PSAT Scores for Spaulding High School students

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a standardized test administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in the United States. This test is offered by the College Board. Approximately 3.5 million students take the PSAT/NMSQT each year.[1] In 2008, 1.59 million high school sophomores and 1.52 million high school juniors took the PSAT.[2] Some freshmen, eighth, and seventh graders also take the test. The scores from the PSAT/NMSQT are used (with the permission of the student) to determine eligibility and qualification for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

This year’s juniors at Spaulding beat the national averages in all three categories. I believe this to be unprecedented. Furthermore, this class scored 3.3 points higher than the previous class in Math, breaking the 5.0 mark for the first time and beating the national average by 2 full points!

Year of test                    # of  Junior test takers     Critical Reading score      Math score     Writing score

’10                                        126                                           47.8(47.3)***                    50.9(48.9)       46.1(45.5)

’09                                        115                                            46.8(47.0)                              47.6(48.3)       45.6(45.9)

08                                        114                                            46.6(46.8)                               48.3(48.9)       44.1(45.9)

07                                        119                                            47.7(46.7)                               48.3(48.2)       45.3(45.9)

Scores in parentheses are the national averages