Seven Stevenson Students Earn Perfect ACT Scores

Juniors scored perfect 36s on the college entrance exam this spring.

Seven Stevenson High School students earned perfect scores on the ACT college-entrance exam this spring. Five students posted the top composite score of 36 on the ACT that was given on the first day of the Illinois-mandated Prairie State Achievement Examination on April 24. The other two perfect scores were registered on April 14, one of six nationally scheduled test dates during the 2011-12 academic year. The seven students, all members of the Class of 2013, who earned scores of 36 were: Nationally, while the actual number of students earning a composite score of 36 varies from year to year, roughly one-tenth of 1 percent receive a top score. Among test takers in the high school graduating class of 2011, only 704 of more than 1.6 million …

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20-Year ACT Performance in Illinois Shows Consistent Improvement

School District 214 study shows a positive trend.

Just-released data from ACT shows that Illinois ACT scores were up .2 points overall for the Class of 2011, capping a 20-year trend of consistent and substantial ACT score increases.  Since the ACT test currently is the best overall measure of student academic performance in Illinois, due to its decades-long track record of relative reliability and validity across the country, the data are particularly significant. The study was conducted by the Department of Research and Evaluation at Township High School District 214.  Using the Class of 1991 as the baseline, the graph in the attached PDF depicts overall Illinois Final ACT Report composite score performance changes over the past 20 years. The large drop in Illinois scores between the …

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20-Year ACT Performance in Illinois Shows Consistent Improvement

Illinois ACT Scores Outpace National Average

Just-released data from ACT shows that Illinois ACT scores were up .2 points overall for the Class of 2011, capping a 20-year trend of consistent and substantial ACT score increases.  Since the ACT test currently is the best overall measure of students' academic performance in Illinois, due to its decades-long track record of reliability and validity across the country, the data are particularly significant.   Using the Class of 1991 as the baseline, the attached graph depicts overall Illinois Final ACT Report composite score performance changes over the past 20 years.  The large drop in Illinois scores between the Classes of 2001 and 2002 was due to the change to universal testing, when ACT testing levels in Illinois changed from 71 …

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Stevenson Achieves Record ACT Scores

School average is 26.2

Stevenson High School's Class of 2010 earned the highest composite ACT score in school history, and set new records on each section of the college entrance examination, the school announced in August. The school's composite score of 26.2 marked the first time its average topped 26. The highest possible ACT score is 36. The 2009-10 scores, based on results from 1,062 seniors' exams, topped the school's previous composite record of 25.7, which is achieved in both 2007-08 and 2008-09. "This is a tremendous accomplishment by an incredible group of students and teachers," District 125 Superintendent Dr. Eric Twadell said in a statement. "Reaching a 26 composite score has been a goal of our district for several years, and to finally make it is …