Information Briefs

ACT's Information Brief Series is intended to inform general audiences about educational issues through research based on ACT's programs. The intended audiences include educators, educational policymakers, parents, students, employers, professional organizations, and special interest groups.

Information Briefs are short and written in simple, non-technical language.They are not formal scholarly documents, such as might be published in the ACT Research Report Series.They may pertain to a single study, or they may draw on the results of several studies.


2004-2	High Skills and High Pay—2004 Update

2004-1	Retention, ACT Composite Score, and College GPA: What's the Connection?

2002-3	Using Posttesting to Show the Effectiveness of Developmental/Remedial College Courses

2002-2	Mathematics and Science Achievement and Course-Taking for College-Bound High School Students

2002-1	Interpreting ACT Assessment Scores

2001-3	What Helps or Hinders Students' Chances of Success in College?

2001-2	Improving Performance on the ACT Assessment

2001-1	Facts About Scoring the ACT Assessment

2000-2	Monitoring Changes in High School Average ACT Composite Scores Over Time

2000-1	High Skills and High Pay—An Update

99-2	What Helps or Hinders Students' Educational Achievement?

99-1	Is the Graduating Class of 2000 Prepared for Jobs of the New Millennium?

98-3	How Significant Are Changes In My School's Average ACT Composite Score Over Time?

98-2	Are America's Students Taking More Science and Mathematics Course Work?

98-1	High Skills and High Pay: A Message for High School Students

97-2	Making Good Admissions Decisions Using ACT Test Scores and High School Grades

96-1	Academic Choices: Increasing Ethnic Minority Students' Chances for Success in College