Did Our High Schoolers Study Enough? How Did the Illinois Class of 2014 Score on the ACT?

Not only does a higher ACT score help a student have a better chance at getting into the college of his or her choice, a higher score indicates the student is more likely to be ready to take classes at that college. That’s because the ACT has college readiness benchmarks placed on each of the four subject tests: English, reading, math and science.

And in three of those subjects, a majority of Illinois students failed. That is, they did not meet the college readiness benchmarks set by the ACT. An smaller percentage of Illinois students scored well enough on all four subjects to be considered college ready in each one. But at least that percentage of students is the same as the national rate, even if both are low.

To find out more about how Illinois’ Class of 2014 did on the ACT, including what the ACT determines the benchmarks are, check out the report card here.

Whether you’ve taken the ACT and have gone on to college or are long done, you’ll enjoy these 15 helpful college hacks students should know.

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