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2011 ACT scores show problems with college readiness
- 08-17-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
Newly released ACT scores on tests used for college admissions show that only 1 in 4 graduates of the class of 2011 who took the exam met four key benchmarks that supposedly show readiness for success in the first year of college. The scores, being released today, show that the achievement gap between the top-scoring students — Asians and whites — and the lowest scoring — African Americans, Hispanics and American Indians — has grown slightly between 2007 and 2011.
Taken together, the snapshot of the 2011 graduating class revealed by the scores shows huge college readiness issues — that is, if you believe that a high-stakes college admissions tests can adequately tell that story. (More on this later.) The national average composite score for 2011 was 21.1 out of a possible 36. The states with the highest average composite scores for 2011 are: (more...)
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