North Carolina students continued to close the gap between the state and the national average scores on the SAT college entrance exam, and the scores of most racial minorities improved in 2006, according to results provided today by the College Board. North Carolina has narrowed the gap between it and the nation from 53 points in 1990 to thirteen points in 2006. To read more, please go
to the NCDPI Web site at www.ncpublicschools.org and click on the appropriate link under “News”.