SAT scores in outpaced the nation as test-takers across the country saw their overall scores slightly tick up. More than 2 million graduates in the class of 2018 took the SAT — a 25 percent increase over the previous class and now the largest group ever, according to College Board, which creates the test. The SAT is one of two major exams that attempt to measure how ready a student is to take college-level courses.
In Massachusetts, 67 percent of 2018 graduates took the SAT during high school, the organization announced Thursday. The mean total score was 1171, comprised of a 585 score in reading and writing and a 586 score in math (the numbers may not perfectly add up due to rounding). Each section ranges in score from a low of 200 to a high of 800, which would constitute a perfect score.
The organization said 68 percent of test-takers in Massachusetts met the requisite benchmarks for both the reading and writing section as well as math. A student who meets the benchmark has a 75 percent chance of earning at least a C in associated college-level coursework.