Wisconsin Ranks 2nd in ACT Assessment
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 -- 11:08 AM
-With 73 percent of public and private high school graduates taking the ACT college admission exam, the state?s 2014 average composite score increased one-tenth of a point to 22.2, making Wisconsin second in the nation on the ACT assessment.Wisconsin had 46,870 graduates take the ACT during high school. Their composite score was 22.2 compared to 22.1 last year. The students represent 73 percent of public and private high school graduates, a participation rate that is up two percentage points from last year.
Wisconsin far outpaced the nation in meeting benchmark scores in each subject area. Overall, 51 percent of state graduates earned three or more ACT benchmark scores, compared to 39 percent of students nationally.
Overall, Wisconsin had 73 percent of students who reported they took a core curriculum, the same percentage as the nation. State students who took ?core? had ACT subject scores that averaged 2.4 points higher than scores for students who did not report taking a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.
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