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Review
For the fifth consecutive year, Scholastic Assessment Test
(SAT) combined scores both increased and remained above the North Carolina
state average. As a group, the county's graduating class of 2004 recorded
a verbal score of 508 and a math score of 516, for a combined SAT score
average of 1024. The combined score was only 2 points below the national
average. The SAT verbal score of 508 matched the national average and was
9 points above the state average. The SAT math score of 516 was 2 points
below the national average and 9 points above the state average.
Croatan High School graduates posted the highest SAT scores with a
combined score of 1065, followed by West Carteret at 1020 and East
Carteret at 979. Croatan's scores were the highest in the history of the
county. East Carteret posted a 9-point gain from the previous year and an
18-point gain over the past two years.
SAT scores are based on a self-selected sample of students who elect to
take this test for college admission purposes, and year-to-year
fluctuations are common. In fact, the College Board reports that over half
of all high schools experience verbal or math score changes of at least 10
points from one year to the next. For this reason, it is best to review
score changes over a period of several years.
Superintendent Dr. David Lenker commented that "upward trends over
the past five school years demonstrate that our system is on the right
track when it comes to preparing students for higher education." The
school system's goal is to meet or exceed the national average.
Educators can best influence student performance on the SAT through focused instruction, teaching students how to think, stressing challenging coursework as the norm, offering SAT preparation, and setting high expectations for students across grade levels. It is also important to recognize that the basis for strong SAT scores is built in the early grade levels where students develop vocabulary, reasoning skills, and the ability to think mathematically.