Key Takeaways from the 2023 SAT® Suite of Assessments Annual Report
SAT scores, college and career readiness dip amid uptick in participation
The College Board recently released SAT scores for the class of 2023. Key takeaways from the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) section include:
- The average score on the ERW section fell sharply to 520.
- More than 1 in 3 students did not meet the SAT college readiness benchmark for ERW.
- Students particularly struggled with questions about standard English conventions.
More than 1.91 million students from the class of 2023 took the test, and the average overall score fell from 1050 to 1028 (out of 1600), the lowest mark since the College Board redesigned the SAT in 2016.
To learn more about this year’s results, check out this executive summary of the latest data: