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1 Standardized Testing: Disparities Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur

2 Intelligence and the Bell Curve

3 Classic U.S. Army Intelligence Tests Excerpts

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6 NAEP Scores Data from the National Center for Education Statistics

7 Reading

8 Mathematics

9 U.S. History

10 Science

11 Admissions Test Disparities Data from FairTest.org, LSACnet.org, aamc.org, blackexcel.org, CEEB, act.org, wsj.com

12 SATs and Gender  Math: females score 35 points lower  Gap closes to only 33 points when controlling for math grades and curricula  Verbal: females score 3 points lower  Gap persists when controlling for demographics 2001 2005

13 SAT Scores and Race, 2003

14 ACTs and Gender, 2001  Composite score: women’s scores are 2 points lower (on a scale of 36)  Math and science scores particularly suffer  Gap is smaller than on the SATs

15 ACT Scores and Race, 2003

16 GREs and Gender, 1999- 2000  Women score lower across the board  9 points lower on verbal  97 points lower on quantitative  25 points lower on analytical

17 MCATs and Gender, 2000  On a 15-point scale:  Verbal: men do 0.1 points better  Physical science: men do 1 point better  Biological science: men do 0.7 points better  Writing: comparable

18 GMATs and Gender, 2003- 2004

19 MCAT Scores and Race, 2005

20 LSATs and Gender

21 LSATs and Race/Ethnicity


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