'Pandemic disruptions': SAT results for 2021 are out. Did Idaho students meet benchmarks? Becca Savransky, The Idaho Statesman Jul. 19—The share of Idaho students meeting both the reading and math benchmarks on the SAT dropped this year compared to 2019, according to data released by the State Department of Education. Of the 19,713 high school juniors who took the college entrance exam in the spring of 2021, 29.1% met both the math and evidence-based reading and writing benchmarks, a drop of about 1.7 percentage points from 2019. For the reading and writing section, 53.2% met the benchmark, a drop of 3 percentage points from 2019. Only 31.2% met the math benchmark, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from 2019.