11. In 1972, 116, 585 students, or 11.4 percent of test takers, scored above 600 on the verbal test . 12. Why girls score less well than boys on the College Board's math and verbal tests is not entirely clear. 13. Performance on verbal tests ( reading comprehension ) tends to improve with silence versus either vocal or instrumental music. 14. That's because it's hard to write a multiple choice verbal test that really measures anything useful, except for vocabulary. 15. Many Indian children suffered from chronic middle-ear infection and hearing loss can have marked negative effects on verbal tests . 16. A score of 100 would be average on both the IQ and verbal tests for a normal birth-weight 8-year-old. 17. The average score on the verbal test increased from 88 points at age 3 to 99 points at age 8. 18. In 1972, 116, 585 students, or 11 . 4 percent of test takers, scored above 600 on the verbal test . 19. White students showed a one-point gain on the verbal test and no gains on the math test over last year's results. 20. Tenth-graders must score close to 700 in the math or verbal tests , the average score of seniors bound for Ivy League colleges.
