Some Evidence of the Performance of Students and American Schools

question 23

Multiple Choice

Some evidence of the performance of students and American schools can be seen in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and American College Test (ACT) scores, where

• A)mathematics scores dropped in almost every year between 1963 and 1982, and verbal scores have remained nearly constant.
• B)verbal scores dropped in almost every year between 1973 and 1992, and mathematics scores have remained constant.
• C)science and mathematics total scores dropped in every year between 1983 and 2003.
• D)verbal and math scores dropped almost annually from 1963 to 1982; scores were erratic in the 1980s, but the trend has generally been flat since 2000, with a slight downward trend in the late 2000s.

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