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Testing’s Pains & Gains

by Black Issues , June 5, 2003

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Testing's Pains & Gains
Southern states see increase in the number of students taking SAT, ACT, as well as in test scores, but some states get it and some don't
By Kendra Hamilton

 

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Far more high school seniors in Southern states are taking the SAT and ACT, and scores have shown improvement — dramatic improvement in some states — over the last decade. But there's bad news for the region, too, in an analysis of test scores just released by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).

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