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Standardized Standardized Testing: Testing: Disparities Disparities Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur Arthur

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Page 1: Standardized Testing: Disparities Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur

Standardized Standardized Testing: DisparitiesTesting: DisparitiesMikaila Mariel Lemonik ArthurMikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur

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Intelligence and Intelligence and the Bell Curvethe Bell Curve

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Classic U.S. Army Classic U.S. Army Intelligence TestsIntelligence TestsExcerptsExcerpts

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NAEP ScoresNAEP Scores

Data from the National Center for Data from the National Center for Education StatisticsEducation Statistics

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ReadingReading

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MathematicsMathematics

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U.S. HistoryU.S. History

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ScienceScience

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Admissions Test Admissions Test DisparitiesDisparitiesData from FairTest.org, LSACnet.org, Data from FairTest.org, LSACnet.org, aamc.org, blackexcel.org, CEEB, act.org, aamc.org, blackexcel.org, CEEB, act.org, wsj.comwsj.com

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SATs and GenderSATs and Gender

MathMath: females score 35 : females score 35 points lowerpoints lower Gap closes to only 33 Gap closes to only 33

points when controlling for points when controlling for math grades and curriculamath grades and curricula

VerbalVerbal: females score 3 : females score 3 points lowerpoints lower

Gap persists when Gap persists when controlling for controlling for demographicsdemographics 400

420440460480500520540560580600

Verbal Math

Male

Female

2001 2005

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SAT Scores and Race, SAT Scores and Race, 20032003

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CombinedScore

Math Verbal

Black

Puerto Rican

Other Hispanic

Native American

Other

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Asian American

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ACTs and Gender, 2001ACTs and Gender, 2001

Composite score: Composite score: women’s scores are women’s scores are 2 points lower (on a 2 points lower (on a scale of 36)scale of 36)

Math and science Math and science scores particularly scores particularly suffersuffer

Gap is smaller than Gap is smaller than on the SATson the SATs

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Combined ACT Score

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Native American

Hispanic

White

Asian American

ACT Scores and Race, ACT Scores and Race, 20032003

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GREs and Gender, 1999-GREs and Gender, 1999-20002000

Women score lower across the boardWomen score lower across the board 9 points lower on verbal9 points lower on verbal 97 points lower on quantitative97 points lower on quantitative 25 points lower on analytical25 points lower on analytical

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MCATs and Gender, 2000MCATs and Gender, 2000

On a 15-point scale:On a 15-point scale: Verbal: men do 0.1 Verbal: men do 0.1

points betterpoints better Physical science: Physical science:

men do 1 point bettermen do 1 point better Biological science: Biological science:

men do 0.7 points men do 0.7 points betterbetter

Writing: comparableWriting: comparable 5

6

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8

9

10

Verbal PhysicalScience

BiologicalScience

Male

Female

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GMATs and Gender, GMATs and Gender, 2003-20042003-2004

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40

Quantitative Verbal

Men

Women

400

450

500

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600

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MCAT Scores and Race, MCAT Scores and Race, 20052005

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Combined MCAT Score

Black

Native

Hispanic

Other

Asian

White

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LSATs and GenderLSATs and Gender

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LSATs and Race/EthnicityLSATs and Race/Ethnicity