SAT's show increasing minority and income gaps

An article in the August 25th Inside Higher Education reports that there are growing gaps between the scores of white and Asian students, who show modest increases, and other minority groups, who are showing decreases over time. There are also marked discrepancies between scores based on family income, with students from higher income factors achieving markedly higher scores.

National ACT scores

You may have heard the brief report on NPR this morning and today's Inside Higher Education also talks about the slight drop in this year's composite score compared to last year. Mitigating factors include the substantial increase in the percentage of high school students taking the ACT and even in one case (Michigan) being required to take it. One-year and five-year trends by ethnic group are also available in the IHE article and state comparisons are availabe at ACT's Web site.