SAT Scores Down, Mirroring Nation

The local papers all have stories about a national decline in SAT scores, reflecting a downward trend in the two years since the college entrance test was revised and expanded. WaPo said Maryland's scores fell 13 points overall, and Virginia's dipped five points.

Howard scores dropped a total of six points.

“We are extremely proud of the performance of our students on the SAT,” Superintendent Sydney Cousin said in a statement. “Our average scores are consistently above the average state and national scores. That’s commendable.”

See what else school officials had to say here.

Critical Reading		Mathematics		Writing
	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007
HCPSS	539	537	559	556	538	537
Maryland	503	500	509	502	499	496
Nation	503	502	518	515	497	494