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The ACT has seen a gradual increase in the number of test takers since its inception, and in 2012 the ACT surpassed the SAT for the first time in total test takers; that year, 1,666,017 students took the ACT and 1,664,479 students took the SAT.
In 2003, according to one estimate, 1.4 million students took the SAT and 1.4 million also took the ACT test, [96] paying about $50 per test. [97] Generally counselors suggest that students should plan on taking the SAT or ACT test twice, so that a low score can possibly be improved. [99]
Data for 1985 and on are for seniors who graduated in the year shown and had taken the ACT in their junior or senior years. Data for 2013 and on includes extended-time test takers. Possible scores on each part of the ACT range from 1 to 36.
On March 5, 2014, the College Board announced that a redesigned version of the SAT would be administered for the first time in 2016. The exam reverted to the 1600-point scale, and the essay became optional. The testing process was changed to give students three hours to take the exam plus 50 additional minutes to complete the essay. [22]
For example, the Nation's Report Card reported "Males Outperform Females at all Three Grades in 2005" as a result of science test scores of 100,000 students in each grade. [14] Hyde and Linn criticized this claim, because the mean difference was only 4 out of 300 points, implying a small effect size and heavily overlapped distributions. They ...
The ACT test became the leading college readiness assessment in 2012, surpassing the SAT in the number of students taking the exam. [13] For the US high school graduating class of 2019, [14] 52 percent of all graduates took the ACT. The total number of 2019 high school graduates taking the ACT exceeded 1.78 million.
For the Class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), AU received 18,545 freshmen applications; 6,691 were admitted (36%) and 1,755 enrolled. [45] The middle 50% range of SAT scores were 590–690 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and 590–690 for Math. [45] The middle 50% range of the ACT Composite score was 27–31. [45]
In the list below, one can find the population in each state and territory of the U.S. who has attained a specific education level (out of people 25 years or over), and the percentage of the population who has attained that education level.