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Overall educational outcomes in the US have been on an upward trend for all groups, with the percentage of test takers achieving a perfect score on the SAT or t
by lern_too_spel 5y ago
Overall educational outcomes in the US have been on an upward trend for all groups, with the percentage of test takers achieving a perfect score on the SAT or the ACT steadily increasing year over year. People who went to school decades ago were dumber than people who went to school recently, and it isn't even close.
- WalterBright 5y agohttps://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-scores-over-time https://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-scores-over-time Note that the SATs have been renormed a couple of times.
- alisonkisk 5y ago
- lern_too_spel 5y agoYou're looking at averages, which are strongly affected by the fact that more people are going to college. The percentage of perfect scores shows that even despite more people going to college, people at the top (though it's true at every level) are smarter.
- WalterBright 5y agoOr it may show that the test is easier. I.e. the "renorming" done more than once.