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Table 5-32
Scholastic Assessment Test[1] Score Averages, in Idaho, the Region and the U.S., 1974-75 to 1994-95.


	Verbal	Mathematical	Verbal	Mathematical

	1974-75		1980-81

Idaho	493	524	486	523
Alaska	461	481	449	486
Montana	500	547	485	539
Nevada	465	497	445	487
Oregon	440	468	431	469
Utah	516	553	511	548
Washington	489	522	472	517
Wyoming	506	548	478	528
U.S.	434	472	424	466

	1985-86		1990-91

Idaho	475	512	463	505
Alaska	445	479	439	481
Montana	485	541	464	518
Nevada	445	485	435	484
Oregon	444	486	439	483
Utah	506	541	494	537
Washington	461	502	433	480
Wyoming	484	534	466	514
U.S.	431	475	422	474

	1992-93		1993-94

Idaho	465	507	461	508
Alaska	438	477	434	477
Montana	459	516	463	523
Nevada	432	488	429	484
Oregon	441	492	436	491
Utah	500	549	509	558
Washington	435	486	434	488
Wyoming	463	507	459	521
U.S.	424	478	423	479

	1994-95		Percent of graduates taking SAT, 1994-95[2]

Idaho	468	511		15
Alaska	445	489		47
Montana	473	536		21
Nevada	434	483		30
Oregon	448	499		51
Utah	513	563		4
Washington	443	494		48
Wyoming	476	525		10
U.S.	428	482		41

Source:	College Entrance Examination Board, "College-Bound Seniors: 1995 Profile of SAT Program Test Takers," Copyright 1995 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved. Digest of Education Statistics, 1997.
Note:	Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. Rankings of states based on SAT scores alone are invalid because of the varying proportions of students in each state taking the tests.
[1]	Formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
[2]	Based on the number of high school graduates in 1995 as projected by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the number of 1995 seniors who took the SAT.

Compiled by: Lily Wai, data input assisted by: Steven Olson
Contact: Lily Wai

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