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Virginia Students Outperform National Average in SAT Scores
Virginia surpassed the national average on the reading and writing SAT taken by high school students last year. The Virginia Class of 2008, including both public and private high school students, earned an average score of 511 for reading, 499 for writing and 512 for math. Although the Commonwealth boasted an improvement on testing scores, the number of high school students taking the test declined by 1,200 students. Virginia was 10th in the nation for public school participation in the SAT, with 59,573 public and private high school graduates taking the tests. About 51,000 of them attended public schools. Find out more.
Published on Thursday, October 30, 2008