College Board and ACT weigh in on College Readiness

I guess it makes sense.  College Board and ACT are gatekeepers to higher education--students must score as high as possible on the SAT and ACT in order to win a spot at their dream college, and these tests presume to predict student success in college.  Each year both organzations issue reports on college & career readiness based on student achievement on these two entrance exams.

College Board: "The SAT Report on College & Career Readiness released today revealed that only 43 percent of SAT® takers in the class of 2012 graduated from high school with the level of academic preparedness associated with a high likelihood of college success. These findings are based on the percentage of students in the class of 2012 who met the SAT College & Career Readiness Benchmark, which research shows is associated with higher rates of enrollment in four-year colleges, higher first-year college GPAs and higher rates of retention beyond the first year."

ACT: "In 2012, 67% of all ACT-tested high school graduates met the English College Readiness Benchmark, while 25% met the College Readiness Benchmarks in all four subjects. Fifty-two percent of graduates met the Reading Benchmark and 46% met the Mathematics Benchmark. Just under 1 in 3 (31%) met the College Readiness Benchmark in Science."

You can read the full reports on the class of 2012 at these links:
ACT
College Board