Did you take an actual SAT and ACT or just a published practice test? Were you hoping for the Intensive Studies program or the Academic Explorations program, which has lower cut scores? The CTY qualifying scores change by grade, and your math score doesn't make the cutoff for Intensive Studies, although it does meet the criteria for Academic Explorations. The CR makes the Intensive Studies cut by only 10 points. The ACT reading score is significantly below the Intensive Studies cut of 27, but still above the cut for Academic Explorations. If you haven't taken either real test yet, I wouldn't be overly confident that you would make it into the Intensive Studies program, because there are lots of things that can affect your performance for better or worse on test day, and your score is close to the cutoff. (If these are real scores, then, congratulations!)
Since the SAT and ACT measure different things than your state NCLB test, there isn't necessarily a discrepancy between the college admission test scores and the state testing.
ETA: A 70th percentile score on the Integrated Algebra Regents is not in any way incompatible with a 570 SAT math. There is little to no advanced math on the SAT, and performing that much better than average at algebra would be enough to make that happen.
Last edited by aculady; 05/16/12 08:28 PM. Reason: clarified
