Can SAT Verbal and Math scores be compared?
Because the average score for both critical reading (or verbal from previous SATs) and math is about 500, you can make comparisons between the two (remember, though, since no scaled score is completely accurate, a student may score slightly higher in one area but still be equal in both skills). There must be at least a 60-point difference between a student’s verbal and math scores to consider one score better than the other. There is no average yet for the writing section, so these scores cannot be compared to others as yet.
