FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2001
For the 15th consecutive year, Madison students taking the ACT have outperformed their state and national peers, with composite scores 8 percent higher than Wisconsin students and 14 percent higher than students tested nationally.
Madison students' composite score was 24.1, Wisconsin 22.2 and the nation 21.0 - out of a possible 36 points. The Madison composite score is annually one of the best among the approximately 380 Wisconsin school districts.
Sixty-nine point nine percent (1091) of last year's graduates took the test.
Three of the nine Wisconsin students who recorded the highest possible score - 36 - are from Madison. Mike He, Po-Ru Loh, and Liana Prescott all attend Memorial High School.
The ACT exam is administered nationally by the American College Testing Program and covers English, reading, math and science reasoning.
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