ERIC Number: ED535038
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 34
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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ACT Profile Report: State. Graduating Class 2012. New York
ACT, Inc.
This report provides information about the performance of New York's 2012 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors; and self-reported at the time of testing that they were scheduled to graduate in 2012 and tested under standard time conditions. This report focuses on: (1) Performance: student test performance in the context of college readiness; (2) Access: number of graduates exposed to college entrance testing and the percent of race/ethnicity participation; (3) Course Selection: percent of students pursuing a core curriculum; (4) Course Rigor: impact of rigorous coursework on achievement; (5) College Readiness: percent of students meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores in each content area; (6) Awareness: extent to which student aspirations match performance; and (7) Articulation: colleges and universities to which students send test results. (Contains 22 tables and 6 figures.) [For related reports, see "The Condition of College & Career Readiness, 2012" (ED534761), "ACT Profile Report: National. Graduating Class 2012" (ED534873), and "ACT Profile Report: National. Graduating Class 2012. Hispanic/Latino Students" (ED534874).]
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Standards, Access to Information, Achievement Tests, African American Students, Alignment (Education), American Indian Students, Articulation (Education), Asian American Students, Benchmarking, Cohort Analysis, College Bound Students, College Readiness, Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students), Difficulty Level, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, English, Ethnicity, Gender Differences, High School Graduates, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, Mathematics Achievement, Occupational Aspiration, Pacific Islanders, Postsecondary Education, Profiles, Race, Racial Differences, Reading Achievement, Science Achievement, Scores, Secondary Education, Tables (Data), Test Results, Testing, Trend Analysis, White Students, Writing Tests
ACT, Inc. 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168. Tel: 319-337-1270; Web site: http://www.act.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: ACT, Inc.
Identifiers - Location: New York
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment
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