2001 National and State Scores

Table 5: Distributions of Cumulative Percentages for ACT Standard Subscores

Total Number of Students = 1,069,772

% = Percent At or Below
S.D. = Standard Deviation


Sub
Score		 Usage/
Mechanics		 Rhetorical
Skills		 Social Studies/
Science		 Arts/
Literature
No. % No. % No. % No. %
18 13814 99 4371 99 15028 99 27367 99
17 34518 99 20045 99 46305 99 64562 97
16 44205 95 28170 98 50058 94 71609 91
15 57358 91 63634 95 55312 90 83244 85
14 64348 86 72271 89 102253 84 67531 77
13 85808 80 80728 82 75577 75 74513 71
12 68272 72 113032 75 83505 68 96745 64
11 100738 66 148683 64 93572 60 92602 55
10 130538 56 131221 50 155955 51 90471 46
9 99515 44 150399 38 105468 37 95581 37
8 123354 35 109924 24 96000 27 66395 29
7 82835 23 61968 14 74156 18 72768 22
6 62109 15 37287 8 50340 11 70709 16
5 54000 10 27874 4 32224 6 53026 9
4 29155 5 14073 2 21719 3 26905 4
3 15138 2 5054 1 8513 1 11788 1
2 3709 1 949 1 2741 1 3397 1
1 358 1 89 1 1046 1 559 1
Mean   10.2   10.6   10.8   11.0
S.D.   3.5   2.9   3.5   3.9


Sub
Score		 Pre/Elem Algebra Alg/
Crd-Geom		 Pln Geom/
Trig
No. % No. % No. %
18 32340 99 9382 99 10070 99
17 45837 97 12222 99 2589 99
16 38499 93 16490 98 44230 99
15 52671 89 41030 96 35994 95
14 88155 84 63319 93 93176 91
13 89978 76 70687 87 80617 83
12 90217 68 135722 80 111534 75
11 129230 59 93782 67 153197 65
10 90128 47 190286 59 155180 50
9 124052 39 153448 41 134791 36
8 103376 27 132806 26 97904 23
7 83687 17 41251 14 72891 14
6 59822 9 46979 10 41078 7
5 27214 4 33643 6 9517 3
4 10040 1 17443 3 13407 3
3 3411 1 6396 1 7411 1
2 957 1 3097 1 2626 1
1 158 1 1789 1 3560 1
Mean   10.9   10.2   10.5
S.D.   3.4   2.9   2.9

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