2000-2009 ACT Science Mean Scale Scores (Aggregate of all high school graduates):  Shows 1) the national mean scale score by subgroup, 2) the All (West Virginia) mean scale score by subgroup, and 3) all other subgroup mean scale scores.

Table 13: 2000-2009 ACT Science

ACT SCIENCE Mean Scale Scores

Year

Nation

All (WV)

Female

Male

White

Black

Puerto Rican/ Hispanic

Mex. Am./     Chicano

Am. Indian/  AK Native

Asian

Total Tested

2000

21.0

20.4

20.0

20.9

20.5

17.7

22.0

19.6

18.4

22.0

12,267

2001

21.0

20.3

19.9

20.8

20.4

17.1

21.4

19.5

20.2

23.0

11,857

2002

20.8

20.4

19.9

21.0

20.5

17.2

19.3

20.7

18.9

22.0

11,451

2003

20.8

20.3

20.0

20.8

20.4

17.2

20.7

18.9

18.4

22.3

11,728

2004

20.9

20.3

20.0

20.8

20.4

17.9

19.8

20.2

18.7

22.4

11,486

2005

20.9

20.4

20.0

20.9

20.4

17.9

19.5

19.8

20.5

22.2

11,451

2006

20.9

20.5

20.1

21.0

20.6

17.8

21.0

20.9

20.4

22.3

10,990

2007

21.0

20.5

20.0

21.1

20.5

17.8

20.2

20.4

19.9

22.6

11,480

2008

20.8

20.5

20.0

21.1

20.5

17.5

19.8

*NA

19.8

23.1

11,603

2009

20.9

20.5

20.1

21.1

20.6

17.6

20.1

*NA

19.3

22.3

11,696

Change 08-09

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.3

*NA

-0.5

-0.8

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*The Mexican American/Chicano subgroup has been combined with the Hispanic subgroup