Table E-28-1.  Percentage of high school seniors who took or planned to take college preparatory and/or entrance examinations, by type of examination, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2004

Sex and race/ethnicity	College Board Preliminary SAT (PSAT)		SAT or ACT
Total	56.5		81.9
Sex
Male	53.0		78.6
Female	60.0		85.3
Race/ethnicity
White	58.9		84.2
Black	54.0		83.6
Hispanic	45.6		71.3
Asian	70.1		88.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	56.6		72.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	43.7		67.3
Two or more races	56.3		78.9
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	54.9		80.3
Black	53.1		82.7
Hispanic	42.9		67.7
Asian	63.4		83.4
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	58.1		70.5
American Indian/Alaska Native	36.0		66.5
Two or more races	53.1		76.1
Female
White	62.9		88.1
Black	54.9		84.5
Hispanic	48.1		74.7
Asian	77.3		92.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	54.5		68.2
Two or more races	59.3		81.6

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

NOTE: Estimates were weighted by F1QWT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/2004), "Base-Year, 2002" and "First Follow-up, 2004."