Scholastic Assessment Test score averages, by race/ethnicity: 1986-87 to 1997-98

Table 134

Scholastic Assessment Test\1\ score averages, by race/ethnicity: 1986-87 to 1997-98

____________________________________________________________________________________________
                    |       |       |       |       |       |          Score change
   Racial/ethnic    |       |       |       |       |       |_______________________________
     background     |1986-87|1987-88|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1986-87|1995-96|1987-88|1996-97
                    |       |       |       |       |       |  to   |  to   |       |  to
                    |       |       |       |       |       |1996-97|1996-97|1997-98|1997-98
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
         1          |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
     SAT-Verbal     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  All students .....|   507 |   505 |   505 |   505 |   505 |    -2 |     0 |     0 |     0
                    |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
White ..............|   524 |   522 |   526 |   526 |   526 |     2 |     0 |     4 |     0
Black ..............|   428 |   429 |   434 |   434 |   434 |     6 |     0 |     5 |     0
Hispanic or Latino .|   464 |   463 |   465 |   466 |   461 |     2 |     1 |    -2 |    -5
Mexican American ...|   457 |   459 |   455 |   451 |   453 |    -6 |    -4 |    -6 |     2
Puerto Rican .......|   436 |   431 |   452 |   454 |   452 |    18 |     2 |    21 |    -2
Asian American .....|   479 |   482 |   496 |   496 |   498 |    17 |     0 |    16 |     2
American Indian ....|   471 |   471 |   483 |   475 |   480 |     4 |    -8 |     9 |     5
Other ..............|   480 |   485 |   511 |   512 |   511 |    32 |     1 |    26 |    -1
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  SAT-Mathematical  |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  All students .....|   501 |   501 |   508 |   511 |   512 |    10 |     3 |    11 |     1
                    |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
White ..............|   514 |   514 |   523 |   526 |   528 |    12 |     3 |    14 |     2
Black ..............|   411 |   418 |   422 |   423 |   426 |    12 |     1 |     8 |     3
Hispanic or Latino .|   462 |   463 |   466 |   468 |   466 |     6 |     2 |     3 |    -2
Mexican American ...|   455 |   460 |   459 |   458 |   460 |     3 |    -1 |     0 |     2
Puerto Rican .......|   432 |   434 |   445 |   447 |   447 |    15 |     2 |    13 |     0
Asian American .....|   541 |   541 |   558 |   560 |   562 |    19 |     2 |    21 |     2
American Indian ....|   463 |   466 |   477 |   475 |   483 |    12 |    -2 |    17 |     8
Other ..............|   482 |   487 |   512 |   514 |   514 |    32 |     2 |    27 |     0
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

\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 1998. Copyright @ 1998 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared August 1999.)

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