Career experiences, plans, and academic characteristics of 30,000 college-bound seniors in the state of Washington in 1979 are detailed. Among findings were that a large number of college-bound seniors have been active in extracurricular activities, ranging from athletics to community service to special interest groups; that 67 percent held a…

Test results (1968-1977) on the English and mathematics achievement subtests of the Washington Precollege Test (WPC), administered annually to the vast majority of college bound students in the state of Washington, were examined for evidence of test score decline. The following information from 300,000 students was analyzed by both sex and total…