Education Law

Results are in

BoardBuzz promised and BoardBuzz delivers: a full summary of the 2008 SAT results direct from the Center for Public Education.

Although the SAT scores get all the headlines, the Center delves deep into the data to answer these important questions:

* Which graduates took the SAT and what was the percent of race/ethnicity and gender participation?

* How many of the test takers will be the first in their families to attend college?

* What courses did the graduates take during their high school careers?

These questions often get overlooked when SAT results are released each year, even though they show that our schools are opening up the possibility of college to a number of students who may not have thought they were college material. So check out the Center's summary to find out how students are getting more prepared for college.

For more information on how SAT scores should be used to determine how well your school is preparing students for college check out the Center for Public Education's Good Measures for Good Schools.

And for additional press on the results (and quotes from the Center), click here and here.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on August 27, 2008 (boomark / email).