Figure B1

Verbal/Critical reading scores

School year All students Male Female
1966-67 543 540 545
1967-68 543 541 543
1968-69 540 536 543
1969-70 537 536 538
1970-71 532 531 534
1971-72 530 531 529
1972-73 523 523 521
1973-74 521 524 520
1974-75 512 515 509
1975-76 509 511 508
1976-77 507 509 505
1977-78 507 511 503
1978-79 505 509 501
1979-80 502 506 498
1980-81 502 508 496
1981-82 504 509 499
1982-83 503 508 498
1983-84 504 511 498
1984-85 509 514 503
1985-86 509 515 504
1986-87 507 512 502
1987-88 505 512 499
1988-89 504 510 498
1989-90 500 505 496
1990-91 499 503 495
1991-92 500 504 496
1992-93 500 504 497
1993-94 499 501 497
1994-95 504 505 502
1995-96 505 507 503
1996-97 505 507 503
1997-98 505 509 502
1998-99 505 509 502
1999-2000 505 507 504
2000-01 506 509 502
2001-02 504 507 502
2002-03 507 512 503
2003-04 508 512 504
2004-05 508 513 505
2005-06 503 505 502
2006-07 502 504 502
2007-08 502 504 500
2008-09 501 503 498
2009-10 501 503 498
2010-11 497 500 495
2011-12 496 498 493
2012-13 496 499 494
2013-14 497 499 495
2014-15 495 497 493
2015-16 494 495 493
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Notes: Data for 1966-67 to 1985-86 were converted to the recentered scale by using a formula applied to the original mean and standard deviation. For 1986-87 to 1994-95, individual student scores were converted to the recentered scale and then the mean was recomputed. For 1995-96 to 1998-99, nearly all students received scores on the recentered scale; any score on the original scale was converted to the recentered scale prior to recomputing the mean. From 1999-2000 on, all scores have been reported on the recentered scale.

Source: Annual College-Bound Seniors: Total Group Profile (National) Reports published by College Entrance Examination Board, 1966-67 through 2015-2016.

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