New figures from The College Board show...
New figures from The College Board show that black youngsters are continuing to improve their Scholastic Aptitude Exam scores faster than whites, but still remain far below national averages. The mean verbal score for the 71,174 blacks taking the college entrance test during the 1983-84 school year was 342--a three-point gain from a year earlier, but still 84 points below the national mean of 426. The mean math score for black students was up four points to 373, far below the national mean of 471. White students rose to 445 from 443 in the verbal section, and to 487 from 484 in math.
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