Group Mean Scores for Maine College Bound Seniors

That is, each number represents the average (mean) of a group. For example, the average score for all Maine males taking the Critical Reading test in 1972 was 531.  All data has been adjusted by the College Board to compensate for changes in scoring over the period 1972-2013, making earlier and later scores comparable.

Critical Reading Mathematics Writing
Year Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1972
531
529
530
527
489
509
1973
523
521
523
525
489
506
1974
524
520
521
524
488
505
1975
515
509
512
518
479
498
1976
511
508
509
520
475
497
1977
509
505
507
520
474
496
1978
511
503
507
517
474
494
1979
509
501
505
516
473
493
1980
506
498
502
515
473
492
1981
508
496
502
516
473
492
1982
509
499
504
516
473
493
1983
508
498
503
516
474
494
1984
511
498
504
518
478
497
1985
514
503
509
522
480
500
1986
515
504
509
523
479
500
1987
512
502
507
523
481
501
1988
512
499
505
521
483
501
1989
510
498
504
523
482
502
1990
505
496
500
521
483
501
1991
503
495
499
520
482
500
1992
504
496
500
521
484
501
1993
504
497
500
524
484
503
1994
501
497
499
523
487
504
1995
505
502
504
525
490
506
1996
507
503
505
527
492
508
1997
507
503
505
530
494
511
1998
509
502
505
531
496
512
1999
509
502
505
531
495
511
2000
507
504
505
533
498
514
2001
509
502
506
533
498
514
2002
507
502
504
534
500
516
2003
512
503
507
537
503
519
2004
512
504
508
537
501
518
2005
513
505
508
538
504
520
2006
505
502
503
536
502
518
491
502
497
2007
503
500
501
532
499
514
487
499
493
2008
502
499
500
532
499
514
486
499
493
2009
502
497
499
533
498
514
485
498
492
2010
502
498
500
533
499
515
485
497
491
2011
500
495
497
531
500
514
482
496
489
2012
498
493
496
532
499
514
481
494
488
2013
499
494
496
531
499
514
482
493
488

Note: For 1972–1986 a formula was applied to the original mean and standard deviation to convert the mean to the recentered scale. For 1987–1995 individual student scores were converted to the recentered scale and then the mean was recomputed. From 1996–1999, nearly all students received scores on the recentered scale. Any score on the original scale was converted to the recentered scale prior to computing the mean. From 2000–2013, all scores are reported on the recentered scale. Cohort data presented prior to 2007 include students testing through March of the senior year, while cohort data from 2007 to present include students testing through June. For further information see www.collegeboard.org/cbs.

Data and the Note are from College Board. “The 2013 SAT Report on College & Career Readiness.” “Maine.” http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/ME_13_03_03_01.pdf (accessed 12/10/13)

 

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