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Scholastic Assessment Test\1\ score averages, by
race/ethnicity: 1987, 1996, and 1997
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Racial/ethnic | | | | |
background | 1987 | 1996 | 1997 |Change,| Change,
| | | |1987 to|1996 to
| | | |1997 |1997
____________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
____________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|_________
SAT-Verbal | | | | |
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All students .....| 507 | 505 | 505 | -2 | 0
|_________|_________|_________|_______|_________
White ..............| 524 | 526 | 526 | 2 | 0
Black ..............| 428 | 434 | 434 | 6 | 0
Hispanic or Latino .| 464 | 465 | 466 | 2 | 1
Mexican American ...| 457 | 455 | 451 | -6 | -4
Puerto Rican .......| 436 | 452 | 454 | 18 | 2
Asian American .....| 479 | 496 | 496 | 17 | 0
American Indian ....| 471 | 483 | 475 | 4 | -8
Other ..............| 480 | 511 | 512 | 32 | 1
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SAT-Mathematical |=========|=========|=========|=======|=========
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All students .....| 501 | 508 | 511 | 10 | 3
|_________|_________|_________|_______|_________
White ..............| 514 | 523 | 526 | 12 | 3
Black ..............| 411 | 422 | 423 | 12 | 1
Hispanic or Latino .| 462 | 466 | 468 | 6 | 2
Mexican American ...| 455 | 459 | 458 | 3 | -1
Puerto Rican .......| 432 | 445 | 447 | 15 | 2
Asian American .....| 541 | 558 | 560 | 19 | 2
American Indian ....| 463 | 477 | 475 | 12 | -2
Other ..............| 482 | 512 | 514 | 32 | 2
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\1\Formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
NOTE.--Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to
800.
SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on
College-Bound Seniors, 1997. (Copyright @1997 by the College
Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table
was prepared September 1998.)
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