<span style="font-weight: 400"><img class="size-medium wp-image-38644 alignright" src="https://theenterprise.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2020/09/test-986769_1280-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Virginia high school graduates outperformed their global peers on the SAT in 2021, according to data released today by the College Board, the non-profit organization that administers the college admissions test.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Forty-one percent of Virginia’s 2021 graduates took the SAT, compared to 65% of the commonwealth’s 2020 graduates. The College Board attributes the sharp decline in participation — and related fluctuations in student performance on the test — to factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a pause in testing during spring 2020, and the closure or reduced capacity of local testing centers in response to public health orders.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Of the 38,927 Virginia 2021 graduating seniors who took the SAT, 63% met or exceeded the College Board’s college-readiness benchmarks in both reading and writing, and mathematics. Globally, 46% of SAT takers met the readiness standard on both sections of the test.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">“While this year’s results represent a snapshot of achievement on the SAT during an extraordinary year, Virginia students overall continue to perform well above their peers nationwide,” Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane said.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">The commonwealth’s high school graduates outscored their peers overall and on both required sections of the college-admissions test, as follows:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Virginia’s average overall score of 1151 was 91 points higher than the average for all 2021 tested graduating seniors.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Virginia’s average of 584 on the reading and writing section of the SAT was 51 points higher.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">Virginia’s average score of 567 in mathematics was 39 points higher.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">The following table provides details on the performance of 2021 Virginia graduates and graduates globally on the SAT.</span> <strong>2021 Virginia & Global Mean SAT Scores</strong> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Group</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Virginia Overall</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Global Overall</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Virginia Reading & Writing</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Global Reading & Writing</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Virginia Math</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Global Math</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">All</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1151</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1060</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">584</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">533</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">567</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">528</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Asian</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1264</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1239</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">620</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">597</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">644</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">642</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Black</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1009</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">934</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">517</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">477</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">492</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">457</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Hispanic</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1088</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">967</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">554</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">490</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">534</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">477</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">Two or More</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1157</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1116</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">590</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">565</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">567</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">551</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">White</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1172</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">1112</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">597</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">562</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">574</span></td> <td><span style="font-weight: 400">550</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
