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South Dakota Students Above Average

South Dakota Students Above Average

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A.C.T. scores from last spring’s testing have been released by the South Dakota Department of Education, and the states students continue to score above the national average. The overall composite score for the state was twenty one point nine, and the national average was twenty one.

Yankton School Superintendent Wayne Kindle says scores were up in the district as well…

 

Kindle says the overall scores have continued to move up…

 

Kindle says those scores don’t just develop at the high school level…

 

Kindle says the composite score has moved up an entire point in the last four years.

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