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The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today announced the graduating Class of 2011’s composite ACT score is the highest of the 10 states that test 90 percent or more of their students. Additionally, Illinois’ composite score of 20.9 continues the state’s long-term trend of incremental improvement.</p>
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<p>Although ACT is designed for students who plan to attend college, Illinois requires all 11th graders, unless they’re exempt, to take the ACT as part of the required state testing under the federal No Child Left Behind law. ... Other states with 90 percent or more of their graduates taking the ACT include Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming.</p>
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<p>Illinois’ average ACT composite scores for the past five years has improved, rising from 20.5 in 2007 to 20.9 in 2011. Nationally, there has been a slight dip in the composite score from 21.2 in 2007 to 21.1 in 2011.
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<p>Illinois</a> ACT score remains at top of the class for states that test at least 90 percent of students</p>
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<p>Illinois’ Class of 2011 posted the highest average ACT score in a decade 20.9 but the performance fell below the national average and most graduates left high school unprepared for key college classes, data released Wednesday show.</p>
<p>[Illinois</a> ACT scores rise, but lag national average - chicagotribune.com](<a href=“http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-act-scores-0817-20110817,0,2318937.story]Illinois”>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-act-scores-0817-20110817,0,2318937.story)</p>
<p>Not much to be proud of IMO.</p>
<p>Go back and read my initial post. The national average includes the 40 states where only college-bound kids take the test. Those states will naturally have higher averages than the 10 states where the future truck drivers and beauticians are also tested. </p>
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