For the last several years, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused major issues in the field of education. In general, students have not been able to get as much time in the classroom and have had to adapt to remote learning environments to receive instruction. Illness has also been a factor in attendance, causing many students to fall behind in their coursework. For all of these reasons, students taking the SAT and the ACT have struggled, resulting in lower average test scores in 2022.
In 2021 students averaged an SAT score of 1060 out of 1600 which has since dropped to 1050 in 2022. Similarly, in 2022 ACT students averaged 19.8 out of 30 compared to an average of 20.3 the previous year. This is the lowest composite ACT score of the last thirty years. Altogether 42% of students who took the ACT met none of the benchmarks meant to indicate college success.
Though scores are down, more students than ever are taking both the SAT and ACT. According to the 2022 SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report, this year 1.7 million students took the SAT which is up 13% from the previous year. Similarly, the ACT has had an increase of 55,000 students from 2021 to 2022. Due to this increased demand, it is more important than ever that students begin preparing for these exams early, so they are left with the best possible chance of success.
Kayley Horton, Tutoring Coordinator
kayley@testprepchicago.com
(312) 848-1266