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Download full textAllen, Jeff; Sconing, Jim – American College Testing (ACT), Inc., 2005
In this report, we establish benchmarks of readiness for four common first-year college courses: English Composition, College Algebra, Social Science, and Biology. Using grade data from a large sample of colleges, we modeled the probability of success in these courses as a function of ACT test scores. Success was defined as a course grade of B or…
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