Texas SAT Scores Drop, but Participation Rates Surge
A report from the Texas Education Agency on the state's 2012 SAT scores shows two things about Texas students over the past five years: More students are the taking the test, but they aren't performing as well.
More students are taking the college admissions test — especially Hispanics and blacks, whose participation rates have increased by 65 and 42 percent, respectively, since 2007. Students' scores, though, decreased from 2o11 by about 5 points across the board in reading, math and writing, continuing the downward trend of the past five years.
“We are clearly building a college-going culture in Texas ...
Comments (4)
Kevin Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Wonderful! Now everybody gets into college, but fewer & fewer graduate or go on to new careers...
And this is progress how?
Scott Nicol via Texas Tribune on Facebook
We cannot expect to simultaneously have a college-going culture and gut state funding for financial aid and the colleges that students would be going to
Leon Drozd
It is not good when there is a big gap between those who are literate and those who are not literate, those whoar educated and those who are not educated, or those who have knowledge and those who do not have knowledge. It creates followers of people like Lord Limburger.
Shawn Devereaux
The Texas Education Agency pays the test fee for either the SAT or ACT. To make themselves look better on paper, some high schools require juniors to take one of the tests so they can crow about how many students are taking the tests. In turn, the state brags about the participation surge. A similar example is an Austin area ISD that requires students to at least apply to Austin Community College since the application is free and everyone is accepted. They then tout their 100% college acceptance rate.