Average SAT scores don't budge

Average scores for the 1,518,859 members of the class of 2008 who took the SATs are out. And they did not budge a single point from last year, the College Board said this morning.

The scores can be seen at the College Board website. The College Board owns and administers the SAT and other tests.

In California, nearly half the graduating class of 2008 took the test — 195,406 students, according to State Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell. California reading and writing scores did not shift, but average math scores declined by a single point.

Members of the class of 2009 — and their younger colleagues — are already preparing to take the important college admissions exam this fall.

— Gale Holland

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