Dive Brief:

• Less than half of the students who took the SAT this year are ready to succeed in the classroom after high school, the College Board says.
• Only 43% of the test-takers this year met or exceeded the score needed to have a good chance of attaining a B-minus average or better in their first year of college.
• The percentage of students meeting this standard has been basically unchanged for five years.

Dive Insight:

The president of the College Board, David Coleman, helped write the Common Core standards. He says that more rigorous coursework is needed. He plans to make the SAT more in line with the Common Core standards and says details of test changes will be released in January.