This information is also summarized in the chart below.
|
School year |
Number of SAT tests given |
African American seniors |
African-American 9th graders 4 years previously |
Percentage making it to senior year |
Percentage lost between 9th and 12th grade |
|
1998-99 |
7459 |
15,521 |
22,501 |
69% |
31% |
|
1999-00 |
7503 |
15,838 |
23,479 |
67.5% |
32.5% |
|
2000-01 |
7297 |
15,968 |
23,093 |
69.1% |
30.9% |
|
2001-02 |
7540 |
16,169 |
24,218 |
66.8% |
33.2% |
|
2002-03 |
7829 |
17,768 |
25,675 |
69.2% |
30.8% |
|
2003-04 |
8328 |
18,154 |
27,491 |
66% |
34% |
|
2004-05 |
9147 |
18,216 |
28,280 |
64.4% |
35.6% |
Looking only at the number of SAT tests taken, it would appear that there is a rise in testing. Comparing those tests to the number of seniors, it would seem that the participation rate of African-American seniors had risen. However, given the rising attrition rate of African-American students, those gains are not real. Compare the number of tests given to the number of African-American students four years earlier. That information is summarized in the graph below.
