2002 National and State Scores

Table 5: Distributions of Cumulative Percentages for ACT Standard Subscores


   Total Number of Students = 1116082
% = Percent At or Below
S.D. = Standard Deviation
  Sub
Score		 Usage/
Mechanics		 Rhetorical
Skills		 Social Studies/
Science		 Arts/
Literature
  No. % No. % No. % No. %
  18 14847 99 6495 99 13574 99 30660 99
  17 41880 99 20316 99 53143 99 60927 97
  16 36433 95 28374 98 50682 94 65898 92
  15 57725 92 69417 95 72355 89 76662 86
  14 64922 86 61599 89 86591 83 81405 79
  13 75932 81 92434 83 76970 75 89987 72
  12 84114 74 118256 75 83982 68 93879 64
  11 105262 66 139349 64 108021 61 94202 55
  10 123859 57 140986 52 148841 51 94519 47
  9 108572 46 145220 39 104660 38 90889 38
  8 100445 36 105089 26 129050 28 76437 30
  7 100963 27 78330 17 73388 17 79928 23
  6 72445 18 46586 10 51096 10 73364 16
  5 60684 12 33455 6 26810 6 59925 10
  4 40129 6 22348 3 20941 3 32419 4
  3 21588 2 6501 1 11195 1 9912 1
  2 5634 1 1211 1 3486 1 4575 1
  1 648 1 116 1 1297 1 494 1
  Average   10.0   10.4   10.7   10.8
  S.D.   3.7   3.1   3.5   3.9


   Sub
Score		 Pre/Elem
Algebra		 Alg/
Crd-Geom		 Pln Geom/
Trig
No. % No. % No. %
  18 30782 99 9637 99 8423 99
  17 41036 97 8179 99 4593 99
  16 50053 94 16968 98 38462 99
  15 64435 89 44611 97 46657 95
  14 80715 83 69151 93 83472 91
  13 101757 76 77368 87 96271 84
  12 89317 67 125701 80 104221 75
  11 105681 59 125743 68 148670 66
  10 101805 49 170141 57 158317 52
  9 103321 40 165278 42 168789 38
  8 118034 31 115655 27 107649 23
  7 119363 21 77287 17 67647 13
  6 62716 10 48361 10 26461 7
  5 30990 4 35786 6 27307 5
  4 10121 1 13417 2 7846 3
  3 4539 1 8793 1 13949 2
  2 1251 1 1127 1 4734 1
  1 166 1 2879 1 2614 1
  Average   10.8   10.1   10.5
  S.D.   3.5   2.9   2.9
 
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