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When their children were in kindergarten, Demetrius and Carla Anthony started planning for their future college educations.

The couple have a binder full of information on college scholarships, deadlines, Ball State University admissions information and SAT sample questions, Carla said via e-mail. Now that their oldest daughter, Donyá, is a senior at Delta High School, the Anthonys are way ahead of the college deadline game

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Through high school, students should “take very seriously their course selection,” said Craig Hayes, executive director of recruitment services at the University of Oklahoma.

Coordinate Geometry and Triangles (Medium)

Daily Pilot: Why have SAT scores gone down for five consecutive years?

Testing results from the state Department of Education show that the Newport-Mesa Unified School District’s SAT scores have declined for five consecutive years. Why might that be?

Tyler Morning Telegraph – NEWS – 11/16/2005 – SAT SCORES IMPROVE, WHILE ACT SCORES DECLINE

Tyler Independent School District students’ performance improved on the SAT college entrance exam, but declined on the ACT exam in 2004-05, according to a recently released report.

Students’ SAT scores exceeded the state average on the verbal section and equaled the state average on the math section. But local scores on both the ACT and SAT were lower than national averages in all areas. ACT scores also were lower than state averages in all subjects tested, the report showed.

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Schools strive to meet federal standards

As with a baby’s first tentative steps, sometimes progress starts in small increments that eventually lead to great strides.

That’s the path that Duquesne City School District administrators are hoping is indicated by the district’s results on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, which were given in the spring to pupils in grades three, five, eight and 11.

When the state Department of Education released the final results in late September, Duquesne remained on the department’s lists of schools not meeting standards of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

However, Duquesne educators are ecstatic that in one category — third-grade math — 60 percent of the pupils scored proficient or advanced.

The Dispatch

Why are the Gilroy High School SAT math scores below both the county and state averages? This was a question that was addressed at a recent school board meeting.

Most people think that the square of a number is always greater than the number itself.
For example: 3² = 9, which is greater than 3

However, the square of a number between 0 and 1 is smaller than the number itself.
For example: 0.3² = 0.09, which is less than 0.3

Beware of the SAT questions like:
x is a positive number. Which of the following is wrong?

(I) (x – x² ) is positive
(II) (x – x²) is negative
(III) (x – x³) is positive

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II
(E) I and II and III

If your answer is any other than (E), it is wrong. All three cases are wrong for different values of x. I and II are wrong for x > 1. II is wrong for 0 < x < 1.

Statistics (Easy)