From Missouri Digital News: https://mdn.org
MDN Menu

MDN Home

Journalist's Creed

Print

MDN Help

 MDN.ORG: Missouri Digital News
MDN Menu

MDN Home

Journalist's Creed

Print

MDN Help

 MDN.ORG Mo. Digital News Missouri Digital News MDN.ORG: Mo. Digital News MDN.ORG: Missouri Digital News
Help  

Higher SAT scores under criticism

September 3, 1996
By: Jennifer Horton
State Capital Bureau Critics say the recent rise in SAT scores may not mean anything at all. Jennifer Horton has the details.
Story:Jennifer Horton
RunTime:
OutCue: SOC

Currently, students can earn a perfect score on the SAT even after missing several questions.

Jennifer Marshall is an Education Policy Analysis from the Family Research Council, a Washington Based non-profit organization.

She says this along with other changes has badly hurt the credibility of the test.

Actuality:Jennifer Marshall
RunTime: 15
OutCue: "of objectivity"
Contents: Marshall says educators and employers can no longer use the test to compare scores of today with those of previous years.

But Missouri Director of Assessment James Friedebach (FREED-bak) says the SAT score rises are due to students taking more core courses.

From the State Capital, I'm Jennifer Horton.