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High School Students Not Prepared for College, Career - High School Notes (usnews.com)

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High School Students Not Prepared for College, Career

August 22, 2012 RSS Feed Print
College entrance exam scores show most students aren’t prepared for college.
College entrance exam scores show most students aren’t prepared for college.
Nearly 1.7 million high school graduates took the ACT college entrance exam in 2012, testing their knowledge of four core subjects—English, math, science, and reading. But most of those students are not prepped for success in college or the workforce, according to a report released today by ACT, Inc.
More than a quarter of 2012 graduates fell short of college readiness benchmarks that ACT sets for all four subjects, and