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Table 131. Scholastic Assessment Test score averages for college-bound seniors, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1986-87 to 2002-03

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                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |                  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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