High school graduates this year fared no better on the SAT college admission test than their predecessors in 2013, a stagnant result that exam overseers said should sound an alarm for the nation to get more students on track for college.
The average SAT score for the Class of 2014 was 1497, the College Board reported Tuesday, down a point from the year before. A perfect score, combining results for critical reading, math and writing, is 2400.
Also stagnant was the share of students who reached a combined score of 1550, which the New York-based organization considers a standard for college and career readiness: Forty-three percent of those who took the SAT scored at or above that mark.
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