1997 News Releases

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November 14, 1997	Better Business Bureau Announces 1997 Integrity Award Winners ACT is a recipient of the 1997 Better Business Bureau Integrity Award for an outstanding business that exemplifies the Bureau's standards by conducting business ethically and fairly.
September 23, 1997	Local Organization Sees Pivotal Role Boosting Worker Training ACT Inc. expects to have a key role in the work of the Roundtable on Work, Learning and Assessment's blue-ribbon panel formed to find ways of ending the nation's shortage of skilled workers.
September 17, 1997	Study Tells How to Move the Low-skilled from Welfare to Work ACT Inc. and the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) joined forces for a study to help low-skilled individuals gain access to higher-skilled jobs.
September 2, 1997	ACT and Benesse Collaborate on English-Language Tests ACT, Inc. and the Benesse Corporation of Japan have collaborated in the development of new English proficiency tests for Japanese students preparing to enter their country's universities.
August 1997	The High School Profile Report—National Normative Data This is a description of the academic abilities and nonacademic characteristics of ACT tested 1997 graduates. The statistics in this report reflect the characteristics of students who took the ACT Assessment during their sophomore, junior or senior year and graduated in 1997.
August 19, 1997	ACT Average Composite Scores by State: 1997 ACT-Tested Graduates For every state, the percent of graduates tested and their average composite score is given for four different groups of students: Core Course Completers, Non-Core Course Completers, No Course Data, and Total.
August 13, 1997	Trend of Increases in ACT College-Entrance Scores Continues This news release and accompanying documents report information about 1997 high school graduates who took the ACT Assessment for college entrance. Findings highlighted in the report include: comprehensive improvements in minority scores, mathematics scores increase, males raise composite score, and females raise science and math scores.
August 13, 1997	Where's the Bias?: Selected Facts About Female ACT Scores in 1997 Statistics supporting the fact that female 1997 ACT test takers are closing the gap on male test takers are offered as well as interesting state by state and ethnic background comparisons. In thirteen states, females have higher or equal composite scores than their male counterparts.

The preceding is a selection of ACT news releases.

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