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Priority 25:
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, March Current Population Surveys. Limitations of data: Self-reported data.
Priority 26:
Source: October Current Population Surveys conducted by the Census Bureau. Limitations of data: Small subgroup sample sizes for low-income and minority students lead to large yearly fluctuations in enrollment rates. The use of three-year averages for the analysis of differences by subgroups and statistical significance tests will provide a more accurate assessment of progress.
Priority 27:
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
Combined Score Averages
Note: For 1993-1995 individual student scores were converted to the recentered scale and then the mean was recomputed. For 1996 most students received scores on the recentered scale. (Any score on the original scale was converted to the recentered scale prior to recomputing the mean.) Scores for 1997 and 1998 were recentered.
Source: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, various years. Copyright © 1997 College Entrance Examination Board. Limitations of data: Changes in the average score does not adjust for the changes in the composition of the test-taking population, which is increasingly minority and lower income.
American College Testing (ACT)
Average Scores for Total Group
Source: 1999 ACT National Score Report Index. Limitations of data: Changes in the average score does not adjust for the changes in the composition of the test-taking population, which is increasingly minority and lower income.
Priority 28:
National Cohort Default Rates
FY 1990 -- FY 1997
Source: National Student Loan Data System, October 1999.
Priority 29:
Median Federal Debt Burden* of Students
(First year of Repayment)
* Yearly scheduled payment, as a percentage of annual earnings.
Source: National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) earnings records. Limitations of data: Debt burden may be overstated because income is based only on earnings, is limited to the amount earned by the individual borrower, and is capped at the maximum amount upon which Social Security taxes are owed ($65,400 in 1997). Trying to obtain permission to use IRS income data, which would alleviate these limitations.
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