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[Phys-L] ACT interprets latest test scores



Press release:

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ready or not, here they come — graduates in the high school
class of 2005 have their diplomas. But, as many of them enjoy summer and prepare
for their first year of college, hundreds of thousands of them are still
missing something: adequate college-level skills in some or all of the key
academic disciplines. ACT's national score report once again indicates that
high numbers of graduates may struggle or need remediation to succeed in
college or job training programs.

... plus another 1300 words.

http://www.act.org/news/releases/2005/8-17-05.html

My question is, how do the know so clearly what skills are needed
to succeed in college or job-training programs? Which colleges?
Which jobs? (They're not all the same.) (Yet? :-)