2000 News Releases

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August 2000	2000 ACT National and State Scores A description of the academic abilities and nonacademic characteristics of ACT-tested high school graduates from the class of 2000.
August 17, 2000	ACT Scores for 2000 Maintain Gains of the '90s College-bound high school students this year have maintained the ACT score level reached in the last years of the 1990s, the first decade ever in which the national average increased substantially.
July 31, 2000	Nation's First ACT Center Opens for Business: Workforce Testing/Training Network to Follow The first ACT Center^SM opened its doors today at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, marking the beginning of what will be a nationwide network of technology-driven workforce testing and training centers.
June 19, 2000	Prairie State Exam to Include ACT and WorkKeys Illinois' groundbreaking Prairie State Achievement Exam, which includes the ACT Assessment and two of ACT's eight WorkKeys exams, will test high school juniors' mastery of the state's Learning Standards.
June 7, 2000	High School Sophomores Need Help Planning Upper-Level Courses, College and Careers Information gathered by ACT indicates that high school sophomores need assistance choosing a college and planning a career—and selecting the classes that will prepare them for college.
May 9, 2000	What Math Skills Should College-Bound Students Have? An ACT survey indicates that many high school and college teachers disagree about what math skills students should have to be prepared for college.
April 12, 2000	What Reading and Writing Skills Should College-Bound Students Have? More than 6,500 high school and college teachers responding to an ACT survey have indicated that the two groups differ about what reading and writing skills students need in order to be prepared for college.
April 4, 2000	Survey Shows Community Colleges Key in Technology Economy The nation's community colleges are playing a critical role in delivering the skills needed to keep leading industries competitive, according to a national survey conducted by the American Association of Community Colleges and ACT.
January 11, 2000	National Workforce Development Effort Gains Momentum: Kentucky to Launch Statewide Network of ACT Centers As part of a major initiative to improve the quality of Kentucky's workforce, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System today announced it will launch the nation's first statewide network of ACT Centers.

The preceding is a selection of ACT news releases.

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