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All rights reserved. The ACT® college readiness assessment is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc., in the USA and other countries.  \nThe ACT National Curriculum Survey® and ACT Aspire® are registered trademarks of ACT, Inc.  \n2 UNDERSTANDING THE UNDERSERVED LEARNER 2014 3448  \nUnderstanding the  \nUnderserved Learner 2014  \nIn 2013, ACT expanded its Condition of College & Career Readiness series to include a special report focused on students who indicated an interest in STEM-related fields. For the last two years, the Condition of STEM report series has provided a comprehensive picture of the college readiness levels of these students. To further advance STEM readiness and to honor its commitments to engaging underserved learners in pursuit of their college and career goals, ACT is focusing on that audience in this Condition of STEM report. Historically, access to quality education and career planning opportunities and resources was hindered for underserved learners. Identifying these students and determining their readiness in math and science could provide them with more opportunities to successfully enter STEM careers and help address the national deficit of skilled STEM workers.  \nACT is uniquely positioned to deliver this report for two key reasons. First, our commitment to science is exemplified by the inclusion of a science test in our assessments. Second, the ACT Interest Inventory, our distinctive research-based measure of students’ interest in a range of occupationsand majors, enables us to identify students with an expressed or measured interest in STEM fields. By combining ACT Interest Inventory results with ACT® test scores, we are able to describe college readiness among students interested in STEM careers.  \nDefinition of Underserved Learners  \nACT identifies underserved learners using student characteristics that are often related to a lack of access to high-quality educational and career planning opportunities and resources. Specifically, this definition encompasses students who have at least one of the following characteristics:  \n• Minority: race/ethnicity is African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander  \n• Low income: combined parental income is less than or equal to $36,000  \n• First generation in college: highest parental education level is high school diploma or less  \nThis definition, consistent with that used in current research activities and state/federal intervention programs, casts a wide net. We have elected to maintain such a broad definition for this report as a means of representing all underserved students.  \nKey Findings  \n• Underserved students make up a large portion of the potential STEM target group. Of the 899,684 students from the 2014 graduating class who had an interest in STEM, more than 418,000 (47%) were underserved students.  \n• Underserved graduates are just as likely as ACT-tested students overall to be interested in STEM—49% have an interest in STEM in each case.  \n• Underserved students are far less prepared for success in college STEM coursework than are students overall. For example, only 25% of underserved STEM students met the ACT College Readiness Benchmark in science, compared to 59% of students who are not underserved. Erasing this readiness gap in science would help more than 140,000 students become ready for first-year college science coursework.  \n• The three characteristics used by ACT to define underserved students appear to have a cumulative suppressing effect on college readiness. In other words, the greater the number of characteristics represented by students, the lower their Benchmark attainment rates. In isolation, embodiment of at least one underserved characteristic is associated with lower Benchmark attainment rates than STEM students nationwide. When compared to students meeting a single characteristic, th","cbCaibQC8ZaB9CHG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibQC8ZaB9CHG","pdf",900348,28,"English","# Definition of Underserved Learners\n# Key Findings\n# What’s Next?\n# Attainment of College and Career Readiness\n## Overall STEM Interest\n## Expressed Interest Only\n## Expressed and Measured Interest","[{\"question\":\"How does the report define underserved learners?\",\"answer\":\"Underserved learners are identified using minority status (race/ethnicity categories), low income (combined parental income ≤ $36,000), and first generation in college (highest parental education is high school diploma or less).\"},{\"question\":\"What proportion of the 2014 STEM-interested graduating class were underserved?\",\"answer\":\"Of 899,684 students in the 2014 graduating class who had an interest in STEM, more than 418,000 (47%) were underserved students.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report say about science readiness for underserved STEM students?\",\"answer\":\"Underserved STEM students are far less prepared in college STEM coursework; only 25% met the ACT College Readiness Benchmark in science versus 59% for students who were not underserved.\"}]","Understanding the Underserved Learner 2014 | PDF",1791520792,71]