Understanding Your ACT Results

2019l2020

Using Your ACT Results

What's Inside

? Understanding Your Scores 3 ? Reporting Your Scores to Colleges 6 ? Planning Your Education and Career 6 ? Should You Test Again? 8 ? ACT Services and Policies 9

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While the information in Using Your ACT Results is also provided on the Student Score Report, this document provides a convenient reference for your score report on the following topics:

?? Your Composite score and scores for each subject, including the

writing test if you took it.

?? Your scores on the combined STEM and ELA indicators. ?? Your scores in relation to the ACT College Readiness Benchmark

and the Readiness Range for each subject test.

?? Your scores in comparison to scores of other students who took

the ACT in the US and in your state.

?? Detailed results for each reporting category within each subject

you took.

?? Your Progress Toward the ACT National Career Readiness

Certificate? indicator.

?? Sending your scores to colleges. ?? Using your scores for college and career planning. ?? Whether you should retest based on your current ACT scores. ?? ACT services and policies related to taking the test and how we

scored your test.

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Understanding Your Scores

Here's some information about the main graphic on your score report.

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COMPOSITE MATH SCIENCE STEM ENGLISH READING WRITING ELA

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Student Report

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Your STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) score represents your overall performance on the science and math tests.

Your ELA (English Language Arts) score represents your overall performance on the English, reading, and writing tests.

US Rank

State Rank

Composite 56%

Composite 58%

Math Science STEM

49% 33% 43%

Math Science STEM

52% 34% 46%

English

74%

English

75%

Reading 66%

Reading 68%

Writing

90%

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ELA

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ELA

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ACT College Readiness Benchmarks

Readiness Benchmark

If your score is at or above the

Benchmark, you have at least

20

a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75%

chance of obtaining a C or

higher in specific first-year

college courses in the

corresponding subject area.

There is currently no

Benchmark for writing.

Your Score Range Test scores are estimates of your educational development. Think of your true achievement on this test as being within a range that extends about one standard error of measurement, or about 1 point for the Composite and writing scores, and 2 points for STEM, ELA, and the other test scores, above and below your score.

US & State Rank Your ranks tell you the approximate percentages of recent high school graduates in the US and your state who took the ACT? test and received scores that are the same as or lower than your scores. For example, a rank of 56 for your Composite score means 56% of students 100% earned that Composite score or below.

Detailed Results We counted your correct answers on each subject test. We didn't take off points for wrong

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Production of Writing

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1 to 36. We call these subject test scores. Your Composite score is the average of your four

? Number & Quantity

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Knowledge of Language

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50% 33% 44% 41%

SCIENCE 18

Interpretation of Data

9 of 16 56%

READING 23

Key Ideas & Details

18 of 24 75%

Craft & Structure

6 of 11 55%

Integration of

3 of 5 60%

Knowledge & Ideas

Understanding Complex Texts

Below Proficient Above

Scientific Investigation

7 of 10 70%

Evaluation of Models, Inferences & Experimental Results

5 of 14 36%

WRITING 08

Ideas & Analysis

8

Development & Support

8

Organization

9

Language Use &

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Conventions

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ELA

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56 for your Composite score means 56% of students 100% earned that Composite score or below.

Understanding Your Scores

ACT Readiness Range

ENGLISH 24

ACT Readiness Range

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WRITING 08

Ideas & Analysis

8

Development & Support

8

Organization

9

Language Use &

8

Conventions

To learn more about what your writing scores mean, visit the-act/writingscores.

Your STEM and ELA scores represent your overall performance on the specific subject tests you took. The STEM score looks at the science and mathematics tests to produce a combined score, and the ELA does the same for the English, reading, and writing tests. If you didn't receive a score for one of the subject areas, no STEM or ELA score will be produced.

The main graphic on your score report also shows how your scores relate to the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks for each multiple-choice subject (and also for the STEM and ELA scores). If your score for a test was above or equal to the Benchmark, it means you have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher, or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in specific first-year college courses in the corresponding subject area. There is currently no Benchmark for writing.

Finally, you'll see a section about your US and State ranks for the different subject tests, as well as the Composite, ELA, and STEM scores. Your ranks tell you the approximate percentages of recent high school graduates in the US and your state who took the ACT and received scores that are the same as or lower than your scores. In the example of the Composite score on the previous page, a rank of 56 for your Composite score means 56% of students earned a Composite score of 21 or below.

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performance on the English, reading, and writing tests.

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WRITING 08

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Sending Your Scores

A score report (including your photo) was automatically sent to the high school you reported when registration was completed for the test. Your school will use this information for counseling, evaluating the effectiveness of instruction, and planning changes and improvements in the curriculum.

At your direction, your scores from this test date are also being reported to the colleges shown. (Be aware that when you send a report to a college that is part of a school system, the college may share your score with other colleges in that system.) Institutions use your test scores along with high school grades, academic preparation, out-of-class accomplishments, future plans, and other factors to help identify applicants who can benefit most from their programs. In addition, colleges can use results on the ACT to assist scholarship/loan agencies in identifying qualified candidates, place students in first-year courses, and help students develop an appropriate program of study.

If you listed a college code incorrectly or forgot to include one, don't worry! You can still send

scores to other colleges. Visit the-act/scores to explore student resources or to

order additional score reports.

Sending Your Scores

A score report (including your photo) was automatically sent to the high school you reported when registration was completed for the test. Your school will use this

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According to your results, you enjoy working with People & Data. Here are a few examples of occupations involving this kind of work:

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Retesting with the ACT

Consider retesting if one or more of the following applies to you:

? Do you feel that your scores should be higher than those received?

? Did you have any problems during the tests, like misunderstanding the directions or feeling ill?

? Have you taken more coursework or an intensive review in the areas covered?

? Do you want to apply to a college that requires or recommends the writing test?

Interest?Major Fit

Do your interests fit the college major you plan to enter? Based on information you provided, you plan to enter Accounting.

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accomplishments, future plans, and other factors to help identify applicants who can

benefit most from their programs. In addition, colleges can use results on the ACT to

assist scholarship/loan agencies in identifying qualified candidates, place students in

first-year courses, and help students develop an appropriate program of study.

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Test Security Hotline

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Students with your ACT Composite score are likely to obtain a Silver level on

If you have concerns about the security

the ACT NCRC.

of the tests, please report them at

In this example, a Composite score of 21 indicates that you or students with the samweww.act. or 855.382.2645.

Composite score are likely to obtain a Silver level on the ACT NCRC.

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At your direction, your scores from this test date are also being reported to the colleges shown. (Be aware that when you send a report to a college that is part of a school system, the college may share your score with other colleges in that system.) Institutions use your test scores along with high school grades, academic preparation, out-of-class accomplishments, future plans, and other factors to help identify applicants who can benefit most from their programs. In addition, colleges can use results on the ACT to assist scholarship/loan agencies in identifying qualified candidates, place students in first-year courses, and help students develop an appropriate program of study.

Retesting with the ACT If you entered a college code incorrectly or forgot to include one, don't worry! You can

still send scores to other colleges. Visit the-act/scores to explore student resources or to order additional score reports.

If, after getting your scores, you're thinking of retaking the ACT, consider if one or more of the

following applies to you:

? Do you feel that your scores should be higher than those rWecehiveerde? Are You Going?

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about yourself and find out about careers, majors,

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? Have you taken more coursework or an intensive review in the areas covered?

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the-act/retaking for more information. applies to you:

Certain restrictions apply to retesting:

? Do you feel that your scores should be higher than those received?

? You can test only once on a given ACT test date (Nation? aDmli,idsIuynnotdueerhrsnatvaaentdiaoinnnygapthrlo,ebodlerirmethcstridoounursingoghr tfheSeetlatientsgetsil,l?like

testing or District testing).

? Have you taken more coursework or an intensive

? ACT has a policy regarding the number of times you canrerveietawkine tthheearAeaCsTc.oVveirseidt?

the-act/retestlimit for more information.

? Do you want to apply to a college that requires or recommends the writing test?

There are also guidelines for which scores get

reported by ACT if you retest:

? If you test more than once, you choose which

Typical Composite Score on a Retest

test date or set of scores to send to colleges.

? All scores from a test date are reported as a set.

ACT does not create new records by combining scores from different test dates.

? If you want to report your writing score, all

scores from that test date will be reported. You

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Progress Towardctahn'et cAhoCoTseNtoasetniod na saclore for the writing test Career ReadinessbyCietsretlfi.ficate?

This indicator provides an estimate of the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (ACT NCRC?) that students with your ACT Composite score are likely to obtain. The ACT NCRC is an assessment-based credential that documents foundational work skills important for job success across industries and occupations. Visit NCRC-indicator to learn more.

Composite Score 1 Scale

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Go to the-act/retaking for more information.

Test Security Hotline If you have concerns about the security of the tests, please report them at act. or 855.382.2645.

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