ACT Profile Report - State: Graduating Class 2011, District of Columbia

ACT Profile Report - StateGraduating Class 2011District of Columbia*070043110* ACT PROFILE REPORT - StatePAGE 1Graduating Class 2011Code 099999 District of ColumbiaTotal Students in Report: 1,480Table of ContentsSection I: Executive SummaryPage 5Percent of Your Students Ready for College-Level CourseworkFive Year Trends—Percent of Students Meeting College Readiness BenchmarksFive Year Trends—Average ACT ScoresFive Year Trends—Average ACT Scores by Level of PreparationFive Year Trends—Percent and Average Composite Score by Race/EthnicityPercent of Students in College Readiness Standards Score RangesSection II: Academic AchievementPage 11ACT Score Distributions, Cumulative Percentages, Averages, and Quartile ValuesAverage ACT Composite Scores for Race/Ethnicity by Level of Preparation Average ACT Scores by Race/EthnicityPercent of Students in College Readiness Standards Score RangesAverage ACT Scores by GenderPercent of Students Meeting College Readiness Benchmark Scores by GenderCollege Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores by Overall High School CurriculumCollege Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores by Content-Specific CurriculumSection III: College Readiness & Impact of Course RigorPage 17Percent of Students Meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores by Race/EthnicityAverage ACT Scores and Average ACT Score Changes by Common Course PatternsCollege Readiness Percents by Common Course PatternsSection IV: Career and Educational AspirationsPage 25Distribution of Planned Educational Majors for All Students by College PlansAverage ACT Composite Scores for Racial/Ethnic Groups by Post-Secondary Educational AspirationsStudents' Score Report Preferences at Time of TestingSection V: Optional Writing Test ResultsPage 29Average ACT English and Writing Scores by Race/Ethnicity and Gender for students who took ACT Writing ACT PROFILE REPORT - StatePAGE 2Graduating Class 2011Code 099999 District of ColumbiaTotal Students in Report: 1,480This report focuses on:Performance - student test performance in the context of college readinessAccess - number of your graduates exposed to college entrance testing and the percent of race/ethnicity participationCourse Selection - percent of students pursuing a core curriculumCourse Rigor - impact of rigorous coursework on achievementCollege Readiness - percent of students meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores in each content areaAwareness - extent to which student aspirations match performanceArticulation - colleges and universities to which your students send test resultsThis report provides information about the performance of your 2011 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 2011 and tested under standard time conditions.Each year, test data for a school, district, and the state represents a different cohort of students. ACT encourages educators to focus on trends (3, 5, 10 years), not year-to-year changes. Such changes can represent normal – even expected – fluctuations. On the other hand, trend lines offer more insight into what is happening in a school, district, or the state.Furthermore, ACT encourages educators to measure student performance in the context of college readiness measures. The focus should be on the number and percentage of students meeting or exceeding ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark Scores, a measure that is much more meaningful and understandable than an average composite score for a group of students. ACT PROFILE REPORT - StatePAGE 3Graduating Class 2011Code 099999 District of ColumbiaTotal Students in Report: 1,480The ACT is a curriculum-based measure of college readiness. ACT components include:Tests of academic achievement in English, math, reading, science, and writing (optional)High school grade and course informationStudent Profile SectionCareer Interest InventoryThe ACT:College Course/Course AreaACT TestBenchmark ScoreEnglish CompositionEnglish18AlgebraMathematics22Social SciencesReading21BiologyScience24For more information, go to www.act.orgEvery few years, ACT conducts the ACT National Curriculum Survey to ensure its curriculum-based assessment tools accurately measure the skills high school teachers teach and instructors of entry-level college courses expect. The ACT is the only college readiness test designed to reflect the results of such a survey.Only the ACT reports College Readiness Benchmark Scores – A benchmark score is the minimum score needed on an ACT subject-area test to indicate a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in the corresponding credit-bearing college