Forty-three percent who took the ACT math exam met the test's benchmark for college readiness, up from 40 percent a year ago. In the science the figure was 28 percent, up from 26 percent last year. The percentage who met the benchmark in all four subjects rose from 21 percent to 23 percent.
SAT results for the class of 2007 will be released later this month.
In releasing its results, the ACT reiterated its long-standing case for more rigor in high school coursework. The organization encourages students to take a minimum of four years of English, and three each of math, social studies and science. Students who had taken those courses or more averaged 22.0 on the exam; students who had not averaged 19.8.
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