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1998 South Carolina SAT I Report
*Overview*
		State of South Carolina						National
		*Test Takers*		*Verbal Score*		*Math Score*		*Test Takers*		*Verbal Score*		*Math Score*
		Number	Change from	Mean	Change from	Mean	Change from	Number	Change from	Mean	Change from	Mean	Change from
			Previous Year		Previous Year		Previous Year		Previous Year		Previous Year		Previous Year

*Total*		22,973	1,289	478	-1	473	-1	1,172,779	45,758	505	-----	512	1
*Gender*
	Male	9,984	405	483	-1	491	-1	541,962	21,624	509	2	531	1
	Female	12,989	884	474	-1	460	1	630,817	24,134	502	-1	496	2
*Ethnic Group*
	African-American	6,035	336	414	-1	407	-----	114,912	4,450	434	-----	426	3
	American Indian	168	-39	463	5	457	6	10,159	-518	480	5	483	8
	Asian	443	60	485	-6	532	-9	94,066	4,830	498	2	562	2
	Mexican American	58	-----	491	13	486	15	41,028	1,291	453	2	460	2
	Puerto Rican	57	-18	481	-6	458	-23	13,635	427	452	-2	447	-----
	Other Hispanic	111	25	477	-5	493	13	35,749	2,626	461	-5	466	-2
	White	14,051	607	508	-----	502	-----	704,462	10,726	526	-----	528	2
	Other	252	38	498	2	481	3	35,762	4,712	511	-1	514	-----
	No Response	1,798	280	-----	-----	-----	-----	123,006	17,214	-----	-----	-----	-----
Total -The number of 1998 South Carolina seniors taking the SAT I (22,973) increased from the previous year compared with national increase of 4.1%
Mean Score -South Carolina's 1998 mean Verbal score of 478 was one point lower than the previous year's 479 while the National mean
SAT Verbal score of 505 remained constant. South Carolina's 1998 mean Math score of 473 was one point lower than the
previous year's 474 while the National mean Math score of 512 was one point higher than the previous year's mean of 511.
Gender -Continuing the trend of the past few years, the 1998 female SAT test takers in South Carolina outnumbered the males 56.5% to
43.5% approximating the 54.3% females and 45.7% males in the National SAT taking population.
Ethnic -The 1998 SAT participation by ethnic group in South Carolina consists of 26.3% African-Americans, 0.7% American Indians, 1.9%
Asians, 1.0%, Hispanics, and 61.2% Whites, 1.1% Others, and 7.8% No Response. The National participation rate consists of 9.8%
African-Americans, 0.9% American Indians, 8.0% Asians, 7.7% Hispanics, 60.1% Whites, 3.0% Others, and 10.5% No Response.
Source: 1998 College-Bound Seniors, A Profile of SAT Program Test Takers,The College Board

Last Updated on 6/9/99
By MIS