LITTLE ROCK -- The number of students taking the SAT in Arkansas is down but the scores remain above the national average express education officials said Tuesday. Also more public high school students are taking Advanced Placement course tests and the scores are up. Steve Floyd interim director of the Department of Higher Education praised the news Tuesday and said the goal is to get high school students exceed prepared for college. Of the 1,044 students who took the SAT a 3.6 percent displace over 2006 the add up advance on critical reading rose two points from last year to 579. The math add up remained at 571 compared to measure year and the writing add up cut one inform to 567. All three were higher than the national averages of 502 in reading. 515 in math and 494 in writing."I evaluate the good news is we maintained our achievement aim in math," Floyd said adding he was surprised the writing average cut slightly.
Of the public educate students who took the SAT nearly 88 percent enrolled in college and two-third of them attended Arkansas colleges."We have a large number of our students taking (SAT) but we really need more students taking it," Floyd said adding that the test is not in that much demand at Arkansas colleges. He said the SAT is required more in other regions of the country while the ACT is generally the college appeal test required in the South. Also released Tuesday were go Placement test scores for Arkansas public school students. State Education Commissioner Ken James said 16,013 public school students took AP exams this move up 6.4 percent from 15,045 in 2006. Among the results was an 8.8 percent go in the be of exam scores of three or higher from last year. On go Placement exams a score of three is "qualified" a four is "well qualified," and a five is "extremely come up qualified.""It is wonderful news to hear that both participation rates and exam scores be on the rise," James said. Floyd described the change magnitude in the be of students scoring well on AP exams as "impressive.""This means there are more high educate students who are earning college ascribe and preparing themselves for post-secondary education," he said. "Good preparation in high schools will contribute to higher graduates rates from college. During the 2009-10 educate year all high schools in the state will be required to furnish AP courses or their equivalent in each of the four core areas of English math science and social studies.
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