ACT Profile Report State. Graduating Class 2012. New Jersey.

ACT Profile Report [electronic resource] : State. Graduating Class 2012. New Jersey.

This report provides information about the performance of New Jersey's 2012 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors; and self-reported at the time of testing that they were scheduled to graduate in 2012 and tested under standard time conditions. This report focuse...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Corporate Author: ACT, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2012.
Subjects:
Academic Achievement.
Academic Aspiration.
Academic Standards.
Access to Information.
Achievement Tests.
African American Students.
Alignment (Education)
American Indian Students.
Articulation (Education)
Asian American Students.
Benchmarking.
Cohort Analysis.
College Bound Students.
College Readiness.
Core Curriculum.
Course Selection (Students)
Difficulty Level.
Educational Assessment.
Educational Trends.
English.
Ethnicity.
Gender Differences.
High School Graduates.
Higher Education.
Hispanic American Students.
Mathematics Achievement.
Occupational Aspiration.
Pacific Islanders.
Postsecondary Education.
Profiles.
Race.
Racial Differences.
Reading Achievement.
Science Achievement.
Scores.
Secondary Education.
Tables (Data)
Test Results.
Testing.
Trend Analysis.
White Students.
Writing Tests.
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Summary:This report provides information about the performance of New Jersey's 2012 graduating seniors who took the ACT as sophomores, juniors, or seniors; and self-reported at the time of testing that they were scheduled to graduate in 2012 and tested under standard time conditions. This report focuses on: (1) Performance: student test performance in the context of college readiness; (2) Access: number of graduates exposed to college entrance testing and the percent of race/ethnicity participation; (3) Course Selection: percent of students pursuing a core curriculum; (4) Course Rigor: impact of rigorous coursework on achievement; (5) College Readiness: percent of students meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores in each content area; (6) Awareness: extent to which student aspirations match performance; and (7) Articulation: colleges and universities to which students send test results. (Contains 22 tables and 6 figures.) [For related reports, see "The Condition of College & Career Readiness, 2012" (ED534761), "ACT Profile Report: National. Graduating Class 2012" (ED534873), and "ACT Profile Report: National. Graduating Class 2012. Hispanic/Latino Students" (ED534874).]
Item Description:Availability: ACT, Inc. 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168. Tel: 319-337-1270; Web site: http://www.act.org.
Abstractor: ERIC.
Educational level discussed: High Schools.
Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education.
Educational level discussed: Secondary Education.
Physical Description:34 p.

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