Many Parents and educators are telling kids who are entering college, to drop the pencil and don’t take the standardized test. Educators say using an SAT or ACT for an admissions test is biased and unfair to ethnic minorities. Also gender differences and socioeconomic status plays a role on if you get a better score on these test or not. In my research I will show that there are similarities within ethnic and gender differences and women are vastly approaching males scores on these tests. But I will also briefly touch on the subject of income and how having more money makes you have a better score.If we were to take a look at the gender differences in education and the outcomes within the ethnic groups we would better understand the differences in educational achievement and opportunity. Gender differences within racial and ethnic lines revealed far more similarities than differences. Test scores did not differ that much from one ethnic group to another. You can see from the 2000 College Bound Seniors test scores: SAT Total Test-Takers: 1,260,278, of whom 53.7% are female VerbalMathTotal Ethnic Group American Indian or Alaskan Native 482481963 Asian, Asian Amer., or Pacific Islander 4995651064 African American or Black 434426860 Mexican or Mexican American453460913 Puerto Rican456451907 Other Hispanic or Latino461467928 White5285301058 Other5085151023Gender Female5044981002 Male5075331040This data conforms that there is no real drastic difference in the test scores within ethnicities or genders. Females are achieving almost equivalent test scores now as men. This has been different in the past with men achieving for better scores in all areas. Willingham and Cole from the National Testing Service did extensive research on this and looked at the courses being taken in High School by college-bound seniors who took the SAT. This revealed a pattern of improvement for females in all racial / ethnic groups. “As the 90’...
