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American College
Testing
IF you're a feminist, you
can narrow the "gender gap simply by changing the way ACT
scores the test
 | See how this compares to the
distribution curves of other tests.
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| The large variation from
state to state in ACT scores by race and sex.
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| Annual earning potential increases $6,667 per ACT point, $600 per NAEP
Math point, $187 per SAT Math point, and $146 per GRE Quantitative point.
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| In 1990 all of the
standardized tests were re-centered so that ACT scores caused the following
"improvements":
 | The male natural science
score dropped 1.3 points, the female score increased a total of .5 points.
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| The male social studies
score increased 3 points, the female score increased 5 points.
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| The male composite score
increased 1.7 points, the female score increased 2.7 points.
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| The male english score
increased 2 points, the female score increased 1.7 points.
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| The male math score
increased 2.6 points, the female score increased 3.6 points.
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Total
test takers (thousands) ...... |
788
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714
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822
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836
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805
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835
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849
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739
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730
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777
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842
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855
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817
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796
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832
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Year vs. ACT Scores |
1967 |
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
Composite |
19.9
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18.6
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18.5
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18.5
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18.4
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18.3
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18.5
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18.6
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18.8
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18.7
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18.8
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18.6
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20.6
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20.6
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20.6
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9 |
Male
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20.3
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19.5
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19.3
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19.3
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19.2
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19.1
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19.3
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19.4
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19.6
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19.5
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19.6
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19.3
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21.0
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20.9
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20.9
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21.0
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20.9
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21.0
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21 |
Female |
19.4
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17.8
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17.9
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17.8
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17.8
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17.6
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17.9
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17.9
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18.1
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18.1
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18.1
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18.0
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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20.5
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20.7
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20.7
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20.8 |
English |
18.5
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17.7
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17.9
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17.8
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17.9
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17.8
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18.1
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18.1
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18.5
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18.4
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18.5
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18.4
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20.5
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20.3
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20.2
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20.3
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20.3
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20.2
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20.3 |
Male
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17.6
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17.1
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17.3
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17.3
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17.3
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17.3
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17.5
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17.6
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17.9
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17.9
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18.0
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17.8
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20.1
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8 |
Female
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19.4
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18.3
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18.3
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18.2
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18.4
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18.2
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18.6
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18.6
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18.9
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18.9
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19.0
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18.9
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20.9
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20.7
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20.6
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20.6
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20.7
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20.6
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20.7 |
Math,
total |
20.0
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17.6
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17.4
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17.3
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17.2
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16.9
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17.3
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17.2
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17.3
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17.2
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17.2
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17.1
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19.9
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20.0
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20.0
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20.1
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20.2
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21.3
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20.2 |
Male
|
21.1
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19.3
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18.9
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18.9
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18.6
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18.4
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18.6
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18.6
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18.8
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18.6
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18.4
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18.3
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20.7
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20.6
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9
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20.9 |
Female |
18.8
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16.2
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16.2
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16.0
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16.0
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15.7
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16.1
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16.0
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16.0
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16.1
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16.1
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16.1
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19.3
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19.4
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19.5
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19.6
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19.6
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19.7
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19.7 |
Social
studies |
19.7
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17.4
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17.2
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17.2
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17.3
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17.1
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17.3
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17.4
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17.6
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17.5
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17.4
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17.2
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21.2
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21.1
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21.2
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21.2
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21.3
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21.3 |
Male |
20.3
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18.7
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18.2
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18.3
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18.1
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18.0
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18.1
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18.3
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18.6
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18.4
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18.4
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18.1
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21.3
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21.1
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21.2
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21.1
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21.1
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21 |
Female
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19.0
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16.4
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16.4
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16.4
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16.6
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16.4
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16.5
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16.6
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16.9
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16.7
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16.6
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16.4
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21.1
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21.1
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21.2
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21.4
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21.4
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21.6 |
Natural
science |
20.8
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21.1
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21.1
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21.0
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.2
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21.4
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21.4
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21.4
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21.2
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20.7
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20.7
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.1 |
Male |
21.6
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22.4
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22.4
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22.3
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22.2
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22.4
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22.4
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22.6
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22.7
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22.8
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22.8
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22.6
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21.3
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21.4
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21.5
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21.6
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21.6
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21.7 |
Female |
20.0
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20.0
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20.0
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20.0
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19.7
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19.6
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19.9
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20.0
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20.2
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20.1
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20.2
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20.0
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20.1
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20.1
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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20.5 |
And Now this Math Gender Gap in ACT Scores is MAGICALLY GONE
Males and Females Continue To Achieve Comparable Scores
As in recent years, there was minimal difference between the average ACT
scores of male and female students in 2003. For males, the average Composite
score is 21.0, for females, 20.8.
Recent ACT research suggests that this difference is due to the greater
number—and, thus, broader spectrum—of females who take the test: 56 percent of
test-takers in the class of 2003 were female, while just 44 percent were male.
In both Illinois and Colorado, where all public school students take the ACT,
there was no difference in the average Composite scores earned by males and
females.
Males continue to earn higher average scores than females on ACT’s
mathematics and science tests, while females continue to earn higher average
scores than males on the English and reading tests.
http://www.act.org/news/data/10/states.html?utm_campaign=cccr10&utm_source=data&utm_medium=web
Average Scores by State
Sort the data by column heading or select a state to view its
complete High School Profile Report in PDF. (Each file is about 32 pages long
and 90KB.)
In spring 2009, all public high school eleventh graders in the states of
Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee, and Wyoming were tested with
the ACT as required by each state. Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan,
Tennessee, and Wyoming students who met ACT's 2010 graduating class criteria are
included in the 2010 graduating class average score results. Consistent with
ACT's reporting policies, graduating class test results are reported only for
students tested under standard time conditions.
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