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ACT Scoring Scale

The ACT is a nationally administered test given to high school students in their senior year and is intended to assess their high school academic preparation. Scores are reported for English, Mathematics, Reading, Science Reasoning, and Composite. The Service Report also includes college attractions, goals and aspirations, plans and special needs, high school information, competing institutions, and year-to-year trends.

The items listed below contain a summary of the Service Report information.

ACT Scoring Scale: Understanding ACT Scores

	91-92	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96
English	22.2	20.4	21.8	21.2	20.9
Usage/Mechanics	11.5	10.1	11.0	10.7	10.3
Rhetorical Skills	11.3	10.6	11.3	10.9	10.8
Mathematics	20.9	19.7	20.5	20.3	20.5
Elementary Algebra	11.1	10.4	10.7	10.6	10.5
Alg/Coord Geometry	10.3	9.5	10.3	9.8	10.0
Plane Geom/Trig	10.6	10.0	10.5	10.6	10.9
Reading	23.7	21.8	23.6	23.4	22.2
Social Studies/Sci	11.6	10.3	11.6	11.4	10.9
Arts/Literature	12.7	12.0	12.6	12.6	11.9
Science Reasoning	22.2	21.1	22.0	21.6	21.2
Composite	22.4	20.9	22.1	21.8	21.3

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