Comparison of Graduation Exit Examination (GEE) with ACT



Comparison of Graduation Exit Examination (GEE 21) with ACT

This comparison study was conducted to examine the relationship between GEE 21 and ACT test scores. The following results are based on high school students taking both the GEE 21 and the ACT in 2003.

Tables 1 and 2 indicate the average ACT Composite score for students scoring at each achievement level on the GEE 21 English language arts and mathematics tests. There is a linear relationship between GEE 21 and ACT—students at higher achievement levels on GEE 21 performed better on ACT than did students at lower achievement levels. This pattern is observed for both English and mathematics tests.

|English Test | |Mathematics Test |

|GEE |Number of Students|ACT | |GEE Achievement |Number of Students|ACT Average Score |

|Achievement Level | |Average | |Level | | |

| | |Score | | | | |

|Advanced | 311 |29 | |Advanced | 1856 |27 |

|Mastery | 4813 |25 | |Mastery | 5077 |22 |

|Basic | 12625 |19 | |Basic | 9421 |18 |

|App. Basic | 4079 |15 | |App. Basic | 3150 |16 |

|Unsatisfactory | 1472 |12 | |Unsatisfactory | 3848 |15 |

Figure 1 indicates the average ACT score on English, Math, and Composite for students who scored Basic or above on two GEE 21 subjects (English and mathematics), three subjects (English and mathematics and science or social studies), and four subjects. The average ACT scores are similar across different groups of students. In general, students who scored at Basic or above on GEE 21 scored approximately 22 on ACT.

Figure 1

Figure 2 indicates the average ACT score on English, Mathematics, and Composite for students who scored Basic on two GEE 21 subjects (English and mathematics), three subjects (English and mathematics and science or social studies), and four subjects. The average ACT scores are similar across different groups of students. In general, students who scored at Basic on GEE 21 scored approximately 19 on ACT.

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Figure 2

Scored Basic on GEE 21 Components

Scored Basic or Above on GEE 21 Components

Table 1

Table 2

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