ACT National and State Scores for 2008: Selected State Data

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Previous National and State Scores

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Select a state to see the following:

Percent of that state's 2008 graduates tested
Average ACT composite score

Also displayed are college readiness indicators—the percent of ACT-tested students in the selected state meeting or exceeding benchmark scores for college readiness in:

College English Composition
College Algebra
College Social Science
College Biology
All four of these subject areas

* In April 2007, all public high school eleventh graders in the states of Colorado, Illinois, and Michigan were tested with the ACT as required by each state. Colorado, Illinois, and Michigan students who met ACT's 2008 graduating class criteria are included in the 2008 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.