See below for a yearly archive of FairTest analysis and reaction to score trends and breakdowns of the yearly ACT/SAT result releases.
2019
2019: 2019 College-Bound Seniors SAT Scores
2019: FairTest Reacts to the 2019 SAT Scores: Gaps Between Demographic Groups Grows Larger
2018
2018: FairTest Reacts to the 2018 SAT Scores and Score Charts
2018: FairTest Reacts to the 2018 ACT Scores, & 2018 College Bound Seniors Average ACT Scores (Also in PDF)
2018 SAT & ACT Annual Test-Takers Chart (PDF)
2017
2017: SAT Results broken down by gender, race and parental educational history.
2017: FairTest Reaction to Class of 2017 SAT Results
2017 FairTest Reacts to 2017 ACT Scores & College Bound Seniors Average ACT Scores
2017 SAT & ACT Annual Test-Takers Chart (PDF)
2016
FairTest News Release (9/27/16): SATs Drop Again, as Test-Optional Movement Surges
2016 College Bound Seniors Average SAT Scores (includes scores by family income): PDF with Media Advisory at the top.
2015
FairTest News Release (9/3/15): SAT “College Readiness” Scores Decline Again Demonstrating Failure Of Test-Driven K-12 Schooling; Many More Colleges Ignore Sat/Act Exam Results As Test-Optional Admissions Movement Surges
2015 College Bound Seniors Average SAT Scores (includes scores by family income): PDF with Media Advisory at the top.
2014
FairTest News Release 10/7/2014: 2014 SAT Score Trend Remains Flat; Test-Fixated School Policies Have Not Improved College Readiness
2014 College Bound Seniors Average SAT Scores (includes scores by family income) (PDF – with Press Release at the top)
FairTest News Release (8/19/2014): Stagnant ACT Scores show Failure of Test Driven Policies
2013
FairTest News Release 9/25/13: SAT Score Averages Stagnate As Number Of Test-Takers Declines;
Persistent Race, Gender Gaps Show Failure Of Test-Driven Schooling
2013 College Bound Seniors Average SAT Scores (PDF – with Press Release at the top)
2013 College-Bound Seniors SAT Scores By Family Income
2013 College-Bound Seniors Average ACT Scores
2012
FairTest News Release 9/24/12: Continuing SAT Decline Shows Failure Of Test-Driven, K-12 Schools; Average Score Plunged 20 Points In Past Six Years; U.S. Education “Headed In Wrong Direction”
2012 College-bound seniors average SAT Scores (PDF – with Press Release at Top)
FairTest News Release 8/22/12: Stagnant ACT Results, Growing Racial Score Gaps More Evidence That Test-Based School “Reform” Is On Wrong Track; “Why Are Policy-Makers Doubling Down On A Failed Strategy?”
2012 College-bound seniors average ACT Scores (PDF – with Press Release at Top)
2011
FairTest News Release 9/14/11: Large 2011 SAT Score Decline Shows Failure of “No Child Left Behind”
2011 College-bound seniors average SAT Scores (PDF)
FairTest News Release 9/13/11: Many Test-Optional Schools Earn High U.S. News Rankings;35 of Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges Do Not Require ACT/SAT Scores From All Or Many Applicants
FairTest News Release 9/8/11: What to Look For in Next Week’s SAT Score Report and U.S. News College Rankings
FairTest News Release: Flat ACT scores shows failure of test-driven “school reform” + ACT score results.
2010
Press Release: What to Look for in the 2010 SAT & ACT Score Releases
2010 College-bound seniors average ACT Scores
2010 College-bound seniors average SAT Scores
2009
Press Release: What to Look for in this month’s SAT & ACT Score Releases
2009 College-bound Seniors Average SAT Scores (PDF).
2009 College-bound seniors average ACT Scores (PDF)
2008
FairTest: What to Look for in the 2008 SAT Score Report
ACT Scores Reaction — A Different Test, Not a Better One
2007
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the release of the 2007 SAT scores
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the release of the 2007 ACT scores
2006
Press Release: Issues to Track in the 2006 SAT score release
Press Release: FairTest’s Reaction to 2006 SAT Scores
FairTest’s letter to the College Board charging “the College Board’s math does not add up”
Press Release: Test-Maker’s SAT Score-Decline Math Fails to Add Up; FairTest Urges College Board, “Tell the Truth”
ALSO see Fairtest’s Materials on the 2006 SAT Scoring error.
2005
Press Release: FairTest’s Reaction to 2005 SAT Scores
2004
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the release of the 2004 SAT scores
2003
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the 2003 SAT score release
2002
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the release of the 2002 SAT scores
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the 2002 ACT score release
2001
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the 2001 release of SAT scores.
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the 2001 ACT score release
2000
Press Release: FairTest’s reaction to the release of the 2000 SAT scores.
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