Georgia 2013 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES [View all]

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2013 COLLEGE-BOUND SENIORS SAT SCORES BY FAMILY INCOME
READING MATH WRITING TOTAL
$ 0 - $20,000 435 462 429 1326
$20,000 - $40,000 465 482 455 1402
$40,000 - $60,000 487 500 474 1461
$60,000 - $80,000 500 511 486 1497
$80,000 - $100,000 512 524 499 1535
$100,000 - $120,000 522 536 511 1569
$120,000 - $140,000 526 540 515 1581
$140,000 - $160,000 533 548 523 1604
$160,000 - $200,000 539 555 531 1625
More than $200,000 565 586 563 1714

From:
http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2013/10/07/PDFscores-2013-SAT.pdf
By Maureen Downey
Bob Schaeffer of FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testingsent me a note and a chart related to the AJC story on how closely Georgia's SAT scores align with family income. The FairTest chart draws from the College Board's College-Bound Seniors 2013: Total Group Profile Report and College-Bound Seniors 2006: Total Group Profile Report. (I could not drop this chart into the earlier SAT blog entry so I am creating a new one but this relates to our earlier discussion today.)

Here is what Schaeffer had to say about the chart:
The SAT is -- if nothing else -- a strong measure of accumulated opportunity. Kids born into economically comfortable families have incredible advantages from the moment of their conception: adequate maternal nutrition and prenatal care; a much higher probability of normal birth weight; homes with less exposure to allergens, pesticides, heavy metals, etc.; parents who read to them and use rich vocabularies; regular medical checkups and intervention; quality day care; good neighborhood schools; nearby libraries and other cultural institutions; access to tutoring and test prep; etc. All have been linked to higher test scores.

Given this sharply unequal access to factors long-proven to improve test performance, no one should be surprised that kids from high-income families do better on the SAT (and ACT). The societal problem arises when test scores are used to predict the capacity to do college level academic work, not look back at accumulated opportunity.

more
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/oct/07/chart-sat-scores-and-influencing-factors/