WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » sat http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 SAT Scores Plummet As More Students Take the ACT http://wbsm.com/sat-scores-plummet-as-more-students-take-the-act/ http://wbsm.com/sat-scores-plummet-as-more-students-take-the-act/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0000 Amy Sciarretto http://tsminteractive.com/?p=143362 The average national scores on two out of the three sections of the SAT exam, which is the standardized test students take in order to get into college, trended down for the class of 2012.

That could have to do with the fact more students in the class of '12 took the rival ACT exam than the SAT this year, the first time that has ever happened.

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