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SAT Results: Improvement Only in the Number Taking the Test
August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The results are in for the high school senior class of 2009 and they’re basically “flat.”
Math scores stayed the same from the year before, with an average score of 515 (on a scale of 200 to 800).
In reading, there was a slight decline of just one point in critical reading (from 502 lat year to 501 this year) and in writing (from 494 to 493).
The only area where the SAT test showed any growth was in the number of students taking the test and the percent who were minorities. More than 1.5 million students (1,530,128) took the SAT, the highest total ever.
The percent who are classified as minorities was also up, to a total of 40 percent of all test takers. And the number of students who report English is not their first language was 25 percent; ten years ago, only 18 percent of the students could make that claim.
For more statistics, see the College Board’s announcement.