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State students top national average on ACTs

Minnesota students again topped the nation on the ACT college entrance exam. The state was first among the 19 states where 90 percent or more students took the college entrance exam, earning a composite score of 21.3.
Locally, Glencoe-Silver Lake students who took the test in 2018 rebounded, earning a slightly higher score than the previous year. GSL students who took the ACT in 2018 earned a composite score of 21.5, the highest score since 2016’s composite score of 22.7, according to the Minnesota Department of Education. Scores from 2018 exams indicate that GSL students averaged 19.5 in English, 21.5 in math, 22.5 in reading, and 21.9 in science, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.
GSL students in 2017 earned a composite ACT score of 20.7. Their scores were 19.4 in English, 20.8 in math, 21.3 in reading, and 20.7 in science, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.
Nationally, 55 percent of 2018 graduates took the ACT, earning an average composite score of 20.8. Minnesota’s overall score was down 0.2 points from 2017, but up slightly from 2016, when Minnesota first opened access to 17,000 additional students by providing the test to juniors in high schools statewide.
"Thousands of Minnesota students are showing us that they are graduating high school with the skills they need to be successful in their careers or college experiences," said Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius. "It is our goal that students are well prepared for their next step in life, whether it is securing their first job or attending the college of their choice. Minnesotans should be very proud of their students, and the educators who are helping them succeed."

Read the full story in the Nov. 14 edition of The Chronicle.