Reading, race and SAT scores

In reading, while white students’ average score was 528, it was 451 for Latino students, down from 454 in 2010. For African-American students, it was even at 428. In math, whites in 2011’s cohort had a mean score of 535, while Latino students’ scores were up from 462 to 463 and blacks were even at 427. Writing dropped for blacks from 418 to 417, for Latinos from 446 to 444, and the mean score for white students was flat at 516. All changes were statistically significant.