Table 131. | Scholastic Assessment Test score averages for college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986-87 to 2002-03 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Score change Racial/ethnic | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________________ background |1986-|1990-|1995-|1996-|1999-|2000-|2001-|2002-|1986-87|1990-91|1995-96|1999-20|2000-01|2001-02 | 87 | 91 | 96 | 97 |2000 | 01 | 02 | 03 | to | to | to | to | to | to | | | | | | | | |1996-97|2000-01|1996-97|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ SAT-Verbal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All students .....| 507| 499| 505| 505| 505| 506| 504| 507| -2| 7| 0| 1| -2| 3 |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ White ..............| 524| 518| 526| 526| 528| 529| 527| 529| 2| 11| 0| 1| -2| 2 Black ..............| 428| 427| 434| 434| 434| 433| 430| 431| 6| 6| 0| -1| -3| 1 Hispanic or Latino .| 464| 458| 465| 466| 461| 460| 458| 457| 2| 2| 1| -1| -2| -1 Mexican American ...| 457| 454| 455| 451| 453| 451| 446| 448| -6| -3| -4| -2| -5| 2 Puerto Rican .......| 436| 436| 452| 454| 456| 457| 455| 456| 18| 21| 2| 1| -2| 1 Asian American .....| 479| 485| 496| 496| 499| 501| 501| 508| 17| 16| 0| 2| 0| 7 American Indian ....| 471| 470| 483| 475| 482| 481| 479| 480| 4| 11| -8| -1| -2| 1 Other ..............| 480| 486| 511| 512| 508| 503| 502| 501| 32| 17| 1| -5| -1| -1 |=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|======= SAT-Mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All students .....| 501| 500| 508| 511| 514| 514| 516| 519| 10| 14| 3| 0| 2| 3 |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ White ..............| 514| 513| 523| 526| 530| 531| 533| 534| 12| 18| 3| 1| 2| 1 Black ..............| 411| 419| 422| 423| 426| 426| 427| 426| 12| 7| 1| 0| 1| -1 Hispanic or Latino .| 462| 462| 466| 468| 467| 465| 464| 464| 6| 3| 2| -2| -1| 0 Mexican American ...| 455| 459| 459| 458| 460| 458| 457| 457| 3| -1| -1| -2| -1| 0 Puerto Rican .......| 432| 439| 445| 447| 451| 451| 451| 453| 15| 12| 2| 0| 0| 2 Asian American .....| 541| 548| 558| 560| 565| 566| 569| 575| 19| 18| 2| 1| 3| 6 American Indian ....| 463| 468| 477| 475| 481| 479| 483| 482| 12| 11| -2| -2| 4| -1 Other ..............| 482| 492| 512| 514| 515| 512| 514| 513| 32| 20| 2| -3| 2| -1 ____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
NOTE: Scholastic Assessment Test was formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, selected years 1986-87 through 2002-03. (Copyright © 2003 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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