ERIC Number: ED588041
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 24
Abstractor: ERIC
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The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015: African American Students
ACT, Inc.
The "Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015" is the ACT annual report on the progress of US high school graduates relative to college readiness. This report provides a national snapshot of academic performance among African American students in the 2015 high school graduating class who took the ACT® test and addresses questions of critical importance to our nation. This year's report shows that 59% of students in the 2015 US graduating class took the ACT® test, up from 57% last year and 49% in 2011. The increased number of test takers over the past several years enhances the breadth and depth of the data pool, providing a comprehensive picture of the current graduating class in the context of college readiness as well as offering a glimpse at the emerging educational pipeline. This report is designed to help educators understand and answer the following questions: (1) Are your students graduating from high school prepared for college and career?; (2) Are enough of your students taking core courses necessary to be prepared for success, and are those courses rigorous enough?; (3) What are the most popular majors/occupations, and what does the pipeline for each look like?; and (4) What other dimensions of college and career readiness, outside of academic readiness, should educators measure and track? [UNCF collaborated on this report with ACT, Inc. For the 2014 report, see ED588040.]
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Readiness, Career Readiness, African American Students, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, High School Graduates, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Alignment (Education), Benchmarking, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, English Instruction, Ethnicity, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Occupational Aspiration, Postsecondary Education, Race, Scores, State Standards, Student Behavior, Tables (Data), Reading Instruction, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Asian American Students, American Indian Students, Hispanic American Students, Pacific Islanders, White Students
ACT, Inc. 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168. Tel: 319-337-1270; Web site: http://www.act.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: ACT, Inc.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment
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