The Maine Educational Assessment, or MEA, might soon be replaced by the new SAT:
Commissioner of Education Susan A. Gendron has been promoting the idea of replacing the Maine Educational Assessment for juniors with the college-admissions exam. Ms. Gendron has said she thinks requiring students to take the test would communicate the message that any student can go to college and encourage more students to seek a postsecondary education...Roughly 75 percent of high school juniors in the state already take the SAT. Maine students who took the test in 2004—the last time the old, two-section version was given—scored an average of 509 on the verbal section and a 505 on the mathematics portion, out of a possible 800 on each. The verbal score is a point higher than the national average, while the mathematics score is 15 points lower.
Interestingly, taking the SAT would be required - with the registration fee paid by the state - but there would be no minimum required score for graduation.
Posted by kswygert at September 14, 2005 09:57 AM