If the ACT is a reliable barometer of “college and career readiness,” then the US education system is failing to prepare students for life after school. Only 5 percent of African-American and 13 percent of Hispanic students were college-ready in all four subjects, and only 42 percent of Asian-American students and 32 percent of white students were as well.
If the ACT is a reliable barometer of “college and career readiness,” then the US education system is failing to prepare students for life after school. Only 5 percent of African-American and 13 percent of Hispanic students were college-ready in all four subjects, and only 42 percent of Asian-American students and 32 percent of white students were as well.