Cynthia Lanius
GirlTECH: Girls and Science 2000

What Can We Learn From
1999 SAT STATS?

**SAT Program Test Takers**
				SAT I Mean Scores
	Male	Female	Total	Verbal	Math
All Students with Either SAT I or SAT II Scores	567,219	661,507	1,228,726	--	--
Students with SAT I Scores	562,911	657,219	1,220,130	505	511
Students with SAT II Scores	110,070	127,787	237,857	--	--
Students with Both SAT I and SAT II Scores	105,762	123,499	229,261	596	614

**SAT I Mean Scores for Males, Females, and Total by Ethnic Group**
	SAT I Verbal
	Mean Scores
SAT I Test Takers Who Described Themselves as:	Male	Female	Total
American Indian or Alaskan Native	486	481	484
Asian, Asian American, or Pacific Islander	502	495	498
African American or Black	432	435	434
Hispanic or Latino Background:
Mexican or Mexican American	459	448	453
Puerto Rican	462	450	455
Other Hispanic or Latino	471	457	463
White	531	524	527
Other	515	508	511
No Response	493	490	492

	SAT I Math
	Mean Scores
SAT I Test Takers Who Described Themselves as:	Male	Female	Total
American Indian or Alaskan Native	499	467	481
Asian, Asian American, or Pacific Islander	579	541	560
Black or African American	434	415	422
Hispanic or Latino Background:
Mexican or Mexican American	476	441	456
Puerto Rican	470	433	448
Other Hispanic or Latino	488	446	464
White	548	512	528
Other	537	494	513
No Response	519	488	505

**Highest Level of Parental Education**
	SAT I Test Takers		Percent		SAT I Verbal		SAT I Math
	Number	Percent	Male	Female	Mean Scores	Standard Deviations	Mean Scores	Standard Deviations
No High School Diploma	46,339	4	40	60	413	101	437	108
High School Diploma	356,209	33	42	58	474	100	476	103
Associate's Degree	89,694	8	44	56	489	98	490	102
Bachelor's Degree	304,251	29	47	53	525	103	531	106
Graduate Degree	268,047	25	48	52	558	107	563	109

**Calculator Experience**
	SAT I Test Takers		Percent		SAT I Verbal		SAT I Math
	Number	Percent	Male	Female	Mean Scores	Standard Deviations	Mean Scores	Standard Deviations
Use Almost Every Day	727,131	72	44	56	526	107	535	109
Use Once or Twice Weekly or Less	280,651	28	45	55	476	104	473	104
Never Use or No Response	212,348	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

**High School Grade Point Average**
	SAT I Test Takers		Percent		SAT I Mean Scores
	Number	Percent	Male	Female	Verbal	Math
A+ (97-100)	72,958	7	40	60	613	627
A (93-96)	168,496	16	38	62	569	580
A- (90-92)	177,341	16	41	59	541	551
B (80-89)	517,548	48	46	54	483	485
C (70-79)	140,227	13	57	43	429	426
D, E, or F (Below 70)	4,557	0	63	37	410	408
No Response	139,003
Mean Grade Point Average: All Students 3.24

**Intended College Major**
	SAT I Test Takers		Percent		SAT I Mean Scores
	Number	Percent	Male	Female	Verbal	Math
Agriculture or Natural Resources	16,416	2	47	53	491	485
Architecture or Environmental Design	25,907	2	60	40	494	522
Arts: Visual and Performing	75,808	7	41	59	520	501
Biological Sciences	57,962	6	36	64	545	545
Business and Commerce	144,859	14	52	48	487	506
Communications	43,984	4	35	65	526	502
Computer or Information Science	59,402	6	77	23	500	528
Education	92,880	9	23	77	483	479
Engineering	88,706	8	81	19	526	572
Foreign or Classical Languages	5,501	1	28	72	554	536
General or Interdisciplinary	2,892	0	39	61	570	547
Health and Allied Services	172,117	16	27	73	497	503
Home Economics	3,674	0	20	80	464	463
Language and Literature	14,289	1	32	68	607	548
Library and Archival Sciences	377	0	45	55	545	524
Mathematics	5,461	1	55	45	555	631
Military Science	5,096	0	80	20	506	510
Philosophy, Religion, or Theology	5,971	1	60	40	561	540
Physical Sciences	14,799	1	60	40	570	590
Public Affairs and Services	27,414	3	49	51	458	450
Social Sciences and History	109,978	10	31	69	533	511
Technical and Vocational	10,133	1	66	34	441	448
Undecided	66,134	6	52	48	511	519

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