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StatisticalDefinitions Meanscore:Themeanscoreisthearithmeticaverageofa definedsetoftestscores.meanscorestatisticsarereported hereiftherearetenormorestudentsinagrouporsubgroup. Scaledscore:Ascaledscoreistheresultofadjustingaraw score(thenumberofquestionsansweredcorectly)inways thatensurethatresultsacrossdiferenttestformsare comparable.thescoresshownhereandreportedto educators,students,andinstitutionsarescaledscores. Standarddeviation(SD):Thestandarddeviationisa measureofthevariabilityofasetofscores.iftestscores clustertightlyaroundthemeanscore,astheydowhenthe grouptestedisrelativelyhomogeneous,thestandard deviationissmalerthanitwouldbewithamorediversegroup andamorewidelydisperseddistributionofscores. ColegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks EachassessmentintheSATSuitehasanassociatedsetof metricscaledthecolegeandcareerreadiness Benchmarks. TheSATMathbenchmarkisthesectionscoreassociated witha7 chanceofearningatleastacinfirst-semester, credit-bearing,colege-levelcoursesinalgebra,statistics, precalculus,orcalculus. TheSATEvidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW) benchmarkisassociatedwitha7 chanceofearningat leastacinfirst-semester,credit-bearing,colege-level coursesinhistory,literature,socialscience,orwriting. Thegrade-levelbenchmarkscoresforPSAT-related assessmentsarebasedonexpectedstudentgrowthtoward thesatbenchmarksateachgrade.whilesatbenchmarks indicatelikelihoodofsuccessincolege,grade-level benchmarksindicatewhetherastudentisontrackforcolege andcareerreadinessfortheirgrade.thebenchmarksareset toreflecttypicalannualgrowthfrom yeartoyearfrom 8th through12thgrades. ThenewSATSuitebenchmarkoutcomesshouldnotbe comparedagainstresultsfrom theoldsatorpsat/nmsqt, asthescorescaleandbenchmarkdefinitionshavechanged. Benchmarkstatisticsarereportediftherearetenormore studentsinagrouporsubgroup. AbouttheColegeBoard TheColegeBoardisamission-drivennot-for-profit organizationthatconnectsstudentstocolegesuccessand opportunity.foundedin100,thecolegeboardwascreated toexpandaccesstohighereducation.today,themembership associationismadeupofover6,000oftheworld sleading educationalinstitutionsandisdedicatedtopromoting excelenceandequityineducation.eachyear,thecolege Boardhelpsmorethansevenmilionstudentspreparefora successfultransitiontocolegethroughprogramsandservices incolegereadinessandcolegesuccess includingthesat andtheadvancedplacementprogram (AP ).The organizationalsoservestheeducationcommunitythrough researchandadvocacyonbehalfofstudents,educatorsand schools.forfurtherinformation,visitwww.colegeboard.org. 2017TheColegeBoard.ColegeBoard,AP,SAT,andthe acornlogoareregisteredtrademarksofthecolegeboard. PSAT/NMSQTisaregisteredtrademarkoftheColegeBoard andnationalmeritscholarshipcorporation.psatandsat SubjectTestsaretrademarksownedbytheColegeBoard.Al othermarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.visit thecolegeboardontheweb:colegeboard.org. SAT Grade11 Grade10 Grade Grade8 50 480 510 460 480 40 450 410 40 0 AboutThisReport Thisreportpresentsdataonstudentsintheclassof2017who tookthenewsat duringhighschool,aswelastakersof PSAT-relatedassessments thepsat/nmsqt,psat 10,andPSAT 8/ acrossthe2016-17schoolyear. Withineachassessment,testtakersarecountedonlyonce andonlytheirlatestscoresandmostrecentdemographic responsesaresummarized.(moststudentssupplyoptional demographicinformationwhentheyregisterforortaketestsin thesatsuiteofassessments,whichprovidesvaluable contextualinformationtoaidininterpretingandunderstanding individualandgroupscores.) ScoreRanges Herearetherangesforreportedscoresforthe Evidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)andMath sectionsofeachtestinthesatsuite: SATsections:200 800 PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10sections:160 760 PSAT8/sections:120 720 RecentChangestoDataColectionandReporting InJune2015,theColegeBoardaligneditscolectionand reportingofrace/ethnicitycategorieswithu.s.departmentof Educationguidelines.Inaddition,whilepreviousSATcohort assignmentreflectedself-reportedinformationcolectedduring SATorSATSubjectTestregistrationonly,itnowleverages themostrecentinformationfrom thesat,psat-related assessment,orapprogramsinaneforttomorecloselyalign withschool,district,andstatedatasystems.forthese reasons,weadvisecautionwhencomparingdatapointsinthis reporttothoseinpreviousreports. CaveatonUsingtheData TheColegeBoardstronglydiscouragesusingscoresto compareorevaluateteachers,schools,districts,orstates, becauseofdiferencesinparticipationandtesttaker populations.relationshipsbetweentestscoresandother backgroundorcontextualfactorsarecomplexand interdependent. ColegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks Assessment/ Gradelevel ERW SectionScore Math SectionScore
Group SATParticipationandPerformance Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreandself-reportedsatquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. 1,715,481 1060 TookEssay¹ 1,202,640 7 1082 544 58 5 7 5% 2 5 527 MetBenchmarks 7 Race/Ethnicity 7,782 6 486 477 5% 158,01 225,860 408,067 4,11 760,62 57,04 4,1 2 4 % 1181 41 0 86 1118 110 61 56 47 500 48 565 560 475 612 462 48 488 55 544 485 7 2 5 5 8 5 5 8% 8 4 7 2 6 5 1 5 4 1 4 Sex Female 06,01 5% 1050 54 516 4% 7 4 Male 80,462 4 1070 52 58 5 6 5% FirstLanguageLearned EnglishOnly 1,18,78 6 1074 545 50 7 5 EnglishandAnotherLanguage 1,2 104 516 518 4 6% 4% AnotherLanguage 20,124 1 104 51 57 4 6 5 54,275 % 41 46 47 4 5 HighestLevelofParentalEducation NoHighSchoolDiploma 17,47 44 472 472 2 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 482,14 14,451 47,10,74 148,55 2 100 106 1118 1177 14 507 525 562 51 455 47 511 556 586 460 4 5 6 6 7 8% 8 4% 6 7 1 5 SATFeeWaiver Usedatanypoint 427,6 78 44 484 5 4 Didnotuse 1,287,782 7 1087 546 541 5 7 5 2 ¹ReflectstesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.
Group SATParticipationandPerformanceContinued Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreandself-reportedsatquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. HighSchoolGradePointAverage A+(7 100) 104,71 1254 626 628 8 % 8 A( 6) A-(0 2) B(80 8) C(70 7) D,E,orF(below70) 00,26 26,58 710,57 171,06 10,815 121,45 1 1 4 1 1187 1122 1005 8 850 87 55 564 508 456 42 48 52 558 47 444 421 48 7 6 8 6 5 7 6 1 6 7 4% HighSchoolRank HighestTenth 222,858 122 61 61 8 8% SecondTenth SecondFifth FinalThree-Fifths 12,115 15,570 171,54 75,404 1 5 1110 1044 6 100 556 527 487 51 55 517 475 511 6 4 4 8 7% 5 6 6 4 2 4% TookthePSAT/NMSQT¹ AsaJuniorandSophomoreorYounger 748,415 4 108 554 544 5 7 5 2 AsaJunior AsaSophomoreorYounger NeverTookPSAT/NMSQT 61,76 26,50 5,821 2 1 2 1060 101 1011 54 514 501 526 500 510 7 6 5 4 ¹Derivedfrom ColegeBoardrecordsofstudenttest-takinghistory.Previously,thesedatawerebasedonself-reportedinformationcolectedduringregistration.
Group SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributions Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreissummarized. andsectionscores 1400 1600 84,806 1200 10 46,2 1000 110 621,485 800 0 50,278 600 70 14,055 400 50,28 Mean 1060 SD 15 Score ERW Math 2 700 800 5,445 600 60 86,44 500 50 60,765 400 40 48,14 00 0 18,415 200 20 8,264 10,140 Mean 5 527 SD 100 120,04 12,212 616,41 472,48 18,647 107 1 Cross-TestScores TestScores Analysisin History/Social Studies Analysisin Science Reading Writingand Language Math 5 40 122,07 127,001 5 40 125,765 110,65 120,04 0 4.5 0,2 421,666 0 4.5 4,487 410,02 12,212 25 2.5 66,78 600,620 25 2.5 614,724 571,58 616,41 20 24.5 15 1.5 414,454 15,662 441,885 115,450 10 14.5 15,148 8,85 Mean SD 27 5 27 5 20 24.5 15 1.5 447,60 122,56 44,117 164,01 472,48 18,647 10 14.5,85 14,4 10,140 Mean SD 27 5 26 5 26 5 Subscores Wordsin Context Command Expression ofevidence ofideas Standard English Conventions Heartof Algebra Problem Solving anddata Analysis Passportto Advanced Mathematics 1 15 10 12 7 4 6 17,078 621,5 580,407 261,240 162,577 44,87 748,815 20,40 17,056 547,28 644,4 287,55 16,484 425,651 58,67 42,044 158,4 467,662 7,724 12,75 171,140 510,462 587,72 5,654 202,617 428,005 671,8 5,241 1 7,217 18,762 8,58 2,62 42,621 110,46 54,220 Mean SD 8 Essay¹ 8 7 6 5 4 2 Mean SD Reading 16,67 7,201 5,272 16,40 2,14,524 50,7 5 1 Analysis 7,818 7,15 16,461 218,208 28,1 216,261 27,246 4 1 Writing 15,741 72,77 57,72 02,00 2,7 101,52 5,114 5 1 ¹ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.
Datareflect2017highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,the mostrecentscoreandself-reportedsatquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Agriculture,AgricultureOperations,andRelatedSciences ArchitectureandRelatedServices Area,Ethnic,Cultural,andGenderStudies BiologicalandBiomedicalSciences Business,Management,Marketing,andRelatedSupportServic. Communication,Journalism,andRelatedPrograms ComputerandInformationSciencesandSupportServices MilitaryTechnologies ConstructionTrades,General Education Engineering EngineeringTechnologies/Technicians EnglishLanguageandLiterature/Leters FamilyandConsumerSciences/HumanSciences ForeignLanguagesandLiteratures,General HealthProfessionsandRelatedClinicalSciences History,General LegalStudies,General LiberalArtsandSciences,GeneralStudiesandHumanities LibraryScience/Librarianship MathematicsandStatistics MechanicandRepairTechnologies/Technicians Multi/InterdisciplinaryStudies NaturalResourcesandConservation Parks,RecreationandLeisureStudies PersonalAndCulinaryServices,General PhilosophyandReligiousStudies PhysicalSciences PrecisionProduction Psychology,General PublicAdministrationandSocialServiceProfessions SecurityandProtectiveServices SocialSciences TheologyandReligiousVocations TransportationandMaterialsMoving VisualandPerformingArts,General Other Undecided 51 476 50 512 55 55 480 485 51 486 55 55 468 482 57 575 470 66 5 541 50 524 516 541 476 5 52 580 507 47 488 575 51 57 561 52 51 45 542 487 57 51 568 588 4 511 542 488 51 566 485 484 558 586 466 52 585 575 555 562 52 575 4 51 516 560 525 47 48 568 552 56 571 561 524 508 107 6 1046 1025 1104 1146 7 6 1055 75 1186 1102 5 66 105 1160 7 1228 1118 1116 1084 1086 1045 1116 6 1124 1047 1140 102 58 86 114 1071 1072 112 1084 1056 100 116,250 26,227 106,004 61 1,81 27,26 55,27 6,2 64,154 125 21,41 2,852 5,51 12,618 8,24 2,47,28 10,747 1 7,2 2,14 10,570 277,727 7,24 4,254 14,76 24,45 156,08 56,648 88 7,00 55,57 0,152 166,852 107,0 1,72 20,416 16,61 2017SATSuiteAnnualReport Group SATParticipationandPerformance:IntendedColegeMajorandDegree-LevelGoal IntendedColegeMajor Percent ERW Math CertificateProgram AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree Master'sDegree DoctoralorRelatedDegree Other Undecided 527 460 565 54 51 444 460 57 458 57 555 524 457 466 1064 18 118 1104 108 00 25 176,076 8,754 05,4 44,502 62,064 20,5 12,428 Degree-LevelGoal
Group PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2016-17schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethan once,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Number ERW Math 4,21,01 70 488 481 PSAT/NMSQT PSAT10,4,451 2,4 7 40 46 48 464 Sex Number Percent ERW Math Female 2,184,521 5 75 46 47 Male 2,072,844 66 481 485 GradeLevel 10thGrade 11thGrade Other/ ¹ 2,20,75 5 6 471 465 4 6 4% 1,784,16 4 1018 51 505 6 4 27,10 25 465 460 Race/Ethnicity Number Percent ERW Math 28,71 868 44 44 4,72 4,280 1,10,5 10,487 1,875,44 178,481 2,644 4 110 860 8 87 10 5 874 540 4 448 450 524 505 47 56 427 445 447 50 40 47 10thGrade ¹ 16,465 84 421 42 2 4 5 15,611 26,2 605,724 5,44 14,716 2,581 151,14 1 4 1067 8 86 868 61 85 524 422 45 45 507 488 42 544 417 44 4 42 47 40 6 1 2 5 4 2 8 4% 7 7 7% 2 5 4 1 5 4 4 5 11thGrade ¹ 10,227 11 457 454 2 4 5 151,020 12,486 45,0 4,42 844,748 7,27 54,80 4 % 1148 84 2 41 1075 1045 25 561 451 46 47 545 50 464 587 44 46 468 50 515 461 6 5 5 8 5% 5 8 7 4 7 2 6 5 5% 4% 1 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
Group PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT/NMSQTand/orPSAT10duringthe2016-17schoolyear.Ifastudenttestedmorethan once,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. FirstLanguageLearned 10thGrade EnglishOnly 1,2,86 6% 57 484 472 6 4 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 424,165 221,27 170,78 1 1 8 878 456 442 440 457 457 48 5 5 5 4 4 4 11thGrade EnglishOnly 1,20,17 6 108 526 512 5 7 5 2 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 4,021 186,51,480 1 86 71 85 44 477 448 4 44 447 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 HighestLevelofParentalEducation 10thGrade NoHighSchoolDiploma 216,412 1 80 411 41 1 2 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 617,114 17,176 544,677 84,517 0,86 1 1 887 26 1005 1052 851 445 467 508 5 425 441 45 47 51 426 5 6 2 5 6 8 8 4 4 5 6 4 1 1 5% 11thGrade NoHighSchoolDiploma 152,015 880 47 44 1 2 5 HighSchoolDiploma AssociateDegree Bachelor'sDegree GraduateDegree 486,82 12,62 526,88 8,842,70 2 48 0 1074 116 857 477 500 54 574 427 471 40 51 562 40 5 6 5 6 8 8 4 6 7 1 4 1 6% HighSchoolGradePointAverage ¹ 10thGrade A+(7 100) 6,71 112 57 55 8 8 8 1 A( 6) A-(0 2) B(80 8) C(70 7) D,E,orF(below70) 8,22 60,7 816,681 274,668 5,05 227,82 1 1 1 1 1072 1002 80 78 760 87 54 507 447 8 77 46 50 46 44 8 46 7 5 8 8 5 4 7 6 6 7 11thGrade A+(7 100) 112,871 1220 615 605 8 8 A( 6) A-(0 2) B(80 8) C(70 7) D,E,orF(below70) 56,007 1, 714,62 187,884 14,152 66,54 2 4 1152 1078 54 842 70 08 581 544 481 422 4 455 571 54 47 420 6 45 7 6 8 6 1 7 6% 6 8 5% ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
Group PSAT8/ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/duringthe2016-17schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/morethanonceduring theschoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. Number ERW Math 1,02,57 84 426 422 Fal 1,047,152 842 42 41 Spring 286,626 87 48 44 Sex Number Percent ERW Math Female 67,264 85 47 422 Male 650,55 5 840 417 42 GradeLevel 8thGrade thgrade Other/ ¹ 510,12 818 40 40 5 4 74,470 5 874 440 44 4 6 4 42,74 % 788 7 1 Race/Ethnicity Number Percent ERW Math 11,271 776 88 88 6,24 157,011 77,65,17 425,686 62,757 15,686 1 74 777 802 800 16 884 801 480 0 402 464 448 400 45 87 452 46 ¹ 8thGrade 4,474 764 81 8 4% 5% 25,4 55,168 155,822 1,258 14,00 20,656 11,222 2 40 76 777 788 87 857 77 465 82 86 6 444 4 7 476 81 1 2 45 42 400 6 1 2 2 4 7 4 5 7 6 5 6 2 5 1 5 5 2 ¹ thgrade 6,41 787 5 2 2 5 41,875 4,5 211,48 1,810 280,552,77 72,8 1 8 788 82 81 6 01 81 40 6 41 407 475 457 407 508 2 410 406 461 444 406 6 5 7 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.
Group PSAT8/ParticipationandPerformance DatareflectstudentswhotookthePSAT8/duringthe2016-17schoolyear.IfastudenttookthePSAT8/morethanonceduring theschoolyear,themostrecentscoreandself-reportedquestionnaireresponsesaresummarized. FirstLanguageLearned ¹ 8thGrade EnglishOnly 24,110 4 8 42 416 6% 4 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage,755 45,252 122,012 2 2 80 787 800 88 404 5 4 5 5 thgrade EnglishOnly 45,04 6 84 452 441 6 4 EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage 140,81 68,04 86,65 1 854 87 828 427 41 416 427 424 41 5 4 5 4 HighSchoolGradePointAverage 8thGrade A+(7 100) 18,678 70 48 480 7 8 7 A( 6) A-(0 2) B(80 8) C(70 7) D,E,orF(below70) 74,054 5,76 148,16 5,70,120 146,408 1 2 868 784 716 684 801 46 46 2 55 400 461 42 61 45 6% 4 2 % 8 7 5 1 5 6 5 2 7 8 4 thgrade A+(7 100) 25,822 % 1040 524 516 7 8 7 1 A( 6) A-(0 2) B(80 8) C(70 7) D,E,orF(below70) 116,08 106,00 254,44 105,48 20,61 121,122 1 1 % 1 1005 46 845 75 718 84 508 478 425 80 60 41 47 468 420 7 58 415 7% 6 1 8 8 5 5 7 6 1 1 6 7 ¹Basedongrade levelbenchmarks.