Hawaii SAT scores drop
When examined by type of school, Hawaii's public school students declined in all three subject areas. Public schools nationally decreased in reading, held steady in writing and increased in math.
Hawaii's religiously affiliated school students declined in math, reading and writing, while the national group improved in all areas.
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The Hawaii state Department of Education began to offer the Preliminary
SAT at no cost to all public school 10th-graders during the 2005-06 school year and expanded the free PSAT testing to all 10th- and 11th-graders during the 2007-08 school year. A total of 11,004 sophomores and juniors took the PSAT last year.
Students who take the PSAT usually have better test-taking skills and are more familiar with the test format when they take the College Board SAT. In 2008, Hawaii public school students who had taken the PSAT once prior to taking the College Board SAT had average scores at least 33 points higher in both reading and writing, and 36 points higher in math.
Hawaii public school students who had taken the PSAT in both their sophomore and junior years averaged 77 points higher in reading, 89 points higher in math and 83 points higher in writing.
College Board SAT results include average combined scores for all students in a state that take the test, as well as results separated according to whether the students attend a public, religiously affiliated or independent school. Hawaii's average combined scores were 502 in mathematics, 481 in critical reading and 470 in writing (which was first tested in 2006). The national average combined scores, unchanged from last year, were 515 in math, 502 in reading and 494 in writing.
Compared to 2007, Hawaii's combined scores fell four points in math, and decreased three points each in reading and writing. The national combined scores were equal to the previous year.
Hawaii's public school students averaged 473 in math (down six points from 2007), 456 in reading (down three points) and 441 in writing (down five points). Public school students nationally averaged 510 in math (up one point from 2007), 497 in reading (down one point) and 488 in writing (no change).
Hawaii's religiously affiliated school students averaged 537 in math (down nine points from 2007), 517 in reading (down seven points) and 512 in writing (down four points). Religiously affiliated school students nationally averaged 531 in math (up five points from 2007), 532 in reading (up one point) and 529 in writing (up two points).
Hawaii's independent school students averaged 571 in math (up three points from 2007), 534 in reading (no change) and 529 in writing (up four points). Independent school students nationally averaged 574 in math (up five points), 550 in reading (up four points) and 553 in writing (up five points).
Nationally, 1,518,859 students took the College Board SAT. In Hawaii, 8,195 of the class of 2008 completed the SAT, of which 4,963 (63 percent) were Hawaii public school students.
Complete College Board SAT results are posted at http://www.collegeboard.com.
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rusty nuts wrote on Sep 3, 2008 1:34 PM: