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Profile Report - State

North Dakota State Testing 2016-2017

Grade 11 Tested Students

North Dakota

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ACT PROFILE REPORT- State

North Dakota State Testing 2016-2017 Code 359999

Grade 11 Tested Students North Dakota

Total Students in Report: 7,037

New to your 2016-2017 Profile Report

Though ACT will continue to report English, mathematics, reading, and science subject scores, beginning in September 2016, subscores such as rhetorical skills and arts/literature will be omitted. Instead, a comprehensive set of reporting categories aligned with ACT College and Career Readiness Standards and other standards that target college and career readiness will be included. This change will make it easier for students, parents, and educators to gain deeper insight into students’ performance and better understand strengths and areas for improvement in each subject.

In this report, reporting category outcomes indicate the percentage of students with reporting category scores falling within associated ACT Readiness Ranges. These ranges reflect where a student who as met an associated ACT Readiness Benchmark would typically perform in each reporting category.

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Table of Contents

Section I: Executive Summary Page 5 Section III: College Readiness & Impact of Course Rigor Page 17

Average Composite Scores: 5 Years of Testing Percent of Students Meeting 3 or 4 College Readiness

Percent Meeting 3 or 4 Benchmarks: 5 Years of Testing Benchmarks by Core College Curriculum Status

Percent Meeting STEM Benchmark: 5 Years of Testing Percent of Students in College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS)

Percent Taking A Core Curriculum: 5 Years of Testing Score Ranges

Five Year Trends—Percent of Students Who Met Percent of Students Who Met ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores

College Readiness Benchmarks by Gender

Five Year Trends—Average ACT Scores Percent of Students Who Met ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores

Five Year Trends—Average ACT Scores by Level of Preparation by Race/Ethnicity

Five Year Trends—Percent and Average Composite Score Likely ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Level

by Race/Ethnicity Based Upon ACT Composite Score

Five Year Trends—Achievement in STEM College Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores

Proficiency Toward Understanding Complex Text by Overall High School Curriculum

College Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores

Section II: Academic Achievement Page 11 by Content-Specific Curriculum

Average ACT Composite Scores by Race and Core Curriculum Status College Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores

ACT Score Distributions, Cumulative Percents, and Averages by Common Course Patterns

Subject Area Reporting Categories College Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores

Average ACT Composite Scores for Race/Ethnicity for Gender by Common Course Patterns

by Level of Preparation

Average ACT Scores by Race/Ethnicity Section IV: Career and Educational Aspirations Page 25

Average ACT Composite Scores for Gender by Level of Preparation Average ACT Composite Scores

Average ACT Scores by Gender by Race and Student Postsecondary Aspirations

ACT Score Quartile Values Distribution of Planned Educational Majors for All Students

by College Plans

Average ACT Composite Scores for Racial/Ethnic Groups

by Post-Secondary Educational Aspirations

Students' Score Report Preferences at Time of Testing

Section V: Optional Writing Test Results 1

Average ACT Writing Scores by Race/Ethnicity

Average ACT Writing and English/Language Arts Scores

by Race/Ethnicity and Gender for students who took ACT Writing





This report focuses on:

Performance - student test performance in the context of college readiness

Access - number of your graduates exposed to college entrance testing and the percent of race/ethnicity participation

Course Selection - percent of students pursuing a core curriculum

Course Rigor - impact of rigorous coursework on achievement

College Readiness - percent of students meeting ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores in each content area

Awareness - extent to which student aspirations match performance

Articulation - colleges and universities to which your students send test results

This report provides information about the performance of your students who took the ACT as part of the North Dakota

State Testing (Grade 11 Tested Students).

Each year, test data for a school, district, and the state represents a different cohort of students. ACT encourages

educators to focus on trends (3, 5, 10 years), not year-to-year changes. Such changes can represent normal – even

expected – fluctuations. On the other hand, trend lines offer more insight into what is happening in a school, district, or

the state.

Furthermore, ACT encourages educators to measure student performance in the context of college readiness measures.

The focus should be on the number and percentage of students who met or exceeded ACT’s College Readiness

Benchmark Scores, a measure that is much more meaningful and understandable than an average composite score for a

group of students.





The ACT is a curriculum-based measure of college readiness. ACT components include:

Tests of academic achievement in English, math, reading, science, STEM, and writing (optional)

High school grade and course information

Student Profile Section

Career Interest Inventory

The ACT:

College Course/Course Area ACT Score Benchmark Score

English Composition English 18

Algebra Mathematics 22

Social Sciences Reading 22

Biology Science 23

STEM STEM 26

For more information, go to www.act.org

Every few years, ACT conducts the ACT National Curriculum Survey to ensure its curriculum-based assessment tools accurately

measure the skills high school teachers teach and instructors of entry-level college courses expect. The ACT is the only college

readiness test designed to reflect the results of such a survey.

ACT’s College and Career Readiness Standards are sets of statements intended to help students, parents and educators

understand the meaning of test scores. The standards relate test scores to the types of skills needed for success in high school and

beyond. They serve as a direct link between what students have learned and what they are ready to do next. The ACT is the only

college readiness test for which scores can be tied directly to standards. College and Career Readiness Standards to the Classroom

interpretive guides can be found at www.act.org/content/act/en/education-and-career-planning/college-and-career-readiness-

standards.html.

Only the ACT reports College Readiness Benchmark Scores – A benchmark score is the minimum score needed on an ACT

subject-area test to indicate a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in the

corresponding credit-bearing college courses, which include English Composition, Algebra, Social Science, Biology and STEM.

These scores were empirically derived based on the actual performance of students in college.





How to Improve Scores and Increase College Readiness

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For more information on interpreting data in this report, or to learn how ACT can help your students improve their readiness for college and the

workplace, contact ACT Customer Service at 319-337-1365 or [email protected].

PLAN GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES BASED ON STUDENTS' CAREER AND COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS: Data in Tables 4.1 and 4.2 enable the reader to

determine if aspirations are consistent with academic performance and whether, among students with similar aspirations, academic performance is

consistent across racial/ethnic groups.

EVALUATING RIGOR OF COURSES: Table 3.1 reports the percentage of students falling in each of the ACT College and Career Readiness

Standards score ranges. For example, approximately 50% of the cohort fall into the lowest three Mathematics score ranges. To increase these

students' achievement, identify the standards they should focus on next by accessing ACT's College and Career Readiness Standards at at

www.act.org/content/act/en/education-and-career-planning/college-and-career-readiness-standards.html.

22% of your students met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores (Table 1.1). To improve students' scores and increase the percentage

of students identified as college ready, ACT suggests:

PROVIDING ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS TO TAKE THE ACT: 7,037 of your students are included in this report (the 'cohort'). Increasing

access insures that more students have the opportunity to consider college and allows the reader to use this report to evaluate how well courses and

instructional programs are preparing students for college and work.

MAKING CORE CURRICULUM A PRIORITY: Emphasize the need for all students to develop college and work ready skills, regardless of

postsecondary aspirations. 40% of the students in the cohort reported taking courses that would be considered 'Core or More' (Table 1.4).

MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE RIGHT KINDS OF COURSES: Table 3.8 reports 11% of the cohort took less than three years of

math courses. Of these students, 6% were college ready. 20% of the cohort reported taking a course sequence of Algebra I, Algebra II, and

Geometry. 19% of these students were college ready. In comparison, 58% of the students who took 3 or more years of math beyond Algebra I,

Algebra II, and Geometry were college ready. Getting more students ready for Algebra prior to 9th grade will increase the chances that students will

be prepared for and take advanced-level math courses.

Similarly, Table 3.8 reports 22% of the cohort took less than three years of natural science courses. 16% of these students were college ready. In

comparison, 43% of students who took at least three years of science coursework were college ready.

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Section I

Executive Summary

Beginning in August 2013, College Readiness Benchmarks for Reading and Science were updated to reflect the most recent college coursework research.





Figure 1.1. Average Composite Scores: 5 Years of Testing* Figure 1.2. Percent Meeting 3 or 4 Benchmarks: 5 Years of Testing*

Figure 1.3. Percent Meeting STEM Benchmark: 5 Years of Testing* Figure 1.4. Percent Taking A Core Curriculum: 5 Years of Testing*

* Missing columns in above graphs reflect years in which no students were tested.

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Table 1.1. Five Year Trends—Percent of Students Who Met College Readiness Benchmarks

Percent Who Met Benchmarks

English Mathematics Reading Science Met All Four

Year State State State State State State

2012-2013 6,981 61 40 49 26 20

2013-2014 6,988 60 42 38 37 22

2014-2015 7,079 56 37 40 31 20

2015-2016 7,113 54 40 37 31 19

2016-2017 7,037 56 39 42 34 22

Table 1.2. Five Year Trends—Average ACT Scores

Average ACT Scores

English Mathematics Reading Science Composite

Year State State State State State State

2012-2013 6,981 19.3 20.6 20.5 20.3 20.3

2013-2014 6,988 19.2 20.5 20.3 20.6 20.3

2014-2015 7,079 18.7 20.2 20.5 20.5 20.1

2015-2016 7,113 18.6 20.3 20.2 20.5 20.0

2016-2017 7,037 18.8 20.2 20.5 20.4 20.1

Table 1.3. Five Year Trends—Average ACT Scores Statewide (table omitted for this report)

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Table 1.4. Five Year Trends—Average ACT Scores by Level of Preparation

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2012-2013 3,474 2,592 50 37 21.4 17.0 22.6 18.5 22.4 18.6 22.1 18.4 22.2 18.3

2013-2014 3,349 2,301 48 33 21.2 16.9 22.3 18.3 22.0 18.3 22.2 18.6 22.1 18.2

2014-2015 3,376 2,508 48 35 20.7 16.6 22.1 18.3 22.2 18.7 22.1 18.8 21.9 18.2

2015-2016 3,316 2,390 47 34 20.5 16.5 22.1 18.2 22.1 18.2 22.2 18.6 21.8 18.0

2016-2017 2,833 2,253 40 32 20.7 17.1 21.9 18.5 22.2 18.8 22.0 18.7 21.8 18.41"Core or More" results correspond to students taking four or more years of English AND three or more years each of math, social studies, and natural science.

2Percent of all students tested. Numbers will not add up to 100% due to student non-response.

Table 1.5. Five Year Trends—Percent and Average Composite Score by Race/Ethnicity

2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017

Race/Ethnicity N % Avg N % Avg N % Avg N % Avg N % Avg

All Students 6,981 100 20.3 6,988 100 20.3 7,079 100 20.1 7,113 100 20.0 7,037 100 20.1

Black/African American 113 2 16.2 126 2 15.8 131 2 15.7 156 2 16.0 207 3 16.5

American Indian/Alaska Native 285 4 16.1 284 4 16.2 292 4 16.1 279 4 15.9 316 4 16.3

White 5,703 82 20.8 4,968 71 20.9 5,158 73 20.7 5,181 73 20.6 5,044 72 20.8

Hispanic/Latino 226 3 17.7 230 3 17.7 239 3 18.3 288 4 17.9 316 4 18.1

Asian 99 1 19.5 71 1 18.4 84 1 18.1 97 1 20.1 100 1 18.8

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 10 0 16.3 13 0 17.8 17 0 17.4 10 0 17.2 14 0 17.8

Two or more races 263 4 19.7 214 3 19.0 248 4 20.0 277 4 19.6 256 4 19.4

Prefer not to respond/No response 282 4 19.4 1,082 15 20.2 910 13 19.2 825 12 19.5 784 11 19.4





Table 1.6. Five Year Trends—Achievement in STEM1

All Tested Students Students Meeting STEM Benchmarks

Number of

Students Tested Avg. STEM Score Percent Meeting STEM Benchmark Avg. Mathematics Score Avg. Science Score

Year State State State State State

2012-2013 6,981 20.7 15 28.2 27.1

2013-2014 6,988 20.8 15 28.2 27.6

2014-2015 7,079 20.6 14 27.7 27.6

2015-2016 7,113 20.6 14 27.9 27.5

2016-2017 7,037 20.5 15 28.0 27.51The STEM score describes students' overall proficiency in mathematics and science.

Table 1.7. Proficiency In Understanding Complex Texts1

Text Complexity Proficiency Level

Below Proficient Proficient Above Proficient

N Percent Avg. Reading N Percent Avg. Reading N Percent Avg. Reading

Year State State State State State State State State State

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2015-2016 4,089 57 16.4 1,959 28 23.1 1,065 15 29.9

2016-2017 4,036 57 16.8 1,865 27 23.2 1,136 16 29.31The text complexity indicator, beginning in Fall 2015, represents students' progress toward understanding complex written material often encountered in college and careers.





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Section II

Academic Achievement


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Figure 2.1. Average ACT Composite Scores by Race and Core Curriculum Status*

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Table 2.1. ACT Score Distributions, Cumulative Percents (CP1), and Score Averages

English Mathematics Reading Science Composite STEM

N CP N CP N CP N CP N CP N CP

36 6 100 4 100 20 100 2 100 1 100 1 100 36

35 31 99 16 99 28 99 17 99 4 99 8 99 35

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Note: Shaded portions of columns identify the students who met/exceeded the ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores.

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Figure 2.2. English Reporting Categories1

Figure 2.3. Math Reporting Categories1

Figure 2.4. Reading Reporting Categories1

Figure 2.5. Science Reporting Categories1

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The charts on this page show the percent of students whose reporting category scores fall within associated ACT Readiness Ranges. ACT Readiness Ranges reflect where a student who has met a particular subject area's ACT College Readiness Benchmark would typically perform within the associated reporting category.

1Reporting Categories are reported only for testing events beginning September 2016 .

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Table 2.2. Average ACT Composite Scores for Race/Ethnicity by Level of Preparation

Student Number of Percent Taking Average ACT Composite Score

Group Race/Ethnicity Students Tested Core or More1

Core or More Less Than CoreAll Students 7,037 40 21.8 18.4

Black/African American 207 23 17.7 15.2

American Indian/Alaska Native 316 20 17.3 16.1

White 5,044 44 22.2 18.9

Hispanic/Latino 316 29 19.6 17.0

Asian 100 32 21.0 16.1

Native Hawaiian/Other Pac. Isl. 14 29 19.5 17.0

Two or More Races 256 39 21.0 17.9

Prefer not/No Response 784 32 21.9 17.31"Core or More" results correspond to students taking four or more years of English AND three or more years each of math, social studies, and natural science.

Table 2.3. Average ACT Scores by Race/Ethnicity

Student

Group Race/Ethnicity N Percent English Mathematics Reading Science Composite STEMAll Students 7,037 100 18.8 20.2 20.5 20.4 20.1 20.5

Black/African American 207 3 14.6 16.9 17.1 16.8 16.5 17.1

American Indian/Alaska Native 316 4 14.7 16.5 16.7 16.8 16.3 16.9

White 5,044 72 19.6 20.9 21.1 21.0 20.8 21.2

Hispanic/Latino 316 4 16.5 18.3 18.8 18.3 18.1 18.5

Asian 100 1 16.7 20.5 17.8 19.7 18.8 20.4

Native Hawaiian/Other Pac. Isl. 14 0 17.7 16.4 18.4 18.1 17.8 17.6

Two or More Races 256 4 18.1 19.4 19.9 19.7 19.4 19.8

Prefer not/No Response 784 11 17.8 19.5 19.9 19.8 19.4 19.9

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Table 2.4. Average ACT Composite Scores for Gender by Level of Preparation

Number of Percent Taking Average ACT Composite Score

Students Tested Core or More1

Core or More Less Than Core

Males 3,540 38 22.0 18.1

Females 3,473 43 21.7 18.7

No Response 24 8 18.5 17.0

Table 2.5. Average ACT Scores by Gender

Student Group Gender N Percent English Mathematics Reading Science Composite STEM

Males 3,540 50 18.1 20.4 20.3 20.4 19.9 20.7

Females 3,473 49 19.6 20.1 20.8 20.3 20.3 20.5

No Response 24 0 14.6 16.5 16.6 17.2 16.4 17.1

Table 2.6. ACT Score Quartile Values

Quartile English Mathematics Reading Science Composite

Q3 (75th Percentile) 23 24 24 24 23

Q2 (50th Percentile) 19 19 20 20 20

Q1 (25th Percentile) 15 16 16 17 16

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Section III

College and Career Readiness

and the Impact of Course Rigor


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Figure 3.1. Percent of Students Meeting 3 or 4 College Readiness Benchmarks by Core College Curriculum Status*

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Table 3.1. Percent of Students in College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Score Ranges

Student English Mathematics Reading Science

Group N % N % N % N %

33 to 36 125 2 63 1 182 3 93 1

28 to 32 333 5 506 7 799 11 319 5

24 to 27 942 13 1,346 19 1,107 16 1,385 20

20 to 23 1,651 23 1,515 22 1,840 26 2,279 32

16 to 19 1,621 23 2,489 35 1,674 24 1,938 28

13 to 15 1,403 20 1,086 15 968 14 774 11

01 to 12 962 14 32 0 467 7 249 4

Table 3.2. Percent of Students Who Met College Readiness Benchmark Scores by Gender

Percent of Students Met

English Mathematics Reading Science All Four

Males 49 40 41 35 22

Females 62 38 43 33 21

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Table 3.3. Percent of Students Who Met ACT College Readiness Benchmark Scores by Race/Ethnicity

English Mathematics Reading Science All Four STEM

Student Benchmark=18 Benchmark=22 Benchmark=22 Benchmark=23 Benchmark=26

Group Race/Ethnicity N % % % % % %

All Students 7,037 56 39 42 34 22 15

Black/African American 207 24 13 17 9 6 3

American Indian/Alaska Native 316 20 7 15 7 3 1

White 5,044 62 44 47 39 25 17

Hispanic/Latino 316 39 23 28 20 12 7

Asian 100 38 39 26 29 19 20

Native Hawaiian/Other Pac. Isl 14 50 7 36 14 7 0

Two or More Races 256 49 29 38 29 16 10

Prefer Not to Respond 784 49 34 37 29 19 13

Table 3.4. Likely ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Level Based Upon ACT Composite Score1

Student Average

Group ACT NCRC Level2

N % Composite

Gold or Higher 1,261 18 27.4

Silver 3,978 57 20.3

Bronze 1,656 24 14.7

Needs Improvement 142 2 11.61

The ACT Composite scores associated with a 50% chance of earning each ACT NCRC level or higher are: 13 for Bronze, 17 for Silver, 25 for Gold,

and 35 for Platinum. Based on those cut scores, students who earned an ACT Composite score of less than 13 would be classified as ‘Needs

Improvement’, 13 to 16 as ‘Bronze’, 17 to 24 as ‘Silver’, and 25 or above as ‘Gold or Higher’ in the table above. For comparison, individual

student score reports classify those who scored 12-13, 14-17, and 18 and higher as making progress toward Bronze, Silver, and Gold certificates.2 Additional information on the ACT NCRC can be found at www.act.org.

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Table 3.5. College Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores by Overall High School Curriculum

Student Curriculum English Mathematics Reading Science Composite4

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Core or More2

2,833 71 20.7 53 21.9 55 22.2 47 22.0 32 21.8 22 22.2

Less than Core 2,253 42 17.1 24 18.5 29 18.8 20 18.7 11 18.4 6 18.8

Missing3

1,951 49 18.1 35 19.8 38 19.9 30 19.9 20 19.5 14 20.11 "Curriculum Taken" reflects overall high school curriculum in this table.

2 "Core or More" results correspond to students taking four or more years of English AND three or more years each of math, social studies, and natural science.

3 Zero years or no coursework information reported in one or more content areas.

4 Composite College Readiness Benchmark % results reflect students who met all four subject-area benchmarks.

Table 3.6. College Readiness Benchmark Percent and Average ACT Scores by Content-Specific Curriculum

Student Curriculum English Mathematics Reading Science

Group Taken1 N % Avg N % Avg N % Avg N % Avg

Core or More2

4,560 59 19.1 4,378 46 21.1 4,417 46 21.0 3,650 43 21.5

Less than Core 676 47 17.5 761 6 16.3 789 26 18.2 1,520 16 18.1

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1,801 51 18.4 1,898 35 19.8 1,831 39 20.2 1,867 31 20.11

"Curriculum Taken" reflects content-specific curriculum in this table.2 "Core or More" results correspond to students taking four or more years of English or three or more years of math, social studies, or natural science, respectively.

For instance, Reading "Core or More" results correspond to students taking three or more years of social studies, regardless of courses taken in other content areas.3 Zero years or no coursework information reported in the specified content area.

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Table 3.7. College Readiness Benchmark (CRB) Percent and Average ACT Scores by Common Course PatternsCourse Pattern State

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Eng 9, Eng 10, Eng 11, Eng 12, & Other English 1,102 16 20.6 69

Eng 9, Eng 10, Eng 11, Eng 12 3,458 49 18.7 55

Less than 4 years of English 676 10 17.5 47

Zero years / no English courses reported 1,801 26 18.4 51

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Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, Trig, & Calc 114 2 22.8 58

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, Trig, & Other Adv Math 400 6 22.8 66

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, & Trig 174 2 20.9 44

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, & Other Adv Math 1,373 20 21.3 50

Other comb of 4 or more years of Math 752 11 24.6 76

Alg 1, Alg 2, & Geom 1,383 20 18.3 19

Other comb of 3 or 3.5 years of Math 182 3 20.4 44

Less than 3 years of Math 761 11 16.3 6

Zero years / no Math courses reported 1,898 27 19.8 35

SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE PATTERN N

Percent Taking

Pattern

Avg ACT

Reading

Percent Who Met

Benchmark

US Hist, World Hist, Am Gov, & Other Hist 138 2 19.3 37

Other comb of 4 or more years Social Science 2,199 31 21.7 51

US Hist, World Hist, & Am Gov 473 7 19.3 33

Other comb of 3 or 3.5 years of Social Science 1,607 23 20.8 44

Less than 3 years of Social Science 789 11 18.2 26

Zero years / no Social Science courses reported 1,831 26 20.2 39

NATURAL SCIENCE COURSE PATTERN N

Percent Taking

Pattern

Avg ACT

Science

Percent Who Met

Benchmark

Gen Sci1, Bio, Chem, & Phys 1,012 14 22.5 54

Bio, Chem, Phys 152 2 24.7 73

Gen Sci1, Bio, Chem 2,170 31 20.9 37

Other comb of 3 years of Natural Science 316 4 20.3 33

Less than 3 years of Natural Science 1,520 22 18.1 16

Zero years / no Natural Science courses reported 1,867 27 20.1 311Includes General, Physical and Earth Sciences.





Table 3.8. College Readiness Benchmark (CRB) Percent and Average ACT Scores for Gender by Common Course PatternsCourse Pattern All Students Males Females

ENGLISH COURSE PATTERN N Percent

ACT

English

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

English

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

English

% Who Met

Benchmark

Eng 9, Eng 10, Eng 11, Eng 12, & Other English 1,102 16 20.6 69 447 13 19.9 63 654 19 21.1 74

Eng 9, Eng 10, Eng 11, Eng 12 3,458 49 18.7 55 1,834 52 18.0 49 1,621 47 19.5 62

Less than 4 years of English 676 10 17.5 47 353 10 16.7 42 323 9 18.4 53

Zero years / no English courses reported 1,801 26 18.4 51 906 26 17.7 46 875 25 19.2 57

MATHEMATICS COURSE PATTERN N Percent

ACT

Math

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

Math

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

Math

% Who Met

Benchmark

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, Trig, & Calc 114 2 22.8 58 68 2 23.1 59 45 1 22.6 58

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, Trig, & Other Adv Math 400 6 22.8 66 157 4 23.7 71 243 7 22.2 63

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, & Trig 174 2 20.9 44 98 3 21.4 50 76 2 20.2 37

Alg 1, Alg 2, Geom, & Other Adv Math 1,373 20 21.3 50 563 16 21.8 56 810 23 20.9 46

Other comb of 4 or more years of Math 752 11 24.6 76 405 11 24.8 76 346 10 24.5 77

Alg 1, Alg 2, & Geom 1,383 20 18.3 19 742 21 18.7 23 640 18 17.8 15

Other comb of 3 or 3.5 years of Math 182 3 20.4 44 99 3 20.5 45 83 2 20.4 42

Less than 3 years of Math 761 11 16.3 6 442 12 16.4 5 319 9 16.2 8

Zero years / no Math courses reported 1,898 27 19.8 35 966 27 20.0 36 911 26 19.8 36

SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE PATTERN N Percent

ACT

Reading

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

Reading

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

Reading

% Who Met

Benchmark

US Hist, World Hist, Am Gov, & Other Hist 138 2 19.3 37 86 2 19.2 36 52 1 19.5 38

Other comb of 4 or more years Social Science 2,199 31 21.7 51 986 28 21.8 52 1,211 35 21.7 50

US Hist, World Hist, & Am Gov 473 7 19.3 33 254 7 19.1 32 219 6 19.5 35

Other comb of 3 or 3.5 years of Social Science 1,607 23 20.8 44 806 23 20.6 44 800 23 20.9 44

Less than 3 years of Social Science 789 11 18.2 26 484 14 17.9 25 304 9 18.7 27

Zero years / no Social Science courses reported 1,831 26 20.2 39 924 26 20.0 39 887 26 20.4 40

NATURAL SCIENCE COURSE PATTERN N Percent

ACT

Science

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

Science

% Who Met

Benchmark N Percent

ACT

Science

% Who Met

Benchmark

Gen Sci1, Bio, Chem, & Phys 1,012 14 22.5 54 592 17 22.8 55 418 12 22.3 53

Bio, Chem, Phys 152 2 24.7 73 58 2 25.7 81 94 3 24.1 68

Gen Sci2, Bio, Chem 2,170 31 20.9 37 917 26 21.1 39 1,253 36 20.8 35

Other comb of 3 years of Natural Science 316 4 20.3 33 217 6 20.5 35 98 3 19.7 28

Less than 3 years of Natural Science 1,520 22 18.1 16 816 23 17.9 16 703 20 18.3 16

Zero years / no Natural Science courses reported 1,867 27 20.1 31 940 27 20.2 32 907 26 20.1 311Includes General, Physical and Earth Sciences.

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Section IV

Career and Educational Aspirations






Figure 4.1. Average ACT Composite Scores by Race and Student Postsecondary Aspirations*

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Table 4.1. Distribution of Planned Educational Majors for All Students by College Plans

All Students Plan on 2 Years or Less of College Plan on 4 Years or More of College

Planned Educational Major N1

Percent2

Avg ACT

Comp N Percent

Avg ACT

Comp N Percent

Avg ACT

Comp

Agriculture & Natural Resources Conservation 249 4 20.0 85 9 18.6 157 4 21.0

Architecture 64 1 20.8 6 1 19.2 54 1 21.0

Area, Ethnic, & Multidisciplinary Studies 5 0 17.0 2 0 14.5 3 0 18.7

Arts: Visual & Performing 306 4 19.5 66 7 18.0 215 6 20.1

Business 318 5 20.8 55 6 17.5 254 7 21.5

Communications 43 1 20.4 6 1 16.8 33 1 21.4

Community, Family, & Personal Services 249 4 17.9 66 7 16.5 158 4 18.7

Computer Science & Mathematics 134 2 22.8 18 2 18.5 108 3 23.6

Education 332 5 20.8 25 3 16.9 301 8 21.1

Engineering 348 5 22.0 55 6 17.5 282 7 23.0

Engineering Technology & Drafting 79 1 19.5 36 4 18.3 38 1 20.8

English & Foreign Languages 39 1 22.3 6 1 18.5 30 1 23.3

Health Administration & Assisting 99 1 18.5 27 3 17.8 69 2 18.7

Health Sciences & Technologies 1,109 16 21.0 64 7 17.9 1,020 27 21.2

Philosophy, Religion, & Theology 16 0 22.1 1 0 14.0 14 0 22.4

Repair, Production, & Construction 324 5 18.3 215 22 18.1 90 2 19.3

Sciences: Biological & Physical 183 3 22.6 8 1 16.8 164 4 22.8

Social Sciences & Law 302 4 20.5 33 3 16.5 254 7 21.1

Undecided 663 9 19.9 127 13 17.8 464 12 20.8

No Response 2,149 31 19.4 50 5 15.7 89 2 17.812-Year and 4-Year "N" counts do not reflect "Missing" and "Other" college plans, therefore they may not add up to the N count for All Students.

2Percent of students tested within College Plan groups (All Students, 2-Year, 4-Year).





Table 4.2. Average ACT Composite Scores for Racial/Ethnic Groups by Post-Secondary Educational Aspirations

All Racial/Ethnic Groups

Combined Black/African American American Indian/ Alaska Native White Hispanic/Latino

N Average N Average N Average N Average N Average

Voc-Tech 161 16.9 6 14.0 7 16.3 122 17.2 9 14.9

2-yr College Degree 795 17.8 20 14.2 30 15.2 608 18.2 37 15.9

Bachelors Degree 2,410 20.4 52 16.7 81 16.7 1,870 21.0 100 17.8

Graduate Study 544 22.1 11 18.5 9 16.9 419 22.7 21 18.9

Prof. Level Degree 861 22.4 22 18.2 25 17.9 646 22.9 37 21.5

Other 178 17.3 5 15.0 7 14.4 126 17.8 5 18.6

No Response 2,088 19.7 91 16.5 157 16.1 1,253 20.7 107 18.1

All Racial/Ethnic Groups

Combined Asian

Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander Two or more races

Prefer not to respond/

No Response

N Average N Average N Average N Average N Average

Voc-Tech 161 16.9 1 16.0 0 . 3 15.3 13 17.1

2-yr College Degree 795 17.8 4 13.5 3 14.3 24 17.9 69 18.3

Bachelors Degree 2,410 20.4 24 16.5 7 19.4 84 19.3 192 19.4

Graduate Study 544 22.1 9 18.7 0 . 24 20.8 51 21.6

Prof. Level Degree 861 22.4 17 22.7 2 17.5 33 21.4 79 21.7

Other 178 17.3 1 14.0 0 . 7 14.4 27 17.2

No Response 2,088 19.7 44 19.3 2 17.5 81 19.2 353 19.0

Educational Degree

Aspirations

Educational Degree

Aspirations





Table 4.3. Students' Score Report Preferences at Time of Testing

Percent of Students in

Number of Students College Readiness Standards Ranges

Name State Total 1st Choice

2nd-6th

Choice 01-12 13-15 16-19 20-23 24-27 28-32 33-36

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY North Dakota 2,798 1,034 1,764 1 9 26 35 21 8 1

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota 2,797 1,014 1,783 1 9 27 34 22 7 1

BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE North Dakota 1,399 687 712 2 16 36 30 13 3 0

NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE North Dakota 913 367 546 3 24 33 27 10 3 0

MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY North Dakota 777 272 505 2 18 33 30 13 4 0

UNIVERSITY OF MARY North Dakota 573 109 464 0 10 29 35 20 5 1

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES Minnesota 489 111 378 0 4 15 30 33 17 2

VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY North Dakota 473 118 355 1 16 32 30 17 4 0

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD Minnesota 425 91 334 4 11 25 35 18 7 0

UNIVERSITY OF JAMESTOWN North Dakota 368 76 292 1 11 32 33 17 5 0

DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY North Dakota 341 91 250 2 18 35 31 12 3 0

STATE-NO COLLEGE PLANS Iowa 339 339 0 6 37 32 17 5 2 0

RASMUSSEN COLLEGE-FARGO North Dakota 308 79 229 5 22 31 29 11 1 0

LAKE REGION STATE COLLEGE North Dakota 261 71 190 3 22 38 23 12 2 0

CONCORDIA COLLEGE-MOORHEAD Minnesota 245 46 199 1 9 19 31 24 14 2

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Arizona 238 86 152 0 11 36 34 16 3 0

MAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY North Dakota 234 60 174 1 18 33 29 15 4 0

WILLISTON STATE COLLEGE North Dakota 231 90 141 4 22 41 22 9 3 0

NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER Indiana 208 71 137 0 10 26 34 21 9 0

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH Minnesota 162 23 139 1 4 23 33 29 9 1

MINN ST COMM & TECH COLL-MOORHEAD Minnesota 151 49 102 8 27 32 26 5 1 0

NORTHLAND COMM & TECH COLLEGE Minnesota 142 53 89 4 21 39 26 9 1 0

Code not found 128 17 111 2 31 39 23 5 0 0

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN Montana 118 29 89 0 8 27 27 25 10 3

DAKOTA COLLEGE AT BOTTINEAU North Dakota 116 21 95 3 22 45 21 9 1 0

TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE North Dakota 108 64 44 6 38 42 14 1 0 0

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY South Dakota 107 11 96 2 11 21 39 20 5 2

BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Minnesota 95 14 81 1 13 32 37 14 4 0

HARVARD COLLEGE Massachusetts 94 11 83 0 5 10 14 37 28 6

BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY South Dakota 83 19 64 0 13 27 39 20 1 0

All Other Institutions 5,755 1,244 4,511 1 15 29 25 18 10 1

Total 20,476 6,367 14,109 1 14 29 30 18 7 1

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ACT PROFILE REPORT - State: SECTION V, OPTIONAL WRITING TEST RESULTS PAGE 31




Section V

Optional Writing Test Results






Figure 5.1. Average ACT Writing Scores by Race/Ethnicity*

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Table 5.1. Average ACT English Language Arts and Constituent Scores by Race/Ethnicity and Gender for Students Who Took ACT Writing1

Average ACT Scores

English

N Writing English Reading Language Arts

State State State State State

All Students 6,983 5.9 18.8 20.5 18.0

Black/African American 203 5.2 14.7 17.2 14.6

American Indian/Alaska Native 311 4.9 14.7 16.8 14.1

White 5,017 6.0 19.6 21.2 18.6

Hispanic/Latino 313 5.5 16.5 18.8 16.2

Asian 97 5.8 16.9 18.1 16.4

Native Hawaiian/Other Pac. Isl. 13 5.4 17.9 19.0 16.5

Two or More Races 255 5.7 18.1 19.9 17.3

Prefer not/No Response 774 5.9 17.9 20.0 17.5

Males 3,499 5.5 18.1 20.3 17.2

Females 3,462 6.2 19.6 20.8 18.8

No Response 22 4.8 15.0 17.0 14.21Results based on students with ACT writing scores with test events beginning September 2016. The writing score range is 2-12.

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