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La. ACT scores still near bottom, but improving
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The average score for students taking the ACT college placement test in Louisiana this year was 20.3, the highest score for Louisiana since the company that gives the test revised the exam in the late 1980s.
The nation’s overall ACT average composite score declined a bit from 21.2 to 21.1 as the number of students taking the test grew by 9 percent.
The ACT covers four subjects - English, math, reading and science - and is used as a factor in admissions and scholarships, among other things.
Despite its improvement, Louisiana still ranks near the bottom in ACT scores compared to other states. But Louisiana has passed Michigan in state rankings and tied New Mexico. Also trailing
Louisiana were Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Of the 25 states, including Louisiana, where more than 50 percent of graduates take the ACT, Louisiana ranks 15th out of 18.
Several states tied.
More than 34,000 students in Louisiana took the ACT, or about 88 percent. Although the number of test-takers has been growing,
Louisiana has yet to rebound from a decline in test-takers after the 2005 hurricanes.
State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek said the results should encourage educators, parents and students and show that the state is moving in the right direction.
“As we focus on adequately preparing our students to succeed in their college and career choices, this reinforces our direction and demonstrates that what we’re teaching in our classrooms is
producing tangible results for our students,” Pastorek said.
Louisiana students’ scores improved in all subjects.
Four out of the five ethnic groups tracked by the ACT improved as well. Louisiana’s black students and Asian students improved the most, 0.4 respectively, while American Indian students’ average
score declined 0.1.
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