2009 SAT Scores

How are Georgia's students performing on the SAT? Below is a table showing the 5-year trend for public school students. Since 2005, Georgia's combined Critical Reading/Math score has decreased by 10 points. Georgia's total SAT score has decreased by 18 points since 2006. (The writing component of the SAT was added in 2006.) Nationally, total SAT scores for public school students declined 13 points since 2006.

GSCI has created an online sortable table of state scores and participation rates. Georgia's participation rate remains high at 71%. This is often mentioned as an excuse for low performance; however, the data shows that we trail many states with similar participation rates. Sorting the table by Math scores illustrates that this is the weakest area. Only Maine and the District of Columbia have lower math scores. The Georgia Department of Education is implementing a new curriculum, which hopefully, will improve scores in math.

The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education has provided further analysis of the SAT scores and some of the factors that correlate with higher SAT scores. Click here to view their analysis.

The 2009 Georgia State Profile Report may be viewed on the CollegeBoard website.