Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) score averages, by race/ethnicity: 1986-87 to 2000-01

Table 134.

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                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |                   Score change
   Racial/ethnic    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |____________________________________________________
     background     |1986-|1990-|1995-|1996-|1997-|1998-|1999-|2000-|1986-87|1990-91 |1995-96|1996-97| 1998-99 |1999-2000
                    | 87  | 91  | 96  | 97  | 98  | 99  |2000 | 01  |  to   |   to   |  to   |  to   |   to    |   to
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |1996-97|2000-01 |1996-97|1997-98|1999-2000| 2000-01
____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|________|_______|_______|_________|_________
         1          |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10   |   11   |  12   |  13   |   14    |   15
____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|________|_______|_______|_________|_________
     SAT-Verbal     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |        |       |       |         |
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |        |       |       |         |
  All students .....| 507 | 499 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 506 |    -2 |      7 |     0 |     0 |       0 |       1
                    |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|________|_______|_______|_________|_________
White ..............| 524 | 518 | 526 | 526 | 526 | 527 | 528 | 529 |     2 |     11 |     0 |     0 |       1 |       1
Black ..............| 428 | 427 | 434 | 434 | 434 | 434 | 434 | 433 |     6 |      6 |     0 |     0 |       0 |      -1
Hispanic or Latino .| 464 | 458 | 465 | 466 | 461 | 463 | 461 | 460 |     2 |      2 |     1 |    -5 |      -2 |      -1
Mexican American ...| 457 | 454 | 455 | 451 | 453 | 453 | 453 | 451 |    -6 |     -3 |    -4 |     2 |       0 |      -2
Puerto Rican .......| 436 | 436 | 452 | 454 | 452 | 455 | 456 | 457 |    18 |     21 |     2 |    -2 |       1 |       1
Asian American .....| 479 | 485 | 496 | 496 | 498 | 498 | 499 | 501 |    17 |     16 |     0 |     2 |       1 |       2
American Indian ....| 471 | 470 | 483 | 475 | 480 | 484 | 482 | 481 |     4 |     11 |    -8 |     5 |      -2 |      -1
Other ..............| 480 | 486 | 511 | 512 | 511 | 511 | 508 | 503 |    32 |     17 |     1 |    -1 |      -3 |      -5
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |        |       |       |         |
  SAT-Mathematical  |=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=====|=======|========|=======|=======|=========|=========
                    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |        |       |       |         |
  All students .....| 501 | 500 | 508 | 511 | 512 | 511 | 514 | 514 |    10 |     14 |     3 |     1 |       3 |       0
                    |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|________|_______|_______|_________|_________
White ..............| 514 | 513 | 523 | 526 | 528 | 528 | 530 | 531 |    12 |     18 |     3 |     2 |       2 |       1
Black ..............| 411 | 419 | 422 | 423 | 426 | 422 | 426 | 426 |    12 |      7 |     1 |     3 |       4 |       0
Hispanic or Latino .| 462 | 462 | 466 | 468 | 466 | 464 | 467 | 465 |     6 |      3 |     2 |    -2 |       3 |      -2
Mexican American ...| 455 | 459 | 459 | 458 | 460 | 456 | 460 | 458 |     3 |     -1 |    -1 |     2 |       4 |      -2
Puerto Rican .......| 432 | 439 | 445 | 447 | 447 | 448 | 451 | 451 |    15 |     12 |     2 |     0 |       3 |       0
Asian American .....| 541 | 548 | 558 | 560 | 562 | 560 | 565 | 566 |    19 |     18 |     2 |     2 |       5 |       1
American Indian ....| 463 | 468 | 477 | 475 | 483 | 481 | 481 | 479 |    12 |     11 |    -2 |     8 |       0 |      -2
Other ..............| 482 | 492 | 512 | 514 | 514 | 511 | 515 | 512 |    32 |     20 |     2 |     0 |       4 |      -3
____________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|________|_______|_______|_________|_________

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, various years. (Copyright @ 2001 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared August 2001.)

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