Abstract
<p class="apa">Due to increased college admission requirements and a 20-year flat-lined trend in ACT scores, it is imperative for education leaders across the nation to implement effective strategies to increase ACT composite scores. High school principals, as instructional leaders and decision makers, are the major stakeholders who are vested in the outcomes of the study. Findings based upon questionnaires can provide a description of the actions that principals report taking to increase composite ACT school scores.</p>
Highlights
1.1 Introduction of the ProblemACT reports that the national average composite score in 1994 was 20.8, in 2004 it was 20.9, and nearly years later, in 2014, the score was (ACT, 2014d)
As national ACT composite scores have remained unchanged over 20 years, evidence from a review of universities’ admission standards indicate a rise in ACT composite score standards (University of Colorado at Boulder, 2014; University of Colorado at Colorado Spring, 2014; University of Colorado at Denver, 2014)
According to ACT (2014g), high school students demonstrate a command of information taught over the period of their high school academic journey
Summary
ACT reports that the national average composite score in 1994 was 20.8, in 2004 it was 20.9, and nearly years later, in 2014, the score was (ACT, 2014d). As national ACT composite scores have remained unchanged over 20 years, evidence from a review of universities’ admission standards indicate a rise in ACT composite score standards (University of Colorado at Boulder, 2014; University of Colorado at Colorado Spring, 2014; University of Colorado at Denver, 2014). The ACT is a tool used throughout the country by students, high schools, and colleges (ACT, 2014g). According to ACT (2014g), high school students demonstrate a command of information taught over the period of their high school academic journey. In order to continue on an education journey an admissions test is required, such as the ACT, to be accepted into a college (ACT, 2014f). Students’ admission scores are important, as it determines where students are able to go to college and what classes students should take (ACT, 2014f)
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