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SOURCE: ACT.ORG

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

16,736 of your graduates , which is anestimated 18% of your graduatingclass, took the ACT.

From 20072011, the number of ACTtest-taking graduates has increasedby 37.2%, while the number ofgraduates in your state has increasedby 5.3%.

Percent meetingCareer & CollegeReadyBenchmark: 30%

18,817 of your graduates , which is anestimated 20% of your graduating

class, took the ACT.

From 20082012, the number of ACTtest-taking graduates has increasedby 44.1%, while the number ofgraduates in your state has increased

by 3.7%.

First year Common CoreImplemented In NC.Those testing had onlyone year of Common

Core math.

Percent meetingCareer & CollegeReady

Benchmark: 30%

95,782 of your graduates , which is anestimated 100% of your graduatingclass, took the ACT.

From 20092013, the number of ACTtest-taking graduates has increasedby 617.6%, while the number ofgraduates in your state has increasedby 1.4%.

NC DPI Makes ACTMandatory

Percent meetingCareer & CollegeReadyBenchmark: 17%

97,443 of your graduates , which is anestimated 100% of your graduatingclass, took the ACT.

From 20102014, the number of ACTtest-taking graduates has increasedby 564.1%, while the estimatednumber of graduates in your statehas decreased by 1.8%.

Percent meetingCareer & CollegeReadyBenchmark: 17%

100,557 of your graduates, which isan es timated 100% of your

graduating class took the ACT. (over92k were 11thgraders)

From 2011-2015, the number of ACTtest-taking graduates has increasedby 500.8%, while the estimated numer

of graduates in your state hasdecreased by .4%.

The overall percentageof students meeting

college readinessbenchmarks has droppedfrom 30% in 2011 to 18%in 2015. AfricanAmerican Students werehardest hit, droppinginto the single digits. NC

was below all nearly allNational benchmarks.

Percent meetingCareer & College

ReadyBenchmark: 18%