2016 College-Bound Seniors - State Profile Report - SAT® Data and Statistical Definitions

Sep 14, 2026

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2016 College-Bound Seniors State Profile Report for North Carolina compiles SAT Program information for college-bound seniors in the Class of 2016 who took the pre-March 2016 SAT or SAT Subject Tests during high school. It explains embargo rules, scope of included students, and how scores and questionnaire responses are summarized (counted once using latest results). The report also defines core statistics terms such as mean, percentile, scaled score, and standard deviation to support consistent interpretation of aggregated outcomes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages19

Reading Time48 min

AccessFree to download

Included in This Report

SAT Data

SAT Subject Tests Data

Demographic and Academic Information

College Plans

Using This Report

How students are counted and summarized

Statistical Definitions

Mean

Percentile

Scaled score

Standard deviation

2016 College-Bound Seniors State Profile Report NORTH CAROLINA Included in This Report SAT ® Data SAT Subject Tests™ Data Demographic and Academic Information College Plans DATA EMBARGO IN EFFECT. This report contains information on college-bound students in the class of 2016 who took the pre-March 2016 SAT or SAT Subject Tests at any time during high school. Data and other information in this report are embargoed from dissemination to the media and general public until after the College Board makes state and total group-level data and information publically available. The embargo will be lifted no later than September 30, 2016. Prior to that time, you may use the data and other information in this report for internal purposes. The College Board will post updated information in the coming weeks about the embargo at [https://collegeboard.org/press](https://collegeboard.org/press); if you have questions, please contact the College Board communications department at [communications@collegeboard.org](communications@collegeboard.org). © 2016 The College Board. College Board, Advanced Placement Program, AP, SAT and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. SAT Subject Tests is a trademark owned by the College Board. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Visit the College Board on [the Web: www.collegeboard.org](the Web: www.collegeboard.org). The SAT® Program The SAT® assesses student reasoning based on knowledge and skills developed by the students in their course work. The SAT Subject Tests™ (formerly known as SAT II: Subject Tests) are a series of one-hour, mostly multiple-choice tests that measure how much students know about a particular academic subject and how well they can apply that knowledge. Most students also complete the optional SAT Questionnaire (formerly known as the Student Descriptive Questionnaire) when they register to take SAT Program tests, providing valuable contextual information to aid in interpreting and understanding individual and group scores. College-Bound Seniors 2016 includes students who tested through January 2016. The College Board administered the first redesigned SAT in March 2016. While a majority of the Class of 2016 took only the pre-March 2016 SAT, a small percentage took the new SAT. The report includes senior test-takers in this class who took the SAT prior to March 2016. To help schools with the transition to the new SAT, we have included an addendum on results from the March-June 2016 administrations. Using This Report College-Bound Seniors presents data on high school graduates in the year 2016 who participated in the SAT Program. Students are counted only once, no matter how often they tested, and only their latest scores and most recent SAT Questionnaire responses are summarized. Because the accuracy of self-reported information has been documented and the college-bound population is relatively stable from year to year, SAT Questionnaire responses from these students can be considered highly accurate. Therefore, you can use this report to: • Interpret scores of individual students within the broader context of data aggregated across groups of college-bound seniors. • Study changes over time in the characteristics of students taking SAT tests. • Look at year-to-year educational and demographic changes in this population, along with changes in test performance. considered, it is appropriate to recognize that in some states there are lower participation rates. Typically, test-takers in these states have strong academic backgrounds and apply to the nation's most selective colleges and scholarship programs. For these states, it is expected that the SAT mean scores reported for students will be higher than the national average. Statistical Definitions The following terms are used throughout this report. For more statistical information, visit the College Board webs

FAQs

What data from the Class of 2016 is included in the North Carolina state profile report?

The report includes college-bound seniors who took the pre-March 2016 SAT or SAT Subject Tests at any time during high school, and it also notes an addendum for March–June 2016 administrations.

How are students counted when interpreting SAT Program data in this report?

Students are counted only once regardless of how often they tested, and the report summarizes their latest scores and most recent SAT Questionnaire responses.

What do the report’s statistical definitions help you interpret?

They clarify how to read measures such as mean, percentile (including the median), scaled score on the 200–800 scale, and standard deviation as a measure of score variability.

Sep 14, 2026

Uploaded by Fahsai