by Tom Shuford
Mean Verbal – 429, Mean Quantitative – 520, Total – 949: These are the mean Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores of applicants for graduate study in Education Administration tested between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2003. Of 51 intended areas of graduate study, applicants in 45 fields had higher Total GRE scores than applicants in Education Administration. Candidates in 5 fields – Home Economics, Social Work, Counseling, Early Childhood and Special Education – had lower Total GRE scores.
Verbal and Quantitative scores follow the same pattern. Applicants in 46 fields had higher Verbal scores than candidates in Education Administration. Applicants in 4 fields had lower Verbal scores. (The data seem to explain why articles and Op-Eds by education administrators are extreme rarities.)
Applicants in 45 fields had higher Quantitative scores that aspiring Education Administrators. Applicants in 5 fields had lower Quantitative scores.
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