New Full Text Report/Data From ACT: “The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015”

From ACT:

U.S. high school graduates continue to make little progress in college and career readiness, according to The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015, the latest annual student readiness report from ACT.
The report, based on data from a record 1.9 million ACT-tested students—nearly 60 percent of the 2015 U.S. graduating class—shows very little change in overall college readiness over the past several years.
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This year, 40 percent of graduates showed strong readiness, meeting the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks in at least three of the four core subject areas (English, math, reading and science). That percentage has stayed virtually flat over the past five years.
In contrast, 31 percent of students did not meet readiness levels in any of the four subject areas. This figure is unchanged from the past two years and slightly higher than in 2011 and 2012.
These general findings from ACT mirror those of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and other large-scale academic achievement studies, which show that U.S. students have not progressed over the past several years in terms of their preparedness for success after high school.

Read the Summary/News ReleaseDirect to The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015

• National Report
• State Reports

• Data for the Class of 2015
  • National and State ACT Profile Reports
  • Comparing Average Scores by State
  • Comparing Benchmark Attainment by State
  • National Score Trends and Other Selections

• ACT National and State Scores (1996-2015)

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