Diversity and Inclusion Master Plan

Percentage of Candidates who Passed all NBEO Parts at Graduation

100

95

National

90

SUNY

85

80

75

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Figure 8. Percentage of Candidates who Passed all NBEO Parts at Graduation

An analysis of SUNY students’ board performance from 2012 -2016 indicated that females average score was 486 compared to 477 for males (Table 17). This difference, however, was not statistically significant indicating that success on the NBEO is not influenced by gender (ANOVA, F (1, 378)=.39, p=.53).

Table 17. SUNY NBEO Part I Mean Scores by Gender (tests taken from 2012-2016)

N

Mean

Female

284

486.9

Male

96

477.6

Total

380

484.5

In regards to ethnicity, White students scored on the first part of the Boards an average of 503, International 494, Asian 466, and URMs 430 (Table 18). The difference between groups was statistically significant (ANOVA, F(3,376)=3.84, p<.01).

Table 18. SUNY NBEO Part I Mean Scores by Race/Ethnicity (tests taken from 2012-2016)

Std. Deviation Std. Error

N

Mean

White*

192

503.2

127.1

9.2

URM*

22

430.1

150.8

32.1

Asian

146

466.9

118.4

9.8

International

20

494.4

118.3

26.5

Total

380

484.6

126.2

6.5

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