FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2001
Once again Madison high school students have scored significantly above the state and national averages on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The district's student average composite score is over 4 percent higher than the composite average for Wisconsin students, and over 20 percent higher than the national average.
Madison students' composite score is 1229, well over the state composite of 1180, and significantly over the national average of 1020.
Madison students score 30 points (5%) higher than their state peers in math (626 to 596), and 19 points (3%) higher in the verbal component (603 to 584). Compared to students taking the SAT at the national level, MMSD students are 112 points higher in math (626 to 514, 21%) and 97 points higher in verbal (603 to 506, 19%).
The SAT is a standardized collegiate admissions exam, made up of verbal and math sections, with each section worth a possible 800 points for a total of 1600.
The ACT college entrance examination continues to be more popular with Madison students, with approximately 70% of seniors taking it, compared to about 27% of seniors for the SAT.
Madison students taking the ACT also outperformed their state and national peers by 8 percent and 14 percent respectively in results released earlier this month.
COMPOSITE Year Madison Wisconsin US 2000-01 1229 1180 1020 1999-00 1257 1181 1019 1998-99 1248 1179 1016 1997-98 1254 1175 1017 1996-97 1247 1169 1016 1995-96 1229 1163 1013 1994-95 1219 1159 1010 VERBAL Year Madison Wisconsin US 2000-01 603 584 506 1999-00 618 584 505 1998-99 609 584 505 1997-98 614 581 505 1996-97 616 579 505 1995-96 608 577 505 1994-95 600 574 504 MATH Year Madison Wisconsin US 2000-01 626 596 514 1999-00 639 597 514 1998-99 639 595 511 1997-98 640 594 512 1996-97 631 590 511 1995-96 621 586 508 1994-95 619 585 506
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