SC SAT Scores Stagnant
Scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) ended a six-year free fall in South Carolina this year You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
Scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) ended a six-year free fall in South Carolina this year You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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“government-run schools” used two times. That’s 2 more dollars in my Sic Willie overused phrase jar.
You get $$s for “first female graduate of the Citadel”, “our founding editor” and gay references to women’s footware, also?
That kitty must be getting fat. Time to hit the Z-bar or the Mill Street Inn.
From the report.
Family income: Writing/Math/Reading (Mean scores)
$0 – $20,000: 420/423/403
$40,000–$40,000: 448/449/429
$40,000–$60,000: 475/477/454
$60,000–$80,000: 492/491/469
$80,000–$100,000: 496/499/475
$100,000–$120,000: 509/512/488
$120,000–$140,000: 511/516/490
$140,000–$160,000: 513/518/495
$160,000–$200,000: 521/528/494
More than $200,000: 546/552/530
$40,000–$40,000: 448/449/429 ???
SC public education or just a typo :)
You state that “religious schools in South Carolina scored well above the national average in all three categories.”.
Four simple questions:
What percentage of private schools in SC fall into the “religious” category? How did the other non-religious ones do?
Is the “national average” that you refer to the national average for public schools or for private schools? If it’s a reference to public school scores, how do SC private school scores rate in comparison to private schools in other states?
So answers please.
That would be “some answers please.”
Obama, democrats, RINOS responsible for this.
Given that SC schools encourages all juniors and seniors to take the SAT as opposed to most states which only encourage those likely to attend college to take the test, it is amazing we are as close as we are. I have never understood why SC schools continue this practice.
As for the results of private schools, you are comparing apples and oranges. Private schools can pick their students, public schools cannot. Also, as Centrists points out below, you family income plays a huge role in your scores. Private schools are going to have a much higher concentration of students from families with higher incomes. What it comes down to is SC private schools are not doing significantly better than the public schools in regard to the test scores of similarly situated children.
Isn’t SC always at the bottom of that list?