Almost 5 percent of the whites scored 650 or more on the verbal test.

Both men and women maintained the same average scores in the verbal test.

But they scored far below native speakers on the verbal test, 468 vs. 515.

Scores for black students remained the same on the verbal test and fell four points in math.

This year's average score on the verbal test, 423, was up 1 point from 1991, reversing a decline that began in 1987.

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Those results were well above the state average, which was 494 for the verbal test and 506 for math.

On the verbal test, the average Connecticut score was 439, compared with 440 last year.

The state average was 494 in the verbal test and 506 in math.

The school's average on the verbal test was 625 and on math, 666.