The scores, being released today, show that the achievement gap between the top-scoring students — Asians and whites — and the lowest scoring — African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians — has grown slightly between 2007 and 2011.
• for whites, 22.1 in 2007 to 22.4 in 2011
• for African Americans, the score remained at 17 for both years
2011 ACT scores show problems with college readiness - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
There isn't one piece of data that shows whites and blacks as equal...Honestly, there's at least
solid data in support of my belief system, while none for yours.
Here is a chart from 2006-2010 of Whites, Asians, blacks, meso's
(ACT)
Average ACT Composite Test Scores by Race/Ethnicity, 2006
This shows the gap staying between 21-29 points.
http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library...ar-old-students
Gap at age 17
increased. Which is most important when dealing with people going towards a higher education.
SAT scores for 2006
Whites
Reading-527, Math-536, Writing-519
Blacks
Reading-434, Math-429, Writing-428
SAT scores for 2007
Whites
Reading-527, Math-534, Writing-518
Blacks
Reading-433, Math-429, Writing-425
Average SAT Scores, 1972?2007 ? Infoplease.com
SAT Ethnic Group Scores (Math/Verbal+total)
• African American-----426/431 (857)
• White-----534/529 (1063)
ACT
• African American ----16.9
• Caucasian---- 21.7
http://www.blackexcel.org/06-sat-act...-ethnicity.htm
Quote from attached SAT/ACT article:
"Readiness for college science and math coursework was particularly low among
African American students. Only 5 percent of African American test-takers scored
at or above the college-readiness benchmark for college biology, and just 10
percent attained the readiness benchmark for college algebra. Ferguson said
Black students were less likely than others to take tough, college-prep courses
and "often don't receive the information and guidance they need to properly plan
for college."
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Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with minority teenagers performing at academic levels equal to or lower than those of 30 years ago.
On average, African-American and Latino high school seniors perform math and read at the same level as 13-year-old white students.
http://americaswire.org/drupal7/?q=content...ls-30-years-ago