ACT IN TENNESSEE
In 2014, 69,505 Tennessee students, 100 percent of the graduating class, took the ACT, which measures college readiness in English composition, algebra, social science and biology.The testing company reported that in 2014, 59 percent of Tennessee students met the benchmark score for college-level coursework in English composition, compared to 64 percent nationwide. In math, 30 percent of Tennesseans met the benchmark versus 43 percent nationally. The social science score was 37 percent vs 44 percent and biology was 28 percent compared with 37 percent nationwide.Source: State ACT profile
WASHINGTON — ACT test takers take note: The No. 2 pencil is losing its cachet. Greater numbers of high school students will be able to take the college entrance exam on a computer next year.
The ACT announced Friday that computer-based testing will be available next year in the 18 states and additional districts that require students, typically juniors, to take the ACT during the school day. About 1 million students could be affected.
But don’t throw away those pencils yet.
Participating schools provide the computers for testing, and ACT officials say it’s too early to predict how many schools will be ready next year to offer the online testing.