Group sections of exams were intended to be more challenging than individual components, yet not overwhelming.
This year, a record number of students, 1.4 million, took the SAT, but scores rose three points each in both the math and verbal sections of the exam.
PAGE A13 SAT SCORES HOLD STEADY After two years of declines, SAT scores stayed put, with averages for the three sections of the exam identical for the class of 2008 and the class of 2007: 502 in the critical-reading section, 515 in the mathematics section, and 494 in the writing section.
Comparatively, the state average saw 79% of economically disadvantaged students pass both math and English sections of the exam.
That rate was significantly higher than the state average that saw 79% of economically disadvantaged students pass both math and English sections of the exam.
Average Bloom levels were calculated for the multiple-choice and essay sections of each exam.
You must pass all 4 sections of the exam with a score of 70% or higher.
But Morgan's proposal would put a new focus on the pass rate for specific skills tested in sections of the exams, specifically multiplication and long division, and add new questions on novels that pupils will have been expected to read.
Student outcomes on the SAQ sections of summative exams were compared before and after the introduction of the online tool and also between subgroups of students within the posttool-introduction population who demonstrated different levels of participation in the online exercises.
In addition, student outcomes on SAQ sections of summative exams were compared between populations that had access to the online tool and those who did not and between subgroups of students who showed various levels of participation in the online SAQ assignments.
If students fail an exam or a section of an exam, they will have two chances to retake it.
