The overall scores on the SAT were unchanged for those who graduated from high school this year, with the critical reading average remaining at 501, the mathematics average going up by 1 point to 516 and the writing score dropping by 1 point to 492.
Scores in all three sections are down modestly from where they were a few years ago. The College Board continued its push, in releasing the scores Monday, to argue that the scores are a measure of academic rigor and that the SAT encourages college preparation. {snip}
But the figures released Monday also show a continuation—and in some cases a growth—of gaps by racial and ethnic group that are much larger than the one or two point shifts in the national averages. The College Board also announced Monday that its figures were counting more students than in the past who took the SAT later in the school year {snip}.
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The more significant changes are evident when race and ethnicity are factored in. Asian-American test takers gained 13 points this year (across all three parts of the SAT), followed by Mexican Americans, who gained 7 points. Comparing scores over two years, Asian Americans gained 26 points, Mexican Americans gained 5 points, and all other groups lost ground (modestly). Asian Americans now outscore African Americans by 90 points on reading, 163 points on math, and 106 points on writing. Asian Americans score better than all other groups on all parts of the test—except that the white average exceeds the Asian American average on the reading portion. On that portion of the test, however, Asian Americans gained 3 points this year, while white scores were flat.
Another demographic trend that continued this year—as in all past years—was the apparent link between family income and SAT scores. {snip}
Another of the demographic indicators—all cited by those who criticize the role of the SAT—is parental education. The more education parents have, on average, the better a student’s SAT scores. {snip}
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Found on AmRen.com
Also, the New York Times reports; "According to data from the National Assessment for Educational Progress, Black children are falling behind at an alarming rate and from a very young age, despite school reforms and economic status.
Only 12% of black 4th grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38% of white boys."
Why is it that year after year, the results of the SAT scores, differentiate according to race? Ever since schools have been diversified this problem has existed. People will never achieve at equal levels. The racial divide is natural, it's genetic, all attempts to fix this "problem" are futile.
I see test scores have gone up for Asian Americans and slightly for Mexican Americans. While White test scores have, on average, stayed the same. I don't think the argument that these tests are "culturally biased" really holds any water, but I'm sure they'll come up with something new, to take away from White achievement and at the same time blame us for Blacks lagging behind, again.
Let me be clear, I don't think blacks are stupid any more than I think Asians are geniuses. I just want to point out that it isn't White racism, which egalitarians have used to explain away black "underachievement".
Blaming White racism for the oppression of blacks in the education system or for that matter, in any part of the system is extremely dangerous. Just think of the double edge sword this kind of thinking creates. The majority of Whites who believe this, I'm sure feel some sort of guilt or responsibility, while (I can only imagine) the majority of blacks who believe this must feel contempt and resentment towards whites, what else would you feel?
I'm basing my opinion, on the general attitude blacks have towards whites in hip-hop lyrics, stand-up comedy, poetry, paintings and other forms of black expression.
(See blog post "straight up ... hate" for more on this subject)
How in the world can you create a diversified yet civilized society when you are basing everything on race being irrelevant? IT CAN NOT BE DONE.
The sooner we realize race matters, the sooner we can start to understand each other.
see earlier blog post in July archives : "a social construct; race or racism"
for more on this subject.
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