Oklahoma High School Indicators Project Mean ACT Scores by Oklahoma High School Site
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Oklahoma High School Indicators Project Mean ACT Scores by Oklahoma High School Site Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 December 2002 OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Carl R. Renfro Chairman Ponca City Marlin “Ike” Glass, Jr. Leonard J. Eaton, Jr. Vice Chairman Tulsa Newkirk James D. “Jimmy” Harrel Cheryl P. Hunter Secretary Edmond Leedey Joseph E. Cappy John Massey Assistant Secretary Durant Tulsa Bill W. Burgess, Jr. Joe L. Mayer Lawton Guymon Hans Brisch Chancellor The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in compliance with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11236 as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other federal laws do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, handicap, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes, but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services. This publication, duplicated by the State Regents’ central services, is issued by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education as authorized by 70 O.S. 2001, Section 3206. Copies have been prepared and distributed internally. Copies have been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Table of Contents Page Background....................................................................................................................................1 Methodology..................................................................................................................................1 Summary of Results.......................................................................................................................2 2002 High School Graduate Mean ACT Composite Score Based on Highest Score by County............................................................................................................................................3 Oklahoma Map of Mean ACT Composite Score for 2002 High School Graduates by County............................................................................................................................................4 2002 Mean ACT Scores by County, District, and High School Site.............................................5 Oklahoma Mean ACT Scores, Frequency Distributions, and Cumulative Percentages..............25 National Mean ACT Scores, Frequency Distributions, and Cumulative Percentages.................26 This page intentionally left blank. Oklahoma Educational Indicators Project Mean Act Composite Score By High School Site Background With the passage of the "Oklahoma 2000 Education Challenge Act" in May of 1989, the state of Oklahoma affirmed a commitment to promoting excellence in the education of Oklahoma children. The act established that the State Board of Education publish annually a summary report of information provided by the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Project. The purpose of this program is to develop and implement a system of measures or indicators of educational performance. The act also mandated that the State Regents cooperate in the annual publication of this report. The State Regents, with the cooperation of the State Department of Education and other agencies, has participated in the development of indicators of comparative educational standing and accomplishment. The High School Indicators Project reports on: (1) ACT scores, (2) college-going rates, (3) college credit hours and GPA, and (4) remediation rates. This Mean ACT Scores High School Indicators Project report provides the mean ACT scores of Oklahoma high school graduates. The ACT test is a measure of educational development. Performance on the test is influenced by the student's educational experiences. The ACT Corporation cautions against using the ACT test scores in isolation from other measures to infer the overall quality of schools and education within a state. Specifically, the ACT tests are designed to measure high school students' educational development as related to their readiness to pursue further study at the college level. The ACT test-takers included in this report are those students taking the ACT who were in the 2002 graduating class. For the eleventh year, Oklahoma has the opportunity to evaluate the performance of students who took the ACT exam. The mean ACT scores are reported by county, district, and high school site. For high schools with five or fewer ACT test-takers, an asterisk was entered to comply with the federal privacy act. Methodology The State Regents compute the mean ACT composite and subject scores for the state of Oklahoma and each individual high school site. This computation is based on the highest test score of those who took the ACT more than one time. ACT, Inc. calculates the mean ACT composite score on the last test score. Therefore, the computed mean ACT scores by OSRHE and ACT, Inc. are not comparable. For example, 2002 high school graduates earned a mean ACT composite of 20.7 when calculated using the highest score and 20.5 when calculated using the last score. The rationale for using is that Oklahoma Higher Education policies rely on ACT scores and other relevant data in making collegiate level decisions for the student. Consequently, the highest score more accurately reflects student achievement. The student’s ACT score is attributed to the high school where the highest score was earned. If the high school code does not match an Oklahoma high school, then other test dates are searched for a valid high school code. If no match is found for an Oklahoma resident, then the score is excluded from the report. Summary of Results 1 The table of 2002 High School Graduate Mean ACT Scores list the composite scores by county. When the counties are ranked from highest to lowest, Payne and Woods County ranks first with 22.0, Cleveland with 21.9, Alfalfa with 21.8, Garfield with 21.6, and Oklahoma County with 21.5. The map depicts these same mean ACT composite scores categorized according to performance criteria for admission to Oklahoma public colleges and universities for first-time entering students. The mean ACT composite scores range from 13.4 for Boynton–Moton in Muskogee County with 8 test-takers to 30.4 for the Oklahoma School of Science and Math in Oklahoma County with 71 test- takers. The high school with the largest number of graduates who took the ACT exam was Broken Arrow High School in Tulsa County with 661 test-takers and a mean ACT composite of 21.4, followed by Union High School in Tulsa County with 636 test-takers and a mean ACT composite of 21.9. Subject scores are also based on the highest subject score for those 2002 graduates who took the ACT more than one time. Ranked highest to lowest the mean subject scores for the state of Oklahoma are as follows: reading (21.7), science reasoning (21.1), English (20.7), and mathematics (20.1). The scores range from a high of 31.8 in mathematics to a low of 11.1 in English. The table entitled "Mean ACT Scores, Frequency Distributions, and Cumulative Percentages for All Students" for Oklahoma and the nation is from the ACT High School Profile Report, H S Graduating Class 2002. According to ACT, 1,116,082 high school graduates across the United States took the test. Oklahoma high school graduates represent 26,717 of these test-takers. Most of these Oklahoma test-takers, 26,282 or 98.4 percent, provided enough information to be matched with a high school ACT code and Oklahoma State Department of Education county/district/site code. 2 2002 High School Graduate Mean ACT Scores Based on Highest Score by County 2002 2002 County Mean ACT County Mean ACT Adair 18.7 Le Flore 20.0 Alfalfa 21.8 Lincoln 20.0 Atoka 18.1 Logan 19.6 Beaver 19.4 Love 19.4 Beckham 19.9 Major 21.4 Blaine 19.4 Marshall 18.8 Bryan 19.9 Mayes 20.2 Caddo 18.4 Mc Clain 20.0 Canadian 21.2 Mc Curtain 19.4 Carter 20.4 Mc Intosh 20.0 Cherokee 20.2 Murray 19.4 Choctaw 18.4 Muskogee 19.7 Cimarron 19.8 Noble 20.5 Cleveland 21.9 Nowata 19.4 Coal 20.6 Okfuskee 18.4 Comanche 20.6 Oklahoma 21.5 Cotton 18.0 Okmulgee 18.9 Craig 20.1 Osage 19.6 Creek 20.6 Ottawa 19.9 Custer 20.8 Pawnee 20.1 Delaware 19.5 Payne 22.0 Dewey 19.5 Pittsburg 19.5 Ellis 18.8 Pontotoc 20.3 Garfield 21.6 Pottawatomie 19.9 Garvin 19.7 Pushmataha 19.0 Grady 20.3 Roger Mills 20.8 Grant 20.9 Rogers 20.6 Greer 19.0 Seminole 19.6 Harmon 20.9 Sequoyah 19.7 Harper 21.3 Stephens 20.6 Haskell 19.0 Texas 19.5 Hughes 18.7 Tillman 18.5 Jackson 21.0 Tulsa 21.4 Jefferson 19.0 Wagoner 20.4 Johnston 19.6 Washington 21.6 Kay 21.1 Washita 20.6 Kingfisher 20.3 Woods 22.0 Kiowa 18.8 Woodward 20.8 Latimer 18.6 Oklahoma Highest ACT Composite Mean 20.7 Oklahoma Last ACT Composite Mean 20.5 3 wiex2eg2gywysi2gyi PHHP2rsqr2gryyv2qeh ei wen2eg2gomposite2ores2 y2gounty @fsed2on2righest2oreA IV2E2IVFW IW2E2IWFW PH2E2PHFW PI2E2PIFW ba22PP righ2hool2erformne2griteri2 for2PHHPEPHHQ2edmission2of2 pirstEimeEintering2tudents sxs syx eg y PR y PP egionl PH woEyer xo2minimum y giX22yklhom2righ2hool2snditors2 rojetD2wen2eg2eportD2yriD2heF2PHHP Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 2002 High School Graduate Mean ACT Scores Based on Highest Score Report Printed 12/2/2002 1:07:14 PM * Mean not computed (less than 6 testers) Subject Scores County Dist. No. District High School ACT CodeEnglish Math. Reading Science Composite Testers Adair P001 Accredited Non-Public Cookson Hills Christian School 37192223.0