Table 10

Trends in average GPA, overall and by course type, various high school graduation cohorts, 1990–2009

High School Graduation Year
1990 1994 1998 2000 2005 2009
Course Type
Core Academic 2.47 2.57 2.69 2.73 2.77 2.79
Other Academic 2.83 2.94 3.03 3.09 3.12 3.14
Other 3.03 3.16 3.26 3.31 3.36 3.39
Overall 2.68 2.79 2.69 2.73 2.77 2.79
Core Academic Courses
English 2.52 2.63 2.74 2.77 2.82 2.85
Mathematics 2.34 2.44 2.56 2.6 2.63 2.65
Science 2.39 2.5 2.62 2.67 2.69 2.7
Social Studies 2.56 2.67 2.79 2.83 2.88 2.89
Economic Policy Institute

Source: Adapted from Figure 8 and Figure 9, Nord et al. (2011).

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