ACT scores Ground Up In Science & Math

The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc.
More Bourbon school graduates took the ACT in 2011, scores improved from 2010.
However, the scores still below the national average.
A detailed report of the Superintendent Office showed positive signals for the school district in terms of classes.
The ACT is a set of standardized tests in English, mathematics, reading and science.
It was developed to measure skills and readiness for college courses.
Subject test scores range from 1 to 36
Graduates from the Class of 2011 have improved almost across the board, compared to graduates of 2010.
Forty-seven seniors have passed the test last year.
With the ACT this fall Bourbon administrators are hoping more participation. Only 33 people took the test during the 2009-2010 school year.
Seniors in 2011 had a composite score of 20.9 is below the national average of 21.6.
-In English, seniors scored an average of 20.4, an improvement on the 20.1 score in the elderly in 2010.
The national average is 21.5 and the benchmark preparation of colleges is 18.
-In mathematics, scores increased a full point, from 19.4 in 2010 to 20.4 in 2011.
He was still below the national average of 21. The benchmark is 22
-The students saw their scores decline of a tenth of a point from the class of 2010, from 21.2 to 21.1.
The national average is 21.9 and the reference point is 21.
-In biology, scores improved again over 2010 seniors, 20.6 to 21.3, but was slightly below the national average of 21.6. The benchmark is 24
The reference values ​​are the minimum required to constitute a test of the action in the region to a 50 per cent of a "B" or greater or a probability of 75 percent a "C" or more give the corresponding college courses.
The report also includes the percentage of students tested ready for college courses.
-In English, 72 percent achieved the benchmark or above, compared to a national average of 73 percent.
In-school algebra, generated 43 percent of the benchmark or higher, with a national average of 44 percent.
-In the social sciences, 49 percent achieved the benchmark or more.
The national average is 50 percent.
A college-biology, 30 percent achieved the benchmark or more.
The national average is 32 percent.
Twenty-eight percent of students met all four benchmarks, they beat the national average of 26 percent.