when aggregated. Second, the data varied overtime in viays that were difficult t7 explain, so they could notbe used to describe trends over time. Third,the VEDS data from some states did not correspond to data collected from other sources in those samestates.10 Because of these problems, VEDS would not have been appropriate source of data for thistime-series analysis."

Other Prior Sources of Enrollment Data

The data sets described above are the best contemporary sources of enrollment data available,but concern about the quality and availability of vocational enrollment data did not emerge with theVEDS. Congress and others interested in vocational education policy have long sought reliableinformation on which to base and evaluate these policies. However, the transcript data presented in thisreport are probably the most consistent and accurate sources of national enrollment Information yetdeveloped. Three early data sources that collected vocational enrollment data prior to VEDS wereassessed in a report by the Project on National Vocational Education Resources (PONVER), and werefound wanting.12 The three data sets being evaluated were 1) information collected by the Bureau ofVocational and Adult Education (BOAE), 2) information produced by Project Baseline, and 3)

formation collected by System 437 under the administration of the Office of Planning, Budgeting, andaluation in the U.S. Office of Education.

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10 E. Gareth Hoachiander, Susan P. Choy. and Annette P. Lareau, From Prescriptive to Pertniesivt Planning: NewDirections for Vocational Education Policy, (Berkeley. California: MPR Associates, Inc., 1985). 30.11 Problems of accuracy are not avoided by relying on sampled transcript data. However, the smaller size of thedata collodion effort makes the kind of quality control problems cited here easier to handle. The same problemsassociated with a course labeled Auto Shop 1 in different school districuk exist but since the nuot of gchoril,sampled is relatively ritual, the agency or firm collecting the data can use the school catalogues to control for verydifferent course content. Thus sampling can actually provide more reliable detail even though there may be lessreal variation in the sample than in the population as a whole. Furthermore, with large. well-designed samplingframes, the statistics produced by the sampled data are very accurate.12 Charles S. Benson, E. Gareth Hoschlandor, and Bronia Lena Johnson, An Assessment of the Reliability andConsistency in Reporting 01 Vocational Education Data Available from National Information Systems. (P.oiea onNational Vocational Education Resources, Berkeley, California. 1980).

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The findings of that study are a dramatic counterpoint to the results of this time series study. ThePONVER report concluded that there was no agreement among the three data sets about the numberof students enroJed (variation as groat as t50% was corn on for individual states), none of the data settwere internally consistent over time, and none had collected data in a way that enabled observers 'oevaluate how successful Congressional policy oojectives had been. In contrast, we used four differentdata sets collected at different times and by different organizations, yet our results show a remarkable

consistency over the years. This consistency is largely attributable to two things: the first is the relatively

disaggregated level at which the data were reported (individual courses for individual students), and the

second is the consistent framework for organizing this information, the Secondary School Taxonomy.

These technical advances mean that results of this report can be used for evaluating changes in

patterns of enrollment. Thus these data proviOe for the first time a reliable source ci consistent

enrollment information that can be used for evaluating the success of federal policy objectives invocational education.

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APPENDIX IIITECHNICAL A oPENDIX TO TI-""

TIME SEHIES DATA HANDSC_

This technical appendix describes the procedures used to specify the sample of students

described in the tables, the procedures developed to make the samples consistent, and the weights

that were used to ensure that the data were nationally representative. In addition, this appendix briefly

discusses the Secondary School Taxonomy (SST) used for categorizing the transcript information, and

identifies inconsistencies between the different data sets with respect to the categorization scheme.

Sample Selection Rules and ReweightIng Procedures

This section describes the sample selection rules and, where appropriate, the reweighting

procedures used to ensure that the data are representative of high school graduates. Each data set is

described separately. However, three general rules were applied to each sample of students: 1) only

high school graduates were included in the analysis sample; 2) all graduates had to have completed

between 16 and 32 Carnegie Units (credits) in high school; and 3) all graduates had to have completed

at least some English over their four years in high school

High School and Beyond

The sample used in the High School and Beyond tables was drawn from the HS&B Sophomore

transcript file. This file contains 15,940 cases, of which 12,495 are graduates. In order to identity high

school graduates in the transcript file, we developed a -student types variable. This variable is a

composite of graduation status variables obtained from the first follow-up survey (FUSTTYPE), the

transcript survey (RESNLEFT), and the second follow-up survey (SY12). Students were classified as

graduates sequentially based on their classifications by these three variables. In cases where the three

variables agreed with respect to the student's graduation status, the student was classified accordingly.

Where there was disagreement among these variables, preference was given to second follow-up data

(SY12) because of its later date of collection and greater specificity. If this variable was missing,

preference was then given to transcript survey data (RESNLE7 -T); only when the student's graduation

status was ambiguous or missing from both of these surveys was the first follow-up variable (FUSTIYPE)

used to classify the case. Figure 111.1 Mu, rates the decision rules used to identify high school graduates.

The Nal Student Type (STDTYPE) variable contained eight categories: 1) early graduate, 2) regular

graduate, 3) late graduate. 4) still working, 5) drop out, 61 GED /night school, 7) unknownin school as

of the first follow-up, and 8) unknown --- transfer at the time of the first follow-up. Only students classified

Figure 111.1Sample Selection Rules for the High School and Bryond Transcript Sample

TranscriptSample

N- 15,940

Total Sampleof GraduatesN 12,495

NO(Delete)

in STDTYPE categories 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 were considered eligible for inclusion in the sample ofgraduates.

Two supplemental criteria were used to specify the sample for the High School and Beyondtables. First, in order to protect the Integrfty of the estimates of high school course-taking patterns, welimited out sample to those cases who had completed between 16 and 32 credits 8i high school.Second, students must have earned more than zero credits in English to be included in the sample.The credit requirement eliminated 942 cases from the sample, and the English limitation resulted inanother 19 cases being excluded from the sample. Table 111.1 shows the distribution of cases by theStudent Type variable and supplemental criteria.

TABLE 111.1DISTRIBUTION 1F CASES BY STUDENT TIPE

Stirlen Tie CategziesEarlyGrad

Reg.Grad

LateGrad

Still Drop GED/ Unknown UnknownWorking Out Night In School Transfer TOTAL

In Range

Out of Range/No English

Not Graduates

TOTAL

414

8 6

500

11651

540

12191

412

297

709

248

248

1752

1752

484

484

0

0

0

18

38

56

12495

961

2484

15940

Not applicable.

The sample was weighted using the transcript weight (TRWT), a varlatle included in the transcript

file. This weight corrects for both differential selection probabilities in the transcript sample resulting from

over-sampling of certain populations, and also for non-resoonse to the transcript survey.

National Longitudinal SurveyYouth Cohort

NLS Youth presented somewhat different problems than HS&B because of the way in which the

transcript sample was constructed. The transcript sample In NLS Youth contains 9,010 cases and was

based on the 1979 base year survey sample of 14 to 24 year olds, which contains a total of 12,686

cases. Unlike the transcript portion of HS&B. however, the NLS Youth transcript sample was not

representative of the population of 14 to 24 year olds since transcripts were only collected from

respondents who agreed to supply them; no Gffort was made to correct for non-response bias in the

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transcript study. In adaition, students in the NLS Youth sample had dates of graduation ranging from1971 to 1984, although the number of cases graduating In years prior to 1975 and after 1982 was verysmall. For purposes of the time saner analysis, we restricted our inquiry to the years 1975 through1982.

To uce the potential bias introduced into the transcript sample due to non-response, wedeveloped the following procedure to reweight the sample, of graduates. The first step in reweightingthe sample was to identify the total population of graduates in the NLS Youth cohort. Transcripts werenot supplied uniformly by the mernbres of the different weighting strata, so we could not assume thatthe disribution of graduates in the transcript sample was the same as in the total cohort. In fact, non-graduates were less !Doty to have supplied transcripts. Since certain strata were more likely to be non-graduates, reweighting the transcript sample to reflect the population of the total cohort would haveresulted in over-estimating the number of graduates from those strata that had disproportionately lowergraduation rates and lower rates of participation in the transcript study. By limiting our reweightingscheme to high school graduates. we were able to control for differential rates of graduation by strataand for differential rates of participation in the transcript survey.

In addition to non-2raduates being less likely to supply transcripts, students who graduated in theyears 1973 to 1978 or in 1282 were less likely to have supplied transcripts than students who graduatedin the years 1979 to 1981. Therefore our reweighting scheme was specified separately for eachgraduating class. This controlled for the differential rates of participation in the transcript sample by yearof graduation, so graduates with transcripts were only reweighted to reflect their own graduating class.

In order to derive a weighted estimate of the total number of graduates in the NLS-Youth cohort,two sets of variablesone drawn from self-report data and the other from the transcript datawere usedto identify high school graduates. The transcript sample contained two variables that could be used to

specify students' graduation status: 'Reason Left School' and "Last Year Attended This School." TheNLS Youth questionnaires also contained variables indicating whether students were graduates andtheir year of graduation. Each set of variables thus alit ved independent identification of high schoolgraduates. The fit between these two sets of variables was very good, but there were somediscrepancies. The algorithm for identifying the total number of graduates in the NLSY cohort tookthese discrepancies Into consideration.

The algorithm defined the total sample of graduates in the NLS Youth cohort as the sum of 1) all

graduates identified by the annual questionnaire items viho did not have transcripts, 2) all students who

were identified as graduates in the transcript sample, and 3) all students who were classified as missing

or as transfers in the transcript s3mple, who were :,71entifie as graduates in the que3tionnaire items, and

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Figure 111.2Selection Rules For the Total NLS Youth Cohort Sample of Graduates

NO(Delete)

NO(Delete)

NT-SYSample

N 12,686

1

NO(De)

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who had completed between 16 and 32 credits.1 These rules resulted in a total sample of 8,308graduates. The weights for these students were then summed within strata for each year of graduationusing the 1979 questionnaire weight to arrive at an estimate of the total number of graduates in the 14to 24 year old cohort. Figure 111.2 shows the selection rules for this cohort sample of graduatesgraPhicallY

The sample of graduates for the time series study was a subset of students for whom transcriptswere available. Students were included in the transcript sample if 1) they were classified by the ReasonLeft variable as being high school graduates, or 2) they were classified by the Reason Left variable astransfers or their graduation status was missing, and they were Identified as graduates in theQuestionnaire items. In all cases students had to have campletEl between 16 and 32 credits, and musthave completed more than zero English credits. Figure 1113 shows this selection process. The totalsample of students meeting these criteria contained 5,676 cases. We then summed the weights ofthese students within strata for each year of graduation, and then inflated these ,meights to approximatethe sum of weights for the sample of graduates in the total NLS Youth sample.

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TABLE 111.2DISTRIBUTION OF CASES BY REASON LEFT, 1975 TO 1982

Unknown Grads Transfers Expelled Dropout Other GED TOTAL

in Range


Not Graduates

TOTAL

196

29

225

5438

774

6212

42

114

156

9

9

1012

1012

193

193

444

444

5676

917

16` °.1

8251

Not Applicable.

1 These are relatively conservative decision rules. tf a student was identified as a graduate In the self-report ?tarnsand we had no transcript information about that student, we accepted the self - report. However, where, thetranscript disagreed with the self-report items, we retied on the transcripts. Only where the transcript detscripiiranwas imprecise (missing or transfer) did we supplement transcript information with the self-report information 4r.dthe credit rules.

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Figure 111.3Sample Selection Rules For the NLS Youth Transcrlpt Sample of Graduates

1.01Parsi warme

NLSYTranscript

SampleN 9,010

NO(Delete)

YES

NO(Delete)

YES

NO(Delete)

YES

Total Sampleof Gra& ate3

N 5,676

2 -)2

NO(Delete)

ETS Study of Academic Prediction and Growth

The ETS transcript study contained only graduates, so identification of the sample of high schoolgraduates was not a problem. However, unlike HSU; and NLS Youth, the ETS study was not a stratifiedsample designed to be representative of the population. Rather, the sample included data on studentsfrom 24 schools in 17 conununides. whichwere selected to vary by geographic iocation, school system

size, and the proportion of students continuing on to higher education. Also unlike HSI'S and Nu:Youth, on!), public school students are represented.

Despite weaknesses in the sample design, subsequent work with the ETS data has shown it to be

approximately representative of the population of high school graduates in 1969.2 However, none of

the largest metropolitan areas of the country are represented. In addition, because of problems with

incomplete transcripts, the South is underrepresented in the transcript sample.

The total sample of students with transcripts contains 6.117 cases. We limited the sample for the

time series analysis to those students who had completed between 16 and 32 credits and at least one

course in English in high school, a total of 5.637 cases.

The ETS sample contained no weights that could be used for approximating the total population

of graduates in 1969. However, we reweighted the sample by strata constructed of rec./ethnicity and

sex to correct for the attrition caused by !'uniting the sample to those with 16 to 32 total credits and some

amount of English. Although the final sample is not more representative than original transcript sample,

the biases are known and can therefore be taken into consideration in Interpretation of the data.Furthermore, by correcting for incomplete transcripts, we hope to correct for some of the regional bias in

the data We are reasonably confident that the total credits and credit breakdowns by auricular areas are

good approximations of the actual course-taking patterns for all students and for students by sex.

In ...rder to generate estimates of the total population of public high school graduates in 196S, we

relied on data published by the Center for Education c!atistics.3 We then used the estimates of the

proportions of students with various patterns of curricular participation to estimata the number ofstudents enrolled and the total number of course credits completed.

.2 Slott Thomas L Hilton, 'ETS Study of Academic Growth and Prediction." Now Dirotctioris for Testing andMeasuretnant. Vol. 2 (1979), 29.3 Martin M. Frankel. and Debra E. Gerald, ProjectkIrs of E.."..--ation Statistics to 1988.1989, National Center forEducation Statistics. U.S. Department of Education (1980), 61.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) high school transcript data file contains34,140 cases, of which 28,473 are high school graduates. The sampling frame for this data set was allhigh school students who were juniors. in 1986; hence, the sample includes those students whograduated as part of the high school class 011987.

Like the HS&B sample, NAEP is a highly stratified, clustered sample that can be used to denyenational estimates of the course taking patterns of high school students. However, unlike HS&B, NLSY,and ETS, the NAEP sample explicitly included students with physical, emotional, and/or mentaldisabilities. These students were not necessarily excluded from the from the other samples, but nospecial effort was made to ensure that they were included. In addition, special education courses wereexplicitly designated as such in the NAEP transcript file; to make the NAEP course taxonomy consistentwith those of the other data sets, special education courses were Integrated into the taxonomy of

courses as if they were non-special education courses.4 These were important differences in thesamples, and thus entailed special procedures to make the NAEP sample consistent with the samples inother three data sets.

The first step in specifying the NAEP transcript alatySiS sample was to restrict it to high schoolgraduates only. The variable 'Student Exit Status" (EXSTAT) was used to distinguish betweengratuates and non-graduates. Students classified as regular (code 1) or honors (code 2) gradt:ates, and

students whose exit status was classiCed as "Other" (code 7) were eligible for inclusion in the sample ofgraduates. The sample was then limited to those graduates who had completed between 16 and 32

credits and who showed positive English credits, as we had done with the other data sets. Students

from the 'other categc y were included so that transfers and other graduates (such as late graduates)

not explicitly identified as such would not be excluded from the sample. Students who were explicitly

described as recipients of special education diplomas were excluded from the sample because they had

no counterparts in the other data sets. Table 1113 shows the distnbution of cases in the transcript sample

by their exit status, and Figure 111.4 graphically illustrates the decision rules used to limit the transcriptsample to high school graduates.

4 This strategy is consistent with the procedures used by NORC in coding the HS&B course data. and shouldtherefore produce estimates that are consistent with HUB. This procedure also explains the small number ofcredits completed in the special education curriculum.

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Figure 111.4Sample Selection RUIIIS for the NAEP Graduate Sample

iTranscript

SampleN 34,140

Total Sampleof GraduatesN . 26,473

II1-10

a15

NO(Delete)

111=1M11111-14..

'ABLE 111.3DISTRIBUTION OF CASES BY STUDENT EXIT STATUS

A

SLCkILEZLSUILILr.Z=fif:2L._._Standard Honors SpecialDiploma Diploma Ed. Dipi. Certificate Still In Dropout Other TOTAL

In Range


Not Graduates

TOTAL

24,452 941 1,330 26,723

637 4 328 969

. 182 2,502 2,109 1,655 6,448

328 182 2,502 2,109 2,985 34,14025,089 945

The sample was weighted using the 'Final Usable Transcript-Linked Student Weight'(FiNSTUWT). This weight corrects for unequal probabilities of selection at the school and individual

level, sample non-response, trimming factors, and post-stratification adjustments.

Constructed Classification Variables

Two row classification variables were constructed from transcript data for use In these tables: high

school grade point average (HS GPA) and Grade Level (the year in which the credits were earned). Each

course in the transcript files was stored with several pieces of information, including the course grade

and the year in which the course was taken. C(Iursc grades were standardized on a four-point scale in

which a 4.0 . A, 3.0 8, 2.0 C, 1.0 . 0, and 0 is a fairing grade. To construct HS GPA, we calculated

each student's grade point average, and students we-4 then categorized based on the followingalgorithm:

Mostly A .3.3 S GPAMostly im 2.6 s GPA s 3.29Mostly C .1.6 S GPA s 2.59Below C GPA 1.59

The grade level variable was constructed from Vile taxonomy file, which was created to reflect

courses taken in each year. Stored as part of the information available for each course was the grade ill

which the student took the course. This information was used to construct what were essentially

separate taxonomies for each grade; these taxonomies could then be aggregated to reflect participation

in the high school curriculum over all four years. The grade level variable. then, is really the total

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taxonomy for each year in which students were enrolled. However, to ensure that enrollment estimates

were consistent from year to year, average credits were calculated by dividing total credits by the wholepopulation of students represented in the sample, whethJr or not uiey had participated in each of thefour yeas of high school.

Accuracy of Estimates

The :satisfies in this report are estimates derived from samples. Two broad categories of erroroccur in such estimates: sampling and nonsampling errors. Sampling errors happen becauseobservations are made only on samples of students, not on entire populations. Nonsampling errorshappen not only in surveys of sample groups but also in complete censuses of entire populations.

Nonsampling e Tors can be attributed to a number of sources: inability to obtain completeinformation about all students in all schools in the sample (some students or schools refused to

participate, or students participated but answered only certain items); ambiguous definitions;differences in interpreting questions; inability or unwillingness to give correct information; mistakes in

recording or coding data; and other errors of collecting, processing, sampling, and estimating missingdata.

The accuracy of these estimates is determined by the effect of sampling and nonsampling errors.In surveys with sample sizes as large as those used here, sarriplins errors generally are not the primary

concern, except where separate estimates are made for relatively small subpopulations such as Asian-Americans or Native Americans. Small s. rip!e sizes were not usually a problem in these tables, although

some of the variables with numerous categor,,-ssuch as race by sex, and the other multipleclassification variablescoulu not be estimated In the year by year tables for NLSY.

The nonsampling errors are difficult to estimate. The major sources of nonsampling errorconsidered were nonresponse bias and the reliability and validity of the data. The instrument response

rates varied substantially by data set. In general, Letter data were available for factual items such as sex

and race, while questions requiring the student to describe things like parents' income were lessacs. -ate. The weights used to calculate the estimates reported here were constructed to compensate

for instrument nonresponse. None of the weighting schemes corrected for item non-response. Missing

values for individual items were ignored, unless the problem was severe. Because of occasional missing

items for a limited number of individuals, the unweighted n will not always sum to the total number of

cases in the sample for some variables. in cases of severe item non-response, the item was not used.

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Standard errors and unv.eighted Ns are not reported in this data handbook, although they were

calculated as part of the tabulated data that went into these formatted tables. standard errors could notbe calculated using simple statistical procedures because of the complex designs of the data samples:

standard routines would tend to underestimate the magnitude of the standard errors. A SAS routine

called COCTAEI, developed by C. Dennis Carroll at the National Center for Education Statistics, which

uses Taylor series approximation techniques, was used to estimate correct standard errors for thesestatistics.

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APPENDIX IVSECONDARY Sr-3-1001_ TAXONOMY

The courses from each transcript data set were organized Into the framework of the SecondarySchool Taxonomy (SST). This taxonomy was developed for organizing transcript data into four differentcurricula: academic, vocational, personal/other, and special education. To the extent posstle, the level

or difficulty of the course was specified in the taxonomic categories within each curriculum. For example,within the academic curriculum courses are categorized as basic, regular. advar.ced placement, or asspecialized topics. This last category includes primarily more advanced courses within a designatedsubject area, but it also includes courses that could not be accurately identified as fitting into one of theother categories. In the vocational curriculum courses are designated as the first course in a sequence,

second or higher course in a sequence, or as specialized topics. Any courses that could clearly bedifferentiated by their placement in a sequence were included in the spetick sequence categories;

again, the specialized topics category includes primarily courses that are advanced, but this category

also includes courses whose levels could not be determined.

The SST was first developed using the High School and Beyond data set) The HS&B course

name. and codes were highly differentiated, which enabled quite predrill placement of courses in thetaxonomy. However, this extensive differentiation was not c.rnsistent across all of the data sets. Several

NLS-Youth course titles were often aggregated as a single course code; in several cases these course

titles were distinguished separately in HS&B and were placed in different parts of the taxonomy. As a

result, there were a number of inconsistencies in the time-series data that are not indicative of different

patterns of course-taking, but are a function of inconsistencies in the way courses were coded in theoriginal transcript data sets.

Table IV.1 shows tnat there were efferences in the number of vocational course creditscor plated in 1982 when the estimates are made using HS&B or NLS-Youth. The NLS-Youth estimate

she vs that students took an average of 4.9 vocational credits, while HS&B shows that studentscorr feted an average of 4.4 vocational credits. At least half of this discrepancy is a function cf the way in

wt, n courses were aggregated in the different data sets. Several courses that were differentiable in

HS&B and placed in different curricula were originally coded as a single course nt. nber it NLS-Youth.

1 The original SST vr.3 developed for the National Assessment by Cynthia L Brown, E. Gareth Hoachlander. andRobert H. Meyer, with the assistance of National Assessment Staff, staff of the NAVE Support Center (VESAC),and an external review panel, Subsequent versions of the SST for the other data se:s were developed byAntoin4aa Gifford, John Turns, and Robert H. Meyer. These taxonomies will be published separativy as a report ofthe National Assessment.

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That course fit best in the General Labor Market Preparation' category.2 However, this meant that credits

earned in the personal/other curriculum in HS&B were shown as being earned in the vocationalcurriculum In NLS-Youth. The average number of gedits earned in the personal/other curriculum wasestimated to be 2.8 in HS&B and 2.6 in NLS-Youth. Since courses that were classified one way in HS&Bhad to be classified In another way in NLS-Youth because of the way they had been aggregated in theoriginal data, credit discrepancies were largely a function of the way courses were classir- J.3 This

conclusion is supported by the fad that the total number of credits earned on average in both data setsfor 1982 is 'he same, 21.6.

Table IV.1Average Credits Completed In 1982 as Tabulated

In HS&B and NLSY by Curriculum0.E=MM/M../IMff!.1MMEND

Personal/Total Academic Vocational Other

NLSY 21.6 14.1 4,9 2.6HS&B 21.6 14.5 4.4 2.8

The separate curricula may not sum to the total clue to rounding.

One other course coding discrepancy was identified In courses within the science area of the

academic curriculum. In HS&B, -Introduction to Physical Science" was classified as a Basic science

course; in NLS-Youth, this course was aggregated with 'Physics 1." Since Physics 1 was the rrimary

course descriptor, it was classified as a physics course in NLS-Youth, even though the introductory

course was included in this single course code. The result is that the estimate of credits completed in

physics in NLS-Youth is considerably higher than the estimate in HS &B. 0.41 compared to 0.17.

However, the total number of credits earned in science on average in 1982 was 2.3 in NLS-Youth and

2.2 in HS&B, suggesting that the mis- classification of course:. within the science curriculum accounts

for the discrepancy in the physics area.

2 In HSSEI, me following courses were included : the personaUother curriculum: CPR and First Aid,Citizenahip/Clvics, School Service, Assemblynudent Government, Tutoring, and Community Involvement. InNLS-Youth, Pe equivalents of these coursesA/clone*, Work, Community Service, Teaching Assistant, andAmerican Red Crosswere classified as one course number with Work Experience and On-the-Job Training,courses; that are dearly related to work experience. Therefore the whole course number was classified as WorkExperience/Career Exploration, even though *Pre of the courses aggregated as part of this number warsduelled elsewhere In NSIAS.3 We tried tst use estimates of the course-taking activity In HUE) for the specific courses that we could Identify asbeing mis-classiried in NLS-Youth, and to then use these estimates to develop factors that could be used to adjustthe number of credits earned in the different curricula. This effort proved to be exceptionally difficult, since adifferent factor was needed to adjust the estimates for each year in NLS-Youth, and ideally, a separate factorwould be needed for each classification variable. The effort was abandoned when we realized that all e thisefactors would have to be extrapolated from one data year (1982), and that this extrapolation required assumptionsabout the distribution of cases within the sample that could not be sustained.

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Such discrepancies were not a problem with the ETS, HS&B, and NAEP data sets. Like HS&B,the ETS transcript file did not aggregate courses within a single course number. The ETS file did notcontain as many course titles as HS&B, but this could be a function of increasing diterentiation withinthe high school curriculum over time. Furtharrnore, the two data sets ars separated by so many yearsthat it is difficult to draw any conclusions about discrepancies in the estimates of averace course creditscompleted by students. The NAEP taxonomy of courses was developed from the same Classification of

Secondary School CeYirses (CSSC) as the HS&B taxonomy. The NAEP taxonomy, however, contained

even greater differentiation of courses than the HUB taxonomy. particularly In the vocational subjects.

In order to take advantage of this detail, we reclassified courses within subject areas to more accurately

reflect differentiation between first and second or later courses In a sequence. In general, this meant

reclassifying a course that was originally classnied in the Society category of the vocational curriculumas courses in the First Course, and Second Course or Later categories. These differences thereforewould not alter the relationship between curricula or between subject areas: they milht. however,change the distribution of credits within a subject area.

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