State releases SAT scores for Pittsburgh-area high schools

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Waiting For This

A Lebo Citizens reader shared some news that we have all been waiting for.

2013 SAT Scores for Public Schools

I’ve been "waiting" for MTLSD to release the SAT scores for 2013. Other districts reported these via press releases a month ago. I was able to locate them on my own.

Maybe the scores were not reported because 1) MTLSH was 14th in the state and 2) they were the lowest average SAT scores since the 3 part test began to be administered in 2006, 8 years ago. They may be the lowest scores ever but I didn’t go back beyond 2006 in this summary. This doesn’t look like a promising direction for SAT scores… which of all the countless tests that are administered to students, these actually carry some weight.

Here are the averages:

2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
1684	1695	1737	1690	1714	1707	1703	1741

The School Board/Superintendent will claim the reduction from 2012 is only 0.65%, a statistically insignificant number. They cannot wiggle out of the reduction from 2006 being 3.3%, which is significant, particularly over a time period where the average cost per student increased by approximately $1,000/student  $2,170 or 19.9%.