Wisconsin ACT scores drop below national average

During the 2015-16 school year 88 percent of Nebraska’s high school students – 18,598 of them – took the exam. State scores on the English and reading sections were up, while math scores dipped slightly and science scores remained the same. This year in MA, around 20,300 public and private school students, or 28 percent of the class of 2016, took the ACT, according to the statement.

Overall, the average composite score was little changed: 20.8 on a scale of 1 to 36.

The state is putting an emphasis on strategies to close achievement gaps and rethinking student learning and engagement in high school, Pruitt said. Thirty-seven percent of Wisconsin students met the benchmark score of 23.

Duluth’s composite score is 21, while the state’s is 21.1.

Juniors throughout the state will all be taking the ACT – or a similar college entrance exam – next year.

Principal Ned Blake cited the high school’s partnership with Florence-Darlington Technical College as a move in the right direction. Blomstedt said he’d recommend which test he prefers to the State Board of Education next week. No. Students who have no plans to attend college shouldn’t be forced to take this exam – especially not given the undue burden it imposes on taxpayers.

The testing company says 20 states funded ACT testing for public school students in the 2016 graduating class.

The ACT is one of the two college entrance exams in the United States. It was followed by CT and New Hampshire, both with a 24.5 average composite score. Officials said some of that may be growing enrollment in the International Baccalaureate program there, but also attributed it to efforts to help struggling students.

MCSD’s school-by-school 2016 ACT scores aren’t available yet, said Patrick Knopf, the district’s director of research, accountability and assessment. Nineteen other states also administered the ACT to all of their 2016 public school graduates. Another three, including Nebraska, now give it to 80 percent or more.

After increasing by 4.1 points from 2014 to 2015, ChattCo’s composite score decreased by 0.2 points, from 19.2 points in 2015 to 19.0 in 2016.

Of the ACT-tested high school graduates this year, 61 percent met the English benchmark of 18 points, which indicates a student is likely ready for a college composition course and would earn a “C” or better grade.

The district had a 59 percent participation rate, according to the school district.

Among whites and Asians in OR, 55 percent of ACT-takers met college-ready standards in at least three subjects.

“These findings suggest that the push towards advanced manufacturing and high-skill trades may be having an impact on student aspirations, with more students realizing that they can be successful without a four-year degree”.