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It highlights attainment of ACT College Readiness Benchmarks overall and by English, math, reading, and science categories, plus distributions by meeting three or four benchmarks. Findings also cover proficiency in complex texts, STEM interest and STEM benchmark results, physics-taking differences, math course-taking patterns, and career readiness via Gold ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate comparisons.","The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2018  \nDistrict of Columbia Key Findings  \nPerformance  \n• In the 2018 District of Columbia graduating class, 1,748 graduates (32 percent) took the ACT test with a Composite score average of 23.6. This compares to 1,492 (37 percent) with an average of 21.6 in 2014. Nationally, 55% of 2018 graduates took the ACT with an average Composite score of 20.8.  \n~ There were 553 African American graduates from District of Columbia who took the ACT (32 percent) with an average Composite score of 18.3. This compares to 554 (32 percent) with an average of 18 .4, and 645 (43 percent) with an average of 16 . 9, for the 2017 and 2014 graduating classes, respectively.  \n~ There were 541 White graduates from District of Columbia who took the ACT (31 percent) with an average Composite score of 29.2. This compares to 550 (32 percent) with an average of 29 .1, and 386 (26 percent) with an average of 27. 6, for the 2017 and 2014 graduating classes, respectively.  \n~ There were 154 Hispanic graduates from District of Columbia who took the ACT (9 percent) with an average Composite score of 22.9. This compares to 173 (10 percent) with an average of 23 . 6, and 128 (9 percent) with an average of 22 .7, for the 2017 and 2014 graduating classes, respectively.  \n• The 2018 District of Columbia graduating class average English score was 23.7. This compares to 24.4 and 21.2 in 2017 and 2014, respectively.  \n• The 2018 District of Columbia graduating class average math score was 22.7. This compares to 23.5 and 21.5 in 2017 and 2014, respectively.  \n• The 2018 District of Columbia graduating class average reading score was 24.4. This compares to 24.9 and 22.0 in 2017 and 2014, respectively.  \n• The 2018 District of Columbia graduating class average science score was 23.0. This compares to 23.5 and 21.1 in 2017 and 2014, respectively.  \n• In 2018, 45 percent of District of Columbia graduates met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks. This compares to 48 and 35 percent of 2017 and 2014 graduates, respectively.  \n~ In 2018, 70 percent of District of Columbia graduates met the ACT English College Readiness Benchmark. This compares to 73 and 61 percent of 2017 and 2014 graduates, respectively.  \n~ In 2018, 54 percent of District of Columbia graduates met the ACT Math College Readiness Benchmark. 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