This year, American high school graduates hit the lowest score in more than 30 years in the ACT university entrance examination, with 42% of the candidates failing in all subjects.

[Text/Observer Network Wang Meng]

This year's American high school graduates set the lowest score in more than 30 years in the ACThings university entrance examination (along with SAT " American college entrance examination "), and 42% of the candidates failed in all examination subjects. Although the ACT exam organization stated on the 12th that this may be related to the impact on students' learning in the US epidemic era, relevant personnel said that this situation had occurred before the epidemic and pointed out that the epidemic is not the only factor that causes the decline in American students' academic performance.

CNN report screenshot: The average ACT score of American high school students in 2022 is the lowest in more than 30 years. But the score has been declining for many years

Comprehensively with the USATODAY and CNN news today, the results of the "American College Entrance Examination" were recently released. According to reports, among the 2022 American high school graduates, about 1.3 million students took the ACT test, and the students' national comprehensive score was 19.8 points (out of 36 points), lower than the 20.3 points of the 2021 graduates. According to data from the ACT organization, this is the lowest average ACT test score since 1991.

CNN News Channel broadcast the comprehensive score of the 2022 American graduates was 19.8, the lowest in 30 years

ACT examination organization stated that among the four examination subjects of English, reading, mathematics and science, 32% of the candidates passed at least three, 22% of the candidates met the standards in four subjects, but 42% of the candidates “failed” the general subject. When the news was broadcast, the host said that this year's "American College Entrance Examination" score reached a 30-year low and "stayed" with 42% of graduates. She said, "Can you imagine?"

42% of the students in the "college entrance examination" in the United States this year "college entrance examination" have "didn't" the general subject

In this regard, the organizer of the ACT examination said on the 12th that this may be related to the impact on students' learning in the United States epidemic era. But ACT CEO Janet Goldwin said in a statement: "This is the fifth consecutive year of decline in average scores, and this worrying trend has started to appear long before the pandemic and has been declining."

According to a U.S. Today, the number of students taking the ACT exam has dropped by 30% since 2018 due to a range of factors. For example, some colleges and universities no longer require exams like ACT or SAT. Many students have taken advantage of the loose test score policies implemented by some schools during the epidemic, and the number of college applicants in the 2021-2022 academic year has surged.

American high school students are checking the candidate notice (Photo source: Associated Press)

Although the number of applicants in many schools is increasing, this does not always mean that enrollment is increasing across the United States. The United States today pointed out that as of July, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and labor shortage in the United States, the number of undergraduate enrollment in the United States has decreased by more than 1 million in the past two years.

In addition, CNN News Network reported on September 1 that the math and reading performance of 9-year-old children in the United States also fell sharply between 2020 and 2022, a decline that has never happened in decades. At that time, the U.S. Department of Education long Miguel Cardona said that these results were related to the reduction in face-to-face classroom time, and said that the United States is in an education crisis.

, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, stressed that it is not only the epidemic that caused the interruption of students' learning and the decline in grades. "Campus shootings, violence and classroom destruction have increased, and teaching shortages and cyberbullying have also increased."

Godwin stressed that “it is not enough to return to pre-COVID-19 (for teaching and student performance) and it is harmful to students and educators.” She said that the systemic failure of American education requires "continuous collective action and support for high school students' academic recovery" to change, "which is the top priority in the United States."

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