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285. ACT Program Scores and Characteristics of College-Bound Students
[For academic year ending in year shown. Except as indicated, testscores and characteristics of college-bound students.Through 1984, data based on 10 percent sample;
thereafter,based on all ACT tested graduating seniors]
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TYPE OF TEST AND
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CHARACTERISTIC
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Unit
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1970
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1975
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1980
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990 1
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1991 1
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1992 1
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1993 1
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1994 1
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1995 1
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1996 1
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1997 1
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1998 1
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1999 1
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TEST SCORES 2
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Composite
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Point
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19.9
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18.6
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18.5
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18.5
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18.4
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18.3
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18.5
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18.6
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18.8
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18.7
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18.8
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18.6
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20.6
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20.6
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20.6
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.0
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21.0
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Male
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Point
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20.3
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19.5
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19.3
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19.3
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19.2
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19.1
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19.3
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19.4
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19.6
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19.5
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19.6
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19.3
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21.0
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20.9
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20.9
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21.0
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20.9
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21.0
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21.0
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21.1
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21.2
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21.1
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Female
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Point
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19.4
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17.8
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17.9
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17.8
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17.8
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17.6
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17.9
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17.9
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18.1
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18.1
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18.1
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18.0
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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20.5
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20.7
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9
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20.9
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English
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Point
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18.5
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17.7
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17.9
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17.8
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17.9
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17.8
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18.1
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18.1
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18.5
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18.4
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18.5
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18.4
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20.5
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20.3
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20.2
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20.3
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20.3
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20.2
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20.3
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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Male
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Point
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17.6
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17.1
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17.3
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17.3
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17.3
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17.3
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17.5
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17.6
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17.9
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17.9
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18.0
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17.8
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20.1
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.8
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19.9
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19.9
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20.0
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Female
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Point
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19.4
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18.3
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18.3
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18.2
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18.4
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18.2
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18.6
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18.6
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18.9
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18.9
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19.0
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18.9
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20.9
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20.7
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20.6
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20.6
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20.7
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20.6
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20.7
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20.7
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20.8
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20.9
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Math
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Point
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20.0
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17.6
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17.4
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17.3
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17.2
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16.9
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17.3
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17.2
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17.3
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17.2
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17.2
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17.1
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19.9
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20.0
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20.0
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20.1
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20.2
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20.2
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20.2
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20.6
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20.8
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20.7
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Male
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Point
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21.1
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19.3
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18.9
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18.9
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18.6
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18.4
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18.6
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18.6
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18.8
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18.6
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18.4
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18.3
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20.7
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20.6
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20.7
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20.8
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20.8
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20.9
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20.9
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21.3
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21.5
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21.4
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Female
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Point
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18.8
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16.2
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16.2
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16.0
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16.0
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15.7
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16.1
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16.0
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16.0
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16.1
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16.1
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16.1
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19.3
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19.4
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19.5
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19.6
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19.6
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19.7
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19.7
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20.1
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20.2
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20.2
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Reading 3
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Point
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19.7
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17.4
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17.2
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17.2
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17.3
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17.1
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17.3
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17.4
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17.6
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17.5
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17.4
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17.2
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(NA)
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21.2
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21.1
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21.2
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21.2
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21.3
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21.3
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21.3
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21.4
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21.4
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Male
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Point
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20.3
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18.7
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18.2
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18.3
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18.1
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18.0
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18.1
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18.3
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18.6
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18.4
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18.4
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18.1
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(NA)
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21.3
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21.1
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21.2
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21.1
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21.1
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21.0
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21.2
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21.1
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21.1
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Female
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Point
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19.0
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16.4
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16.4
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16.4
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16.6
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16.4
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16.5
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16.6
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16.9
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16.7
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16.6
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16.4
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(NA)
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21.1
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21.1
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21.2
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21.4
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21.4
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21.6
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21.5
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21.6
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21.6
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Science reasoning 4
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Point
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20.8
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21.1
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21.1
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21.0
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.2
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21.4
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21.4
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21.4
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21.2
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(NA)
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20.7
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20.7
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20.8
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20.9
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21.0
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21.1
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21.1
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21.1
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21.0
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Male
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Point
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21.6
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22.4
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22.4
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22.3
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22.2
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22.4
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22.4
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22.6
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22.7
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22.8
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22.8
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22.6
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(NA)
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21.3
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21.4
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21.5
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21.6
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21.6
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21.7
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21.7
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21.8
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21.5
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Female
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Point
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20.0
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20.0
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20.0
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20.0
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19.7
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19.6
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19.9
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20.0
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20.2
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20.1
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20.2
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20.0
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(NA)
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20.1
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20.1
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20.3
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20.4
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20.5
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20.5
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20.6
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20.6
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20.6
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PARTICIPANTS 5
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Total 6
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1,000
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788
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714
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822
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836
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805
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835
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849
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739
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730
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777
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842
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855
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817
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796
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832
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876
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892
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945
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925
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959
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995
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1,019
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Male
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Percent
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52
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46
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45
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45
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45
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46
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46
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46
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46
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46
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46
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46
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46
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45
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45
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45
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45
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43
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43
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White
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Percent
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(NA)
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77
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83
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83
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83
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82
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82
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82
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82
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81
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81
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80
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79
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78
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78
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77
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76
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75
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77
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76
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76
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76
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Black
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Percent
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4
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7
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8
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8
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8
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9
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10
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10
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11
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Obtaining composite scores 7
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of-- 7
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27 or above
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Percent
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14
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14
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13
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13
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13
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13
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13
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14
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14
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14
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14
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14
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12
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11
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12
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12
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13
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13
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13
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14
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14
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14
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18 or below
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Percent
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21
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33
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33
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33
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34
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35
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33
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32
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31
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31
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31
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32
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35
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35
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35
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35
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34
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Planned educational major:
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Business 8
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Percent
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18
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21
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20
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19
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19
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18
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19
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21
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22
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23
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23
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22
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20
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18
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17
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15
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14
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14
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11
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12
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11
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Engineering
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Percent
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8
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6
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8
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10
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11
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10
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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10
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11
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10
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9
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9
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7
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Social science 9
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Percent
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10
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9
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6
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6
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6
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6
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10
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10
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10
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10
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Education
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Percent
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16
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12
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9
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NA Not available. 1 Beginning 1990, not comparable with previous years because a new version of the ACT was introduced. Estimatedaverage composite scores for prior
years: 1989, 20.6; 1988, 1987, and 1986, 20.8.
2 Minimum score, 1; maximum score, 36.
3 Prior to 1990, social studies; data not comparable with previous years.
4 Prior to 1990, natural sciences; data not comparable with previous years.
5 Beginning 1985, data are for seniors who graduatedin year shown and had taken the ACT in their junior or senior years.Data by race are for those responding to the race
question.
6 788 represents 788,000.
7 Prior to 1990, 26 or above and 15 or below.
8 Includes political and persuasive (e.g. sales) fieldsthrough 1975; 1976-89 business and commerce; thereafter, business and managementand business and office.
9 Includes religion through 1975.
Source: ACT, Inc., Iowa City, IA,High School Profile Report, annual.
http://www.act.org/
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/285_act_program_scores_and_characteristics_of.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2019 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
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