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Excerpted from article by By Megan Boehnke of the Knoxville News Sentinel

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Tennessee students increased their average ACT scores by a tenth of a point this year to 19.9 out of 36, but only a fifth of those who took the test were deemed ready for college in all four subject areas.

 

 [Which means that 80% of  TN students

DO NOT MEET COLLEGE READY BENCHMARKS!]

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The national average score is a 20.8, and 26 percent of students hit college-ready benchmarks in all four subjects.    Most colleges and universities require a test score from either the ACT or SAT for admission.

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ACT scores are one of the best indicators the state has when it comes to measuring how Tennessee students stack up to others around the country when it comes to being prepared for college, Tennessee Education Commissioner McQueen said.

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"The ACT or SAT gives us national benchmark of how are students are doing — will they be able to go seamlessly into college coursework?" she said.

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Almost half of Tennessee students retake the test.  [A higher score] could make the difference on whether students have to take remedial coursework in college, or will be eligible for the state's lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship, Tennessee Director of Student Readiness Jerre Maynor said.

"Both of those things translate to money saved for students, but more importantly, when students start in remedial coursework, they're much less likely to end up with a degree," he said.

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This year's test scores also showed:

• Nearly 1,300 more public school students became eligible for the HOPE Scholarship by achieving a score of at least 21.

• Germantown Municipal Schools had the highest average ACT score for public schools in the state with 24.1.

• Statewide, the percentage of students who hit college-ready benchmarks in each of the four subjects were: 58 in English, 38 in reading, 30 in math and 30 in science.

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ACT SCORES

Selected average ACT scores for 2015 and 2016, on a scale of 1 to 36. Data includes the percent who tested "college-ready" in all four subject areas by the ACT's standards.

District | 2015 | 2016 | College-ready

Alcoa | 22.0 | 21.5 | 29%

Anderson | 19.9 | 20.3 | 19%

Blount | 19.7 | 20.9 | 22%

Knox | 20.7 | 20.5 | 24%  **

Loudon | 18.8 | 18.4 | 10%

Maryville | 23.0 | 22.6 | 38%

Oak Ridge | 23.1 | 22.6 | 34%

Roane | 19.0 | 19.2 | 14%

Union | 17.4 | 19.2 | 9%

Statewide | 19.8 | 19.9 | 20%

National* | 21.0 | 20.8 | 26%

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(excepted from http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/education/knox-county-act-scores-highest-among-four-largest-school-systems-state-scores-up-slightly-3abd9c04-2-391103531.html)