Students who took the ACT college-entrance exam in Idaho this year performed slightly better than their peers did nationwide, but only a quarter of the high school graduates tested proved ready for college.
Idaho students netted an average score of 21.8 on a scale of 1 to 36, compared to the national average of 21. At the same time, just 26 percent of students who took the test in Idaho met or surpassed all four benchmarks measuring their preparedness for college English, reading, math and science.
More than 10,600 students in Idaho took the ACT exam this year, while 1.57 million were tested nationwide.
Last year, only 24 percent of the 10,200 students in Idaho who took the exam proved ready for college. (AP)
