SAT Scores Take Another Dip
Composite SAT scores dipped for the second year in a row since the college-entrance exam’s overhaul in 2005, sparking debate over the significance, if any, of such short-term declines on the closely watched 81-year-old test.
Although
the drop to 1511 on a scale of 2400
was proportionally slight—no section’s average score fell more than six-tenths of a percentage point—student performance declined on all three sections of the test.
The average critical-reading section score of 502 on a scale of 200 to 800 points was down just a point. But the average mathematics score fell 3 points, to 515 on a scale of 800. The average score on the writing section, now in its second year, also fell 3 points to 494...
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