Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Latinos Students ACT, Improved Scores Especially in Math & Science - Hispanically Speaking News

Latinos Students ACT, Improved Scores Especially in Math & Science - Hispanically Speaking News

Latinos Students Taking College ACT Continue to Show Improved Scores Especially in Math & Science

Latinos Students Taking College ACT Continue to Show Improved Scores Especially in Math & Science

College and career readiness among 2011 Hispanic U.S. high school graduates who took the ACT test shows slow but steady improvement, particularly in the key areas of math and science, according to ACT’s yearly report, The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2011, released today.

This has occurred as the number of Hispanic test-takers continues to dramatically increase.

Eleven percent of Hispanic graduates in the class of 2011 who took the ACT exam met or surpassed all four of the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks suggesting they are ready to succeed academically in specific first-year college courses (English composition, college algebra, introductory social science and biology) without the need for remediation. This is unchanged