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Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
The 1984 state and national averages for high school graduates' scores on the American College Testing Program and Scholastic Aptitude Test college entrance examinations are presented, indicating also the change in the previous two years and the percentage of the state's graduates tested. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, High School Graduates
Friedland, Edward I.; Friedland, Mark W. – 1988
When properly understood, scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) support the hypothesis that the performance of American students as measured by the SAT is steadily improving. As the overall pool of SAT takers increases and as pressures to adopt SAT scores as an administrative measure of instructional performance mount, SAT averages at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Office of Evaluation, Assessment and Research. – 1985
Alaskan students' scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) increased nine points between 1984 and 1985, matching the national gain. These scores marked the fourth year of increases following 17 years of consistently declining scores. Thirty-three percent of Alaska's high school seniors took the SAT in 1985. The combined score of 923 was 17…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Trends, High Schools
