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ACT scores fall to 30 year low
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:41 am
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:41 am
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Scores on the ACT college admissions test fell to a 30-year low in 2023.
The average composite score on the exam fell 0.3 points to 19.5 compared with 19.8 last year, according to the nonprofit group that administers the exam. The top score is 36.
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Average scores in math, reading and science were all below college readiness benchmarks, the nonprofit reported Tuesday.
About 40% of the country’s high school seniors met none of the college readiness benchmarks for English, math, reading or science, and 70% fell short of meeting the benchmarks for math. Roughly 1.4 million students took the ACT this year in all 50 states.
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The 2023 graduating class was in its first year of high school when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The ACT noted that the decline in college readiness benchmarks correlated with the so-called COVID cohort, with just 21% of students meeting all four readiness benchmarks in English, math, reading and science and 43% meeting none of them.
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Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:42 am to Scruffy
This post was edited on 10/14/23 at 10:43 am
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:43 am to TexasTiger33
As if we didn’t need more proof these kids are getting dumber.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:44 am to gsvar2004
quote:That is fricking horrifying.
About 40% of the country’s high school seniors met none of the college readiness benchmarks for English, math, reading or science, and 70% fell short of meeting the benchmarks for math.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:44 am to Scruffy
How much of this is due to schools requiring everyone to take these tests even if they have no business going to college?
If you look at test scores for some states, you will find that one of the SAT and the ACT will be much higher than the other there. This is because the people taking those tests tend to be ones who actually want to take those tests due to needing them for a certain school.
Making the dumbass whose report card reads “FFFFFFD” take these tests means that you will see “ABBACADABA” the whole way down the booklet.
If you look at test scores for some states, you will find that one of the SAT and the ACT will be much higher than the other there. This is because the people taking those tests tend to be ones who actually want to take those tests due to needing them for a certain school.
Making the dumbass whose report card reads “FFFFFFD” take these tests means that you will see “ABBACADABA” the whole way down the booklet.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:46 am to Scruffy
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It was the sixth consecutive year of ACT score declines
Sounds like it is a trend that has nothing to do with COVID
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:47 am to teke184
quote:Even if that happens to be the case, this implies that 40% of all students fit that category and 70% of all students fit that category in math.
How much of this is due to schools requiring everyone to take these tests even if they have no business going to college?
That is just as damning and doesn’t make it look any better.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:47 am to Scruffy
When I graduated high school (33 years ago) the National average was like 19 and it was 17 or 18 for Louisiana
It doesn’t look like the numbers have changed much to me
It doesn’t look like the numbers have changed much to me
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:48 am to teke184
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How much of this is due to schools requiring everyone to take these tests even if they have no business going to college?
Well if that has been the case already for decades, and it is, how does that take away from the point that the scores are lower than they have been in 30 years?
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:49 am to Scruffy
The inevitable result of importing millions of low IQ migrants. But on the bright side, wokeness scores are at an all time high.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:50 am to Scruffy
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:50 am to Kang of Memphissippi
Wasn't there some talk of dumbing down the tests to boost scores?
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:51 am to Kang of Memphissippi
Years ago, people would get held back if they couldn’t cut it.
No Child Left Behind and its successor plan now make it damn near impossible to hold a kid back unless the parents demand it. Which is why you have schools in places like Baltimore where a kid with a 0.4 GPA is at the top of his class.
No Child Left Behind and its successor plan now make it damn near impossible to hold a kid back unless the parents demand it. Which is why you have schools in places like Baltimore where a kid with a 0.4 GPA is at the top of his class.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:52 am to SportsGuyNOLA
quote:The national average was around 19.8 in 1991 according to past data.
When I graduated high school (33 years ago) the National average was like 19 and it was 17 or 18 for Louisiana
In 2007, it peaked at around 21.2.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:54 am to Scruffy
So it was 19.8 in 1991 and 19.5 now?
Thats literally the same.
Are kids dumber now because the test is easier?
Thats literally the same.
Are kids dumber now because the test is easier?
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:55 am to teke184
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Years ago, people would get held back if they couldn’t cut it.
Butts in seat = money.
Its the smarter kids who are being punished. Most resources go dealing with children who's parents don't value education.
They drugged a generation for $$$ and better behavior, they care only about their system.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:57 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Nah the dumbass generations come in waves. The dumbasses who were scoring 19 in 1991 had kids who are scoring 19 in 2023
The generations in between straddling those are superior
The generations in between straddling those are superior
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:57 am to SportsGuyNOLA
quote:If you look at the graph of test scores over the years, you’ll note that it hasn’t been a gradual decline.
So it was 19.8 in 1991 and 19.5 now? Thats literally the same. Are kids dumber now because the test is easier?
It is on a serious negative trajectory.
Reading, science, and English remained relatively stable, with Math showing improvement over the last few decades.
Now, they are all tanking.
This post was edited on 10/14/23 at 11:00 am
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:58 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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So it was 19.8 in 1991 and 19.5 now?
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Thats literally the same.
I bet you didn’t score well on the math portion.
Posted on 10/14/23 at 10:58 am to Scruffy
I thought Gen Z was supposed to be the most educated generation ever?
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