The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test, pronounced as three separate letters) is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a not-for-profit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still administers the exam. The test is intended to assess a student's readiness for college. It was first introduced in 1901, and its name and scoring have changed several times.More than half a million public school students in the class of 2010 scored a 3 or higher on at least one AP ® exam during high school, nearly double the number of students in class 2001, and exceed the total number of students in the class of 2001 who took AP exams.
As research consistently shows that students who score 3 or higher on AP exams generally experience college outcomes stronger than its peers, otherwise comparable non-AP, the data show this year’s report how educators are to improve college readiness of students in our country and preparing them to take AP courses and succeed on AP exams.That is a full percentage higher than the class of 2009, which recorded a 96.3 percent graduate rate.The state average for 2009-10 was 94.7 percent, which also reflected an upward trend from the previous average of 93.3 percent.The graduation rate was not the only figure that rose in the 2009-10 school year. Attendance rates in the high rose 1/10th a percentage point, from 94.9 percent to 95 percent.
