Average Score on Verbal Section of '89-90 SAT Drops to Lowest Level Since 1980; Math Score Unchanged.

Dodge, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ415203

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Publication Date: 1990

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Average Score on Verbal Section of '89-90 SAT Drops to Lowest Level Since 1980; Math Score Unchanged.

Dodge, Susan

Chronicle of Higher Education, v37 n1 pA33-34 Sep 5 1990

High-school and college officials blamed the dip in verbal scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test on students' reading too little. The average verbal score dropped from 427 to 424 while the average mathematics score remained at 476. A total of 1,025,523 high-school seniors took the test in 1989-90. (MLW)

Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, High School Seniors, Mathematics Tests, Minority Groups, Racial Differences, Reading, Scores, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Standardized Tests, Test Score Decline, Verbal Tests

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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