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August 16,
2007
Jay Dillon
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Cobb
Students Show Improvement on ACT
Composite scores top state & national averages in all subjects
ACT scores for the class
of 2007 indicate that Cobb graduates are well prepared for
success in their first year of college. Cobb students topped
the state and national averages in the Composite area, and in
all subject areas. In addition, Cobb students’ average scores
showed significant improvement over last year in all
categories. The 2007 seniors posted an average composite score
of 21.9 (out of a possible 36), 1.6 points higher than their
statewide peers and 0.7 points higher than their nationwide
peers. Across the subject areas tested, Cobb students topped
the national averages in English (+0.9), Math (+0.9), Reading
(+0.7), and Science Reasoning (+0.5) (See Table I). The ACT
assessment measures high school students’ overall educational
development and their readiness for the challenge of core
college classes. Cobb seniors have topped state and national
scores for six consecutive years.
Approximately 75 percent
of Cobb students scored 18+ on the English test, and
approximately 59 percent scored 21+ on the Reading test. Both
of these percentages were more than 10 percent higher than the
state results, where 64 percent scored 18+ on the English test
and 46 percent of students scored 21+ on the Reading test.
Students scoring 18 or higher on the English test and 21 or
higher on the Reading test are likely to obtain a “B” or
higher in first year composition classes and social science
classes.
Students taking more
rigorous classes in science or math tended to have higher ACT
scores, promoting the value of enrollment in more advanced
classes at the high school level. For example, Cobb students
who participated in a high school math course sequence that
included Algebra I and II, Geometry, Trigonometry, and
Calculus, had scores three points higher than students with
less than three years of math coursework. Similarly, students
taking advanced science classes that included Biology,
Chemistry and Physics scored more than three points higher
than those taking less than three years of science. (See Table
II.)
When compared to the
class of 2006, students this year had higher scores in all
four subject areas. Results reflect the performance of 2,310
Cobb high school seniors (37 percent of all graduating
seniors). Scores are for 2006-2007 seniors who took the ACT
voluntarily in either their sophomore, junior or senior year
of high school.
Scores for Cobb high
schools can be found in Table III.
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