Madison teacher and ACT tutor Ashly Johnston believes the changes will be beneficial and will improve student performance. Hopefully, students won’t feel rushed to complete the test or get fatigued.

ACT test scores hit new 30-year low The average ACT test scores, which have been dropping for the past 6 years, was 19.5 out of 36 this year. Associated Press. Published October 11, 2023 2:07pm EDT.

Major changes are coming to the ACT college admissions exam in the spring, the CEO of ACT announced Monday. The exam will be evolving to “meet the challenges students and educators face ...

1.4 million students sat for the ACT in 2023, down from more than two million in 2017. getty. ACT Inc., the Iowa City-based nonprofit behind the ACT, a standardized test used in college admissions ...

The implications may go beyond the lower scores while applying to college. More than 4 in 10 test-takers did not meet any of the ACT’s benchmarks for “college readiness” in English, reading ...

ACT test scores fall to lowest level in 30 years 00:26. High school students' scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of ...

Students can now opt between several versions of the test: the ACT core exam (which includes reading, math and English), the ACT plus writing, the ACT plus science or the ACT plus science and writing.

Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year's high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years nationwide, while New York test-takers scored higher than pre-pandemic ...

ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years in a pandemic slide The class of 2022's average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score ...