The Atlanta Journal Constitution – Maureen Downey
“In its annual benchmark report on college readiness released today, the ACT found only 40 percent of 2018 graduates who took the test — including Georgia teens — posted scores indicating they were ready for first-year college algebra. The one-point decline in readiness from 2017 continues a downward trend; in 2012, 46 percent of test-takers earned scores that met or surpassed the ACT College Readiness Benchmark in math.” (more)