This report describes SAT test results for AISD's graduating seniors, Class of 2016, who took the SAT any time during high school, prior to March 2016 and the implementation of the new SAT test.

This report describes SAT test results for Austin Independent School District (AISD) students in the 2014-2015 school year.

The report brief describes district-level ACT test results for AISD students in the 2015-2016 school year.

The district's overall average SAT score of 1507 exceeded the state (1432) and the national (1497) averages. Highlights from the 2014 SAT test are provided in this report.

The 2014 ACT results for AISD students continued to improve this year. The district's average ACT composite score and all subject area scores exceeded the state and national averages. Highlights of the ACT results are presented in this report.

The SAT is a national college admissions examination. The College Board provides an annual summary of student performance at the end of each academic year. AISD students' 2010-2011 test results from that annual summary are described in this brief.

The ACT is a national college admissions examination. ACT, Inc. provides an annual summary of student performance at the end of each academic year. Results from the 2010 annual summary are described in this brief report.

The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL): Performance of African Americans in a National Context Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) the 2003 NAAL was America's most comprehensive assessment of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). NAAL was a nationally representative…

This study sought to determine whether the use of standardized test scores contributes any useful information regarding First Time in College (FTIC) students' probable success at USF, using more detailed analysis of underrepresented minorities and women, who Micceri (2009) shows, experience substantial negative bias relative to males and whites on…

In the eyes of much of the academic establishment, William Bowen and Derek Bok's "The Shape of the River" is the definitive defense of affirmative action. Released in 1998, this book, which was also sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, claimed that racial preferences at America's elite universities were crucial to the growth and maintenance of a…