etradefactory.com – According to new data, the American undergraduate class of 2022 had the lowest average ACT score in more than 30 years.
This year’s high school students who took ACT, a standardized test used for college admission in the United States, scored a national average composite score of 19.8, compared with 20.3 for the class of 2021. It is the first time since 1991 that the average ACT composite score was less than 20, according to data released Wednesday by the non-profit organization of the same name that runs the exam.
According to the data, the high school class of 2022 had the lowest ACT scores in more than 30 years
Additionally, the data showed that only 22% of graduating students in 2022 met the benchmarks in all four major ACT test sections – English, Math, Reading, and Science – while 42% met none. The benchmarks “show the minimum ACT scores required for students to have a greater likelihood of passing creditable college courses in their freshman year,” according to ACT. Last year, 25% of students achieved all four benchmarks, while 38% of students achieved none.
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The four ACT test sections are individually scored on a scale of 1 to 36, and a composite score – the rounded integer average of the four sections – is provided
“The magnitude of the declines this year is particularly alarming, as we see a rapid increase in the number of seniors leaving high school without meeting the college-readiness benchmark in any of the subjects we measure,” Godwin added. “These declines are not simply a byproduct of the pandemic. They are further evidence of long-standing systemic failures that have been exacerbated by the pandemic. A return to the pre-pandemic status quo would be insufficient and a disservice to students and educators. These systemic failures call for sustained collective action and support for school re-establishment of secondary school students as an urgent and imperative national priority.
However, more high school students are taking the ACT today than ever before, a trend that has been growing since 2015, when only 27% of graduates took the test as part of a state or county government. For the class of 2022, 60% of students have completed the program at least once, allowing low-income students to participate if they would not otherwise.
The published data included ACT score results from all 50 US states as well as the District of Columbia. Sixteen of these states required all students to take the ACT as part of their statewide testing programs, while seven other states funded ACT testing on an optional basis.
The College Board, another nonprofit organization that conducts standardized tests, also noted a slight drop in scores for the SAT, which is widely used for college admissions in the United States. According to data released in September, the average total SAT score for the 2022 graduate school class was 1050, compared to 1060 for the 2021 class.
Scores in the SAT range of 400 to 1600, combining test results from two main sections – math and evidence-based reading and writing – scoring on a scale of 200 to 800.
