High School Grads Miss Mark

Despite improvements across the board, the majority of high school graduates still aren’t college or career ready, according to a report released today (August 22) by ACT, which administers the ACT college entrance test.

More than half of graduating seniors in 2012 took the ACT exam and of those 1.66 million tested students, only one in four met college readiness benchmarks in English, reading, math and science.

"Far too many high school graduates are still falling short academically," John Whitmore, ACT’s chief executive officer, said in a statement. "We need to do more to ensure that our young people improve."

By Ben Wieder, Staff Writer

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