High School Transcript Study User's Guide and Technical Report, 2005

摘要

This technical report documents the procedures used to collect and summarize data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2005). Chapters detail the sampling of schools and graduates (chapters 2 and 3), data collection procedures (chapter 4), data processing procedures (chapter 5), and weighting procedures (chapter 6). Chapter 7 describes the HSTS 2005 data files and codebooks that are encompassed by this report. Appendices A through J contain the HSTS 2005 data collection and documentation forms, and appendices K through M contain the associated National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 study questionnaires. Appendix N contains information concerning nonresponse bias associated with creating the HSTS weights. Appendix O describes the Classification of Secondary School Courses (CSSC), which was used to code the courses on the HSTS 2005 transcripts, and provides a complete listing of CSSC codes. The codebooks for all of the HSTS 2005 restricted-use data files are in appendices P through W. A glossary of terms is in appendix X.