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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Minority SAT scores on the rise
Special to the Journal
According to a release,
Georgia’s 2007 high school
seniors held their ground
versus the nation on the SAT.
The College Board’s annu
al SAT report, released
Wednesday, also indicated
that many of Georgia’s
minority students continue
to score as well as - or better
- than their peers.
“Georgia’s high school
seniors kept pace with the
nation on the SAT last
year, which is good news,”
said State Superintendent
of Schools Kathy Cox. “Of
course, we won’t be satisfied
until Georgia is a leader in
SAT performance.”
The state’s average SAT
score was 1,472 in 2007. Like
the entire nation, Georgia
saw a drop in its SAT scores
in 2007. Georgia’s score
dropped 5 points from the
previous year, while the
nation fell 7 points to 1,511.
Georgia’s relative rank
in the nation was 46th, the
same as last year.
Other highlights of
the report include:
- High participation on
the SAT, overall, and
high participation among
minority students.
- Georgia’s minority stu
dents scored at or above the
national average of their
peers.
High participation
About 69 percent of
PHS educator named top teacher
Special to the Journal
Perry High School business
education teacher Imogene
Provitt recently received a
top award for her dedication
to teaching.
She was honored as the
2007 Georgia Business
Education Association
Teacher of the Year at
the Georgia Association
for Career and Technical
Education leadership con
ference held last month in
Atlanta.
This award qualified
her to advance to the next
level for consideration as
the CTAE Teacher of the
Year. Provitt was honored
once again, named as one of
four state finalists for the
CTAE Teacher of the Year.
Provitt has taught business
education at Perry High
School since 1996.
According to a release,
Provitt finds joy in teaching
her scholars the technology
skills they need to perform
in the workplace. She also
serves as the Perry High
business education depart
ment chair, Future Business
Leaders of America advi
sor and National Technical
Honor Society advisor.
In addition, she is the presi
dent of the Georgia Business
Education Association.
“Business education is
one of the driving forces
behind successful employ
ers and employees,” says
Provitt. “In today’s job
market, every profession
will use business, computer
and technology skills. In
order for our future leaders
to remain knowledgeable of
the ever changing technol-
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Georgia’s seniors took the
SAT, the 13th highest par
ticipation rate in the nation.
Over 59,500 Georgia
seniors took the SAT, an
increase of more than 2 per
cent from 2006. Georgia is
one of 24 “high participa
tion states” with more than
48 percent of its seniors
taking the test in 2007.
More than 26 percent
of Georgia’s test-takers
were African-American,
the highest participation
of any state. Over 15,550
African-American students
took the SAT, up 6.6 per
cent from 2006. That repre
sents more than onertenth
of all African-American
SAT test takers nationwide.
Georgia also saw par
ticipation amopg Hispanic
students increase more
than 17 percent in 2007.
“Georgia has one of the
most diverse group of test
takers in the nation,” Cox
said. “That is something to
be very proud of.”
At or above the nation
Cox added: “Not only are
Georgia’s minority students
taking the SAT in record
numbers, they are perform
ing at or above the national
average for their subgroup.”
African-American students
in Georgia scored 1,286, just
one point below the national
average for African-American
students. Georgia’s African-
Americans have the 11th
highest score among the 24
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Perry High School business education teacher Imogene
Provitt receives the 2007 Georgia Business Education
Association Teacher of the Year award.
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ness and computer science
classes in our curriculum.”
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high participation states.
Georgia’s Hispanic stu
dents scored an average of
1,425, well above the 1,370
average, score for Hispanic
students nationwide.
Georgia’s Hispanic students
have the 7th highest score
among high participation
states.
SAT and math
Once again, mathemat
ics was the portion of the
test where Georgia’s stu
dents struggled the most
compared to the nation.
“If we are serious about
raising SAT scores and, more
importantly, preparing our
students for the 21st cen
tury, we need to get serious
about math achievement,”
Cox said. “1 am confident
that the state’s new math
curriculum is the answer.”
The Georgia Performance
Standards in Mathematics
are rigorous, focused and
logical. The math stan
dards not only teach stu
dents how to do mathemat
ics, but show them how it
is applied in the real world.
The GPS in Mathematics
has been rolled out in middle
school grades and will be
introduced to 9th graders
for the first time next school
year.
The high school curricu
lum will be phased in one
grade at a time until 2012.
For more information on the
new math curriculum, go to
www.georgiastandards.org.
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