Could There Be a Medical Basis for the Declining SAT Scores?

Autor/in	Arnold, Charles B.
Institution	College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY.
Titel	Could There Be a Medical Basis for the Declining SAT Scores?
Quelle	(1977), (11 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Birth; Child Development; College Bound Students; College Entrance Examinations; Diseases; Educational Problems; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Influences; Health Conditions; Heredity; Medical Services; Nutrition; Performance Factors; Prenatal Influences; Scores; Testing Problems; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Geburt; Kindesentwicklung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Disease; Krankheit; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Erblichkeit; Arzt; Ernährung; Leistungsindikator; Pränataler Einfluss
Abstract	The scores of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) have been declining since 1963. While this decline has occurred, scores on achievement tests administered to students in grades 3 to 11 have been stable. An alalysis of the medical and epidemiological literature was conducted to determine whether there could be a health factor that might have caused this situation. Nutrition, drugs, genetic and prenatal conditions, labor and delivery, child development, health status, and health care over several decades in the United States were reviewed. It was concluded that the decline in SAT scores has probably not resulted from disease or from the physical environment. A number of bibliographical references are appended. (Author/EVH)
Anmerkungen	College Board Publication Orders, Box 2815, Princeton, New Jersey 08541 (Item No. 2517043, $2.00)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC