Asian high school graduates showed up best on the ACT college entrance

Asian high school graduates showed up best on the ACT college entrance exam, with 41 percent showing proficiency in the four core subjects of English, math, reading and science. Nearly three in 10 recent graduates failed to meet a single benchmark that predicts they are ready for college.

Members of the high school class of 2011 posted a slight gain on the ACT college entrance exam, but nearly three in 10 recent graduates failed to meet a single benchmark that predicts they are ready for college.

Twenty-five percent of ACT test-takers met the college-readiness standard in the four core subjects of English, math, reading and science. That’s a slight increase over last year and the third straight year of such improvement. The average composite score of 21.1 on the test’s 1-to-36 scale is a one-tenth of a percent increase from the previous year and restores the national average to where it was in 2009.

But another 28 percent of students didn’t score high enough to meet any of the ACT standards for expected college success, and will likely need remedial college work to catch up.

Source AP