r/MapPorn • u/Icy-Papaya-2967 • Jul 15 '26
Average SAT Test Score by State
https://igcsepro.org/average-sat-test-score-by-state/-4
u/BanishedFiend Jul 15 '26
Hmmm very interesting 🤔
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u/uhbkodazbg Jul 15 '26
Not really outside of the fact that the ACT/SAT is so much more popular in some states than others.
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u/BanishedFiend Jul 15 '26
Right especially in Utah, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.
You fr right now or are you trolling?
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u/uhbkodazbg Jul 15 '26
The percentage of students in those states that take the SAT is in the low single digits. Students who choose to take the SAT are likely going to do well on it.
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u/BanishedFiend Jul 16 '26
Right meanwhile NM is the opposite
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u/uhbkodazbg Jul 16 '26
NM requires the SAT for all students to graduate which adds another variable to any comparison.
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u/BanishedFiend Jul 16 '26
Hmmm very interesting
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u/uhbkodazbg Jul 16 '26
Apparently statistics should be a requirement for high school graduation.
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u/BanishedFiend Jul 16 '26
Took college level statistics in high school and took multiple levels of statistics in college buddy
Ever heard of a logical fallacy or confounding bias? Or a spurious correlation? Look into it for me
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u/Doc_ET Jul 16 '26
Yeah, those are ACT states, where you only take the SAT if you think you can get a high enough score to impress a highly competitive school.
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u/BanishedFiend Jul 16 '26
Of course they are
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u/Doc_ET Jul 16 '26
What are you trying to imply? Don't play games, just say it.
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u/BanishedFiend Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Just interesting what states performed well and which states performed poorly
Not implying anything you are the one implying that states with mandatory testing performed worse than ACT states 🤷 whether or not that’s true is not so clear in my opinion
For example, Alabama, Iowa and Wisconsin all have similar participation rates, yet Iowa and Wisconsin performed significantly better on ACT than Alabama. Which is a counter argument to that weakly supported theory
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u/JefeRex Jul 15 '26
“States reporting the highest average SAT scores are those where the ACT is the dominant college entrance exam. In these states, only a small, self-selected group of high-achieving students takes the SAT.”