Class of 2023 Average SAT Scores
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Anonymous
LMAO. So now you are starting Covid closures in 2019? And let’s add a couple years after bc of masks? And if your kids didn’t learn a thing, they have much bigger issues than Covid learning loss (and a dumb parent). |
Anonymous
Typo - should be 1089. |
Anonymous
Yes of course SATs scores are correlated with higher parent income. You are mixing up the cause and effect of the correlation though. Cognitive ability and conscientiousness are causally correlated with income. The traits of the parents that increase income (and enhance academic performance) are transmitted to the children so this causes their offspring to have higher average test scores. |
Anonymous
2019-2020 school year so they lost almost a whole semester |
Anonymous
DP. This is completely rude and unnecessary. I received a 1500+ SAT and honors engineering grad from UVA. I would have done noticeably worse had I been a student under the Braindead Brabrand policies. It is a valid point. Rude people aren’t very smart. |
Anonymous
Where is this report that is being referenced? |
Anonymous
You white people are nuts! - "malicious equity reasons" |
Anonymous
FCTA web site. They FOIA'd the College Board reports. |
Anonymous
They means that the decline may not be statistically significant. There is some normal random variation in score that will occur. The standard deviation of SAT scores is 207. So the standard deviation of the sample mean will be 207 divided by the square root of the number of SAT test takers at Langley high school. Eg. If 600 people took SAT the standard deviation of the sample mean will be 8.5 points so the test scores could basically vary 17 (actually 20 points because SAT scores are in 10 point increments) points in either direction from year to year without changing significantly. It’s very possible that random chance could explain a 20 point decline average SAT scores at Langley high school. |
Anonymous
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The most recent standard deviation for SAT scores according to the College Board is 221 and the number of test takers at Langley was 441. So by this logic the test scores could "basically vary" 21 points from year-to-year without changing significantly.
However, the six-year decline in the SAT scores at Langley was 47 points, not 21. |
Anonymous
So these high achievers should excel despite the overal rating of the school they attend. Basically, Mclean and Langley do not “make” better students. Stronger students tend to enroll in those schools in higher numbers. Your average student will be average at Falls Church or at Oakton. |
Anonymous
DP. McLean was recognized by the Board of Supervisors this week for winning a press award (along with Chantilly and West Springfield), as well as winning the state Scholastic Bowl competition this winter. The students who spoke praised the support they received from the school administration and their faculty sponsors. The reality is that a number of factors contribute to student success. |
Anonymous
Yes and no. Gifted students might not reach their full potential if they go to a less competitive school. Public school have to teach to lowest common denominator, because they are not allowed to leave any kids behind. For gifted kids, the content will likely be too easy for them a more normal school because there are too many below average students that prevent the class from moving on to more advanced material. |
Anonymous
But PP pretty much every school is segregated between the academically oriented students and those who struggle. |
Anonymous
Segregated is a loaded word but in any case the difference in pass rates on AP exams (earlier post) suggests otherwise. |