Preparation of California Public High School Graduates for College, 1996 to 1999. Factsheet.

Institution	California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.
Titel	Preparation of California Public High School Graduates for College, 1996 to 1999. Factsheet.
Quelle	(2001), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Asian American Students; Black Students; College Bound Students; College Preparation; Ethnicity; High School Graduates; High Schools; Higher Education; Hispanic American Students; Student Characteristics; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ethnizität; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Kalifornien
Abstract	This factsheet describes important changes in the academic characteristics of recent high school graduates that relate directly to university eligibility and student preparation. Data show that by ethnic-racial group, in 1999, 55% of Asian graduates and 41% of White graduates completed the university-preparatory curricula, while only 26% of Black graduates, 22% of Latino graduates, and 23% of Native American students did so. Between 1996 and 1999 the percentage of graduates who completed Advanced Placement (AP) examinations rose from 14.6% to 16.3%, but large disparities continue to persist in AP participation by racial/ethnic group, with the participation of Asian test takes (31.4%) nearly twice the overall rate of 17.9%, and the AP rate for Black students less than half the overall rate. The number of students taking the Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT) has increased by 15.9% from 1996 to 1999 and the number of students taking the ACT Assessment increased by 16.7%. The average SAT verbal score has increased by 2 points since 1996 but is still below the national mean. The SAT mathematics score, however, has risen to a few score points above the national mean. Statewide SAT performance appears to be associated to some degree with socioeconommic status, as does the average ACT score, which has also increased slightly. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC