For those keeping a tally, the average national SAT score held steady in 2010, according to a new report by the College Board.
This year, nearly 1.6 million high-school graduates took the exam, averaging 1509 points out of a possible 2400, the same as last year. Since 2000, scores on the math section have risen by two points, while scores on the critical reading section have declined by four points.
The College Board also released data showing differences between students who took a “core curriculum” and those who did not. On average, the former scored 151 points higher than the latter.
“This report confirms that there are no tricks and there are no shortcuts,” Gaston Caperton, the College Board’s president, said in a news release.
The traditional score gaps among racial and ethnic groups either widened or held steady. The average scores of white students, for instance, have declined by two points since 2006, while the average scores for black test takers have declined by 14 points.
“The data contradict the claim that more high-stakes testing improves educational quality and equity,” Robert A. Schaeffer, public information director for FairTest, a watchdog group, said in a written statement.
2 Responses to The SAT Tally
blue_state_academic - September 13, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Governor Caperton: Why do students who take a core curriculum score on average 151 points higher on the SAT?A) Taking a core curriculum causes students to score 151 points higher on the SATB) Students who are assigned to take a core curriculum are higher achieving students anyway, and therefore would score higher on the SAT even without that curriculumC) All of the aboveD) None of the above
rkerman - September 14, 2010 at 8:19 am
In an education publication you’d think it unthinkable to have a grammatical error in the first sentence of an article. Proof of the decline in Higher Education.