The College Board, the organization that develops and administers the SAT, announced that average composite scores on the math and critical-reading sections once again fell to an all-time low, dropping 4 points since last year when scores dropped a historic seven points.
This year’s average score in critical reading was 502 (1-point decline lower than last year). The average scores in mathematics and writing declined 3 points each compared to a year ago, bringing the scores to 515 and 494, respectively.
College Board officials cite the increase in then number of minority students taking the test as the reason for the drop in scores. A record 1.5 million test-takers from the 2007 high school graduating class took the SAT. Thirty-nine percent of them were minorities.
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