Students top national average in SAT scores

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Aug 26, 2008 at 10:41 AM MST

Story Updated: Aug 26, 2008 at 10:41 AM MST

HELENA - The state's top education official says Montana students continue to score higher than the national average on the annual SAT college entrance exam.

State Superintendent Linda McCulloch said Tuesday that Montana students scored on average a 541 in reading compared to a national average of 502.

In math, Montana topped the national average 548 to 515. In writing, the state's students scored a 523 compared to the national average of 494. McCulloch says the results show Montana students are performing well despite disappointing results in recent benchmarks set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

The report comes a week after state officials said Montana students performed better than the national average on the ACT test, a similar college entrance exam.

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