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Download full textAllen, Jeff; Radunzel, Justine; Moore, Joann – ACT, Inc., 2017
The ACT College Readiness Benchmarks are the ACT scores associated with a 50% chance of earning a B or higher grade in selected first-year credit-bearing courses at a typical postsecondary institution. The Benchmarks were established by linking ACT test scores with grades in first-year college courses from the same subject area. Benchmarks were…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Probability, Success, Benchmarking
Allen, 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…
Descriptors: Probability, Biology, Social Sciences, Scores
