Asians Equal Whites in SAT Writing, but larger SD means probably more on top

ASIANS ABOUT EQUAL IN MEAN, BUT LARGER SD MEANS MORE ASIANS AT TOP SCORES http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/2006-total-group-writing-subscore-report.pdf
2006 Total Group Writing Subscore Report
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SAT Writing Subgroups 2006
Performance by subgroups

Performance across the essay, multiple-choice questions, and the overall writing section demonstrated similar trends to those seen on the other sections of the SAT Reasoning Test. Table 1 summarizes the performance on the writing section by gender and ethnicity.

# of students Essay Multiple-choice Total Writing
Section  Essay     MultCh Total
         Mean SD   MeanSD Mean SD
1 White  7.5  1.6  52  10 519  100
2 Asian  7.5  1.8  51  12 512  119

3 AmericanIndian 7.0     1.6      47      10     474     101
4 Hispanic       6.8     1.6      45      10     451      98
5 Black          6.5     1.6      43       9     428      93

Overall       7.2     1.7      50      11     497     109
Female        7.4     1.6      50      11     502     108
Male          7.1     1.7      49      11     491     110
Other         7.3     1.7      49      11     493     110
NoResponse    7.0     1.9      48      12     482     127

Whites have slightly higher mean 519 vs 512, but larger SD 119 vs 100, so there will be more Asians at the top of the curve Blacks lag Hispanics and Native Americans