<p>The 2007 ACT National Report </p>
<p><a href="http://www.act.org/news/data/07/pdf/National2007.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.act.org/news/data/07/pdf/National2007.pdf</a> </p>
<p>has been released, showing score distributions for 1,300,599 members of class of 2007 who took the ACT test (table 2.1). Just 314 of the test-takers attained an ACT composite score of 36, the highest standard score. Other figures about 2007 test-takers can be found in other tables of the report.</p>
<p>interesting info</p>
<p>I find it interesting that 314 get a perfect score, but over 2000 get a 35.</p>
<p>$10 says that at least half of those 314 regularly frequent cc.</p>
<p>I found it interesting that the number of high scores is up compared to the report from a year ago.</p>
<p>^^^ lls .</p>
<p>Illinois (where the ACT is taken by every public school student) accounts for a chunk of the increase: In Illinois only 33 members of the Class of 2006 earned a 36, complared to 68 for the Class of 2007. That’s a big jump and a big number. California, in comparison, had only 20 perfect scores in the Class of 07.</p>
<p>Thanks for pointing out that the states that now have all high school students take the ACT may be adding to the number of high scorers.</p>
<p>One thing that has raised the number that scored in the 34 to 36 range (and other ranges) is that the number of those taking the ACT increased by 100,000 from 2006 from 1.2 million to 1.3, which is a large jump for one year and likely reflects that many more that usually take the SAT also took the ACT. Illinois has been requiring all students to take the ACT for many years now. 314 is the highest number of seniors in any year that have ever scored a 36 composite but is still only .024% of the number who took the test indicating how hard it is to get it (and you can get a 36 composite by scoring two 35s and two 36s on the sections or three 36s and a 34).</p>
<p>It's also quite interesting how the scores drop so quickly. Scoring a composite of a 28-29 is what keeps you in the top 10%. 10% 0f those testing get in the highest 23% of possible scoring. later... mike....</p>
<p>314 perfect scorers...one of them was at my school but it sure as heck wasn't me!</p>
<p>yep, a kid at my school was one of those. i can see how he did it though, incredibly hard worker. He was at school like an hour early everyday for like 2 years to study in the library.</p>
<p>"In Illinois only 33 members of the Class of 2006 earned a 36, complared to 68 for the Class of 2007. That’s a big jump and a big number. California, in comparison, had only 20 perfect scores in the Class of 07."</p>
<p>^^^The lower % of scores in CA is also due to the fact that a lesser % of the population takes the ACT. The SAT is much more common for UC/WC schools, so therefore less students will sign up for the ACT test, especially if they do well on the SAT.</p>
<p>^^Correct, vc08. I did not single out California to demonstrate that kids from Illinois are better performers on the ACT than kids from California. I drew the comparison only because California is such a populous state -- to show just how many 36s (well, relatively speaking) there were in Illinois last year, i.e., 20 vs. 68. And even though the ACT is required in Illinois, and even though, required or not, it is much more popular in Illinois than the SAT, a jump from 33 in 2006 to 68 in 2007 is still surprising to me.</p>
<p>At last, they've calibrated the test just right so that 100*pi people ace it! The secret goal of the testwriters is complete!</p>
<p>I'm surprised it took 15 posts for someone to comment on the pi-ness of the number reported...maybe there will be 227 (22/7) perfect 2400s!</p>
<p>That would be pretty amazing. I'd also be equally satisfied with 271. Or maybe 161.</p>
<p>wjb: i know you didn't single out CA, i was just pointing it out as a reasoning behind the (dis)proportional scores population-wise. the same probably goes for oregon and washington state as well, i'd imagine.</p>
<p>Yay for being one of the 314! Lol, I wonder who the 2 people who got the 4 composite were...</p>