Table 2 SAT scores and demographic factors for students pre- and post-implementation. N refers to the number of students for whom data on each factor was available, and the percentage listed is that fraction of the sample for the category listed. No pre- to post-implementation differences were statistically significant
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Pre-implementation | Post-implementation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Students | N | Mean | S.D. | N | Mean | S.D. |
SAT-Math | 383 | 526 | 113 | 466 | 520 | 116 |
SAT-Verbal | 376 | 498 | 89 | 461 | 498 | 105 |
Gender (Female %) | 456 | 50% | 552 | 54% | ||
Ethnicity (Nonwhite %) | 419 | 19% | 427 | 21% | ||
First-generation (Yes) | 401 | 50% | 530 | 47% | ||
Low-income (Yes) | 237 | 37% | 293 | 37% | ||