The Status of Economics in the High School Curriculum

The data used in this study came from the 1994 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) (National Center for Education Statistics, 1998). The HSTS contains an analysis of the transcripts of approximately 25,000 students who graduated from high school in 1994, the most recent year the data were collected. The transcripts were obtained from a nationally representative sample of 340 schools and were weighted to show the course enrollments nationwide. For comparative purposes, the HSTS also provides estimates of courses taken in 1982, 1987, and 1990.