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PostSubject: ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years   ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years EmptyWed Oct 12, 2022 7:17 pm

ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years in dramatic pandemic slide
By Cayla Bamberger
October 12, 2022 7:42pm Updated

This year’s high school graduates scored lower on the ACT college admissions exam than any other class in the last 30 years, showing the toll pandemic-era disruptions has taken on student learning.

The national average composite school for the Class of 2022 was 19.8 — the lowest average score since 1991, according to new data released Wednesday.

“This is the fifth consecutive year of declines in average scores, a worrisome trend that began long before the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has persisted,” said Janet Godwin, the CEO of the ACT, in a statement.

Roughly 1.3 million students nationwide took the ACT during their senior year — or 36% of recent graduates. And a greater share of students took the exam more than once compared to 2021 grads.

The implications may go beyond the lower scores while applying to college.

More than 4 in 10 test-takers did not meet any of the ACT’s benchmarks for “college readiness” in English, reading, math and science — suggesting these students whose high school careers were impacted by COVID-19 for larger stretches may have arrived on campus unprepared for high-level coursework.

“The magnitude of the declines this year is particularly alarming, as we see rapidly growing numbers of seniors leaving high school without meeting the college-readiness benchmark in any of the subjects we measure,” said Godwin.

This year’s high school graduating class had the lowest average ACT score since 1991.

The share of students taking the ACT varied widely from state-to-state. In some states, including California and Maine, less than 5% of graduates sat for the test, the ACT data shows.

Metrics from those states come as school systems like the University of California have ended the use of the SAT and ACT in its college admissions practices.

And while some college and universities have tried so-called “test-blind” or “test-optional” admissions during the pandemic and made the change permanent, others like MIT have reverted back to using the indicator as one of many when considering an applicant.

The data also showed racial disparities — with black and Hispanic students scoring below the nationwide averages for all students. More white students sat for the exam than test-takers of any other race.

The ACT data on Wednesday is another in a growing list of studies giving a first glimpse at how students fared during the pandemic — especially those whose time in primary and secondary school was most interrupted by school closures and the trauma of the pandemic.

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Students are too busy changing their genders to bother learning anything.
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