Sep
25
Standardized Testing
2009 College-Bound Seniors Are Most Diverse Group Ever to Take SAT As More Minority Students Prepare for Higher Education
posted from collegeboard.com
The College Board announced today that this year’s graduating class has the most college-bound students taking the SAT® in history, and this class also stands out as having the most diverse participation in SAT history.
More than 1.5 million students (1,530,128) in the class of 2009 took the SAT, the most widely used and researched standardized college admission test. Of those, 40.0 percent were minority students. This is an increase from 38.0 percent in 2008 and 29.2 percent in 1999, reflecting the steady growth in SAT minority participation rates.