WASHINGTON--The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of America's high school seniors dropped slightly this year, continuing a downward trend that began a decade ago, the College Board reported Saturday.
The average SAT verbal score dropped two points to 427, and the math score dropped a single point to 467.
The multiple-choice test, taken each year by more than a million college-bound seniors, was originally designed with 500 as the average score.
Robert G. Cameron, a College Board spokesman, said the decline is "disappointing in light of what many schools have been doing to improve education."
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He added, however, that "since there are many causes for the decline, schools cannot expect to reverse the trend quickly or single-handedly."
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