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ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low - Reddit

Most of this is due to the more and more standard requirements for students to take the ACTs to finish high school. If you require more bad ...

October 2023 - ACT Newsroom & Blog

Fewer High School Seniors Ready for College as ACT Scores Continue to Decline ... More than four in 10 seniors meet none of the college readiness ...

ACT scores show a smaller share of students are 'college-ready'

This year's high school graduates were less likely to demonstrate college readiness on the ACT admission test than those who took the exam ...

Decline in College Readiness Continues Among US High School ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa—ACT score data show mixed results in terms of college readiness among ACT-tested 2019 U.S. high school graduates.

ACT Scores Show High School Students Are Not Ready for College

This year's ACT scores show that only 1 in 4 high school students are prepared for college in all four subject areas the test examines.

U.S. High School Graduates, Underserved Students Will Face ...

Only 26 percent of ACT-tested students met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks (English, reading, math and science); and consistent with ...

Research Finds that High School GPAs Are Stronger Predictors of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2020—Students' high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting ...

Why test-optional policies do NOT benefit institutions or students - ACT

high school ready for college as indicated by their ACT test scores are significantly more ... universities, students may be less compelled to take the ...

ACT Shows 60% of High School Seniors Not College-ready

More than half of graduating seniors in 2012 took the ACT exam and of those 1.66 million tested students, only one in four met college readiness ...

How Much Growth toward College Readiness Is Reasonable ... - ACT

less likely to become ready for college-level work during high school. For these students, academic interventions will be necessary in order to help them attain.

Fewer US Students Are Ready for College - VOA Learning English

... high school in the US were ready for college 2015. At the same time ... college admissions process the way they do with SAT and ACT scores.

Study finds 'potentially significant declines' in Wisconsin ACT scores

Analysis of ACT results finds fewer than half of Wisconsin high school juniors college-ready · In math, the percentage of students who hit the ...

Do ACT scores predict college readiness? - Parents Forum

p>Here's a link to an article in the Chicago Tribune showing how few Illinois juniors in high school are likely to be prepared for college, ...

Test scores don't stack up to GPAs in predicting college success

The authors were also surprised to find that, at some high schools, students with the highest ACT scores were less likely to succeed in college.

Nation's Report Card Says Most High School Seniors Aren't College ...

According to research by Ho and others, just under 40 percent of students score at college and career ready levels on NAEP. "College and career ...

High School GPAs and ACT Scores as Predictors of College ...

Research Question 3: Is there less high school variance in col- lege graduation rates in models that use students' ACT. Page 4. APRIL 2020. 201 scores and ...

Are American Students Prepared for College? - Ethics Sage

The latest scores mark yet another decline in the average ACT test score after last year's scores marked a 30-year low. The average ACT score ...

ACT, SAT scores decline year over year | K-12 Dive

Additionally, 57% of high school graduates in 2024 met one or more of ACT's College Readiness Benchmark in English, math, reading and science.

College Readiness in 2024: Are Your High School Seniors Prepared?

In October 2023, a report from ACT revealed a concerning trend: the average ACT® score for high school seniors had fallen for the sixth year in ...

Breaking Down Barriers: First-Generation College Students and ...

... less core academic preparation and score lower than later-generation test-takers (Balemian & Feng, 2013). SAT/ACT scores, along with high school GPA, serve ...