ACT: 10% of blacks are ready for college
Most black high school graduates aren’t prepared to succeed in college, according to an ACT study. Only 10 percent of African-Americans met at least three of the ACT’s four College Readiness Benchmarks...
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17 states will require the ACT
By next year, 17 states will require all 11th graders in public school to take the ACT, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education. Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Wisconsin have jumped on the...
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High hopes, long odds
Ninety-five percent of low-income students who take the ACT want to go to college, reports The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2013: Students from Low-Income Families. That’s higher than...
View ArticleACT: Science, math mandates fail
Requiring higher-level math and science classes doesn’t raise math and science achievement, an ACT study concludes. New graduation requirements affect lower-performing students who tend to do poorly in...
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ACT: College readiness gap is wide
Only 26 percent of 2014 graduates who took the ACT are prepared to succeed in college, according to ACT’s college readiness report. Another 13 percent passed three out of four benchmarks in English,...
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SAT: 43% are ready for college
Forty-three percent of SAT takers in the class of 2014 are prepared for college, reports College Board. The average SAT score was 1497 out of 2400, down a point from the year before. A combined score...
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Low-income kids want college, but few are prepared
Ninety-six percent of low-income ACT takers plan to enroll in college, yet only 11 percent are prepared to pass college classes, concludes an ACT analysis. Half the students in the lowest income...
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Colleges go ‘test-optional’ to fool rankings
When colleges go “test-optional” — applicants need not submit SAT or ACT scores — they claim it’s a way to increase diversity. That’s not the reason, writes Stephen Burd on the Hechinger Report. It’s a...
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28% are ready for college
Only 28 percent of 12th graders who take the ACT are prepared to pass introductory college classes requiring English, reading, math and science skills, according to the new ACT report. Thirty-one...
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New SAT requires more reading
My 16-year-old niece won’t take the new SAT, which debuts in March. Uncertainty about the redesigned SAT — and fears that it will be harder — persuaded her to take the ACT instead. Apparently, she’s...
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SAT, ACT become high school tests
While some colleges are going “test optional” more high schools are requiring the SAT or ACT, reports the New York Times. The rival college-admissions exams are being used to assess high school...
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ACT: 20% of college-ready students don’t enroll
About 20 percent of well-prepared students don’t enroll in college, estimates a new ACT report that looks at the nearly 2 million students in the class of 2015 who took the ACT. On the other hand, 23...
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As 64% take ACT, scores fall
ACT scores are dropping as more students — 64 percent of 12th graders — take the exam. Some states require the ACT, even for students who aren’t planning to enroll in college. Only 38 percent of test...
View ArticleCollege hopes for all, but . . .
“As colleges push students to consider their options for higher education, more high-school students are taking the ACT exam,” reports the Wall Street Journal. But most aren’t ready to succeed in...
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ACT: 9% of disadvantaged are college ready
Huge achievement gaps separate advantaged and disadvantaged students, according to ACT’s annual The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2017 report. “Scores from the ACT show that just 9...
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SAT/ACT for all
To get more smart, disadvantaged students into better colleges, all students should take the SAT or ACT free of charge, argues Susan Dynarski.Susan Dynarski is a professor of education, public policy...
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Test-optional is not an equalizer
Test-optional college admissions tilts the playing field just a little bit more, writes Kelly Ochs Rosinger, a Penn education professor, on The Conversation. More than 1,000 colleges no longer require...
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Who’s college ready? Let’s find out
States vow to graduate students who are college- and career-ready but have no idea if they’re succeeding, writes Checker Finn. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) should test...
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SAT/ACT may replace state test in California
California may let schools replace 11th-grade Smarter Balanced tests with the SAT or ACT, reports CALmatters’ Felicia Mello. That might encourage college-going, but erode accountability for the state’s...
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Test scores matter
Test scores matter, writes Erika Sanzi on Good School Hunting. In deciding where to build its second headquarters (HQ2), Amazon is considering average SAT and ACT scores of potential sites, reports...
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