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                           |               Number                 ||        Standard deviation
       Type of test        |______________________________________||_____________________________
                           |1995|1997|1998|1999 |2000 |2001 |2002 ||1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002 
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             1             | 2  | 3  | 4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  || 9  | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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Participants:              |    |    |    |     |     |     |     ||    |    |    |    |    |
  Total (in thousands) ....| 945| 959| 995|1,019|1,065|1,070|1,116||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
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                           |           Average test score\1\      ||
                           |______________ _____ _________________||_______________________________
  Composite, total ........|20.8|21.0|21.0| 21.0| 21.0| 21.0| 20.8|| 4.7| 4.7| 4.7| 4.7| 4.7| 4.8
    Male ..................|21.0|21.1|21.2| 21.1| 21.2| 21.1| 20.9|| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 5.0
    Female ................|20.7|20.8|20.9| 20.9| 20.9| 20.9| 20.7|| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| 4.7
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English, total ............|20.2|20.3|20.4| 20.5| 20.5| 20.5| 20.2|| 5.4| 5.4| 5.5| 5.5| 5.6| 5.8
  Male ....................|19.8|19.9|19.9| 20.0| 20.0| 20.0| 19.7|| 5.4| 5.4| 5.5| 5.6| 5.6| 5.8
  Female ..................|20.6|20.7|20.8| 20.9| 20.9| 20.8| 20.6|| 5.4| 5.4| 5.5| 5.5| 5.6| 5.7
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Mathematics, total ........|20.2|20.6|20.8| 20.7| 20.7| 20.7| 20.6|| 5.0| 5.1| 5.0| 5.0| 5.0| 5.0
  Male ....................|20.9|21.3|21.5| 21.4| 21.4| 21.4| 21.2|| 5.2| 5.3| 5.2| 5.2| 5.2| 5.3
  Female ..................|19.7|20.1|20.2| 20.2| 20.2| 20.2| 20.1|| 4.7| 4.8| 4.7| 4.8| 4.7| 4.8
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Reading, total ............|21.3|21.3|21.4| 21.4| 21.4| 21.3| 21.1|| 6.1| 6.0| 6.0| 6.1| 6.0| 6.1
  Male ....................|21.1|21.2|21.1| 21.1| 21.2| 21.1| 20.9|| 6.1| 6.2| 6.1| 6.1| 6.1| 6.3
  Female ..................|21.4|21.5|21.6| 21.6| 21.5| 21.5| 21.3|| 6.0| 5.9| 5.9| 6.0| 6.0| 6.1
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Science reasoning, total ..|21.0|21.1|21.1| 21.0| 21.0| 21.0| 20.8|| 4.7| 4.6| 4.5| 4.5| 4.6| 4.6
  Male ....................|21.6|21.7|21.8| 21.5| 21.6| 21.6| 21.3|| 4.9| 4.9| 4.8| 4.8| 4.9| 4.9
  Female ..................|20.5|20.6|20.6| 20.6| 20.6| 20.6| 20.4|| 4.4| 4.3| 4.2| 4.3| 4.3| 4.3
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                           |                 Percent              || 
                           |__________________________ _____ _____||____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Obtaining composite        |    |    |    |     |     |     |     ||    |    |    |    |    |
  scores of--              |    |    |    |     |     |     |     ||    |    |    |    |    |
27 or above\2\.............|  12|  10|  10|   10|   10|   10|   10||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
18 or below\3\.............|  35|  26|  25|   25|   25|   25|   27||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
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Planned major field of     |    |    |    |     |     |     |     ||    |    |    |    |    |
  of study                 |    |    |    |     |     |     |     ||    |    |    |    |    |
  Business\4\ .............|  13|  12|  12|   12|   11|   11|   10||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
  Engineering\5\ ..........|   8|   8|   8|    8|    8|    7|    7||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
  Social science\6\ .......|   9|   9|   9|    9|    9|    9|    8||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
  Education\7\ ............|   8|   9|   9|    9|    9|    8|    8||  † |  † |  † |  † |  † |  †
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