Standardized Testing: Disparities Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur

Intelligence and the Bell Curve

Classic U.S. Army Intelligence Tests Excerpts

NAEP Scores Data from the National Center for Education Statistics

Reading

Mathematics

U.S. History

Science

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

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

SAT Scores and Race, 2003

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

ACT Scores and Race, 2003

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

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

GMATs and Gender,

MCAT Scores and Race, 2005

LSATs and Gender

LSATs and Race/Ethnicity