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Figure 15.1b. |
Average SAT scores for the 12th-grade SAT test-taking population, by subject and race/ethnicity: 2008 |
NOTE: Data are for seniors who took the SAT any time during their high school years
through March of their senior year. If a student took a test more than once, the
most recent score was used. The SAT was formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment
Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range
from 200 to 800. The critical reading section was formerly known as the verbal section.
Test-takers were asked to self-identify a single racial/ethnic group. Race categories
exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: The College Board, College Bound Seniors, 2008.
