A Report on SAT Scores

A record 37 percent of the 1.4 million college-bound seniors who took the SAT exam last school year were minorities—up from 31 percent in 1994—and the percentage of first-generation college-bound seniors grew to 38 percent of all testers, 53 percent of black testers, and 69 percent of Hispanic testers.

In addition, despite this challenge, the average score remained unchanged from 2003: 1026 out of 1600. At the same time, minority students did not keep pace with their white peers, whose 2004 score was 1059, 20 points higher than in 1994. African-American students' scored 857, an eight point improvement over the decade. Mexican-American students' scored 909, a three point improvement over the decade. After Asian students, American Indian students showed the best 10-year improvement: 28 points.

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