Table E-24-1.   Percentage of ACT test-taking population meeting college readiness benchmark scores, by subject, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2010 and 2011

Sex and race/ethnicity		All four subjects			Mathematics			Science			English			Reading
		2010	2011		2010	2011		2010	2011		2010	2011		2010	2011
Total1		24	25		43	45		29	30		66	66		52	52
Sex
Male		28	28		48	49		34	34		64	64		51	51
Female		21	22		40	41		25	26		69	69		53	53
Race/ethnicity
White		30	31		52	54		36	37		77	77		62	62
Black		4	4		13	14		6	6		34	35		21	21
Hispanic		11	11		27	30		14	15		46	47		34	35
Asian/Pacific Islander		39	—		68	—		44	—		76	—		61	—
Asian		—2	41		—2	71		—2	46		—2	76		—2	62
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2		—2	15		—2	36		—2	19		—2	55		—2	39
American Indian/Alaska Native		12	11		26	25		17	15		50	47		39	36
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White		34	35		56	58		42	42		74	74		60	60
Black		4	5		14	15		7	7		30	31		18	19
Hispanic		13	14		32	35		18	18		44	46		34	35
Asian/Pacific Islander		43	—		72	—		50	—		74	—		61	—
Asian2		—2	44		—2	74		—2	51		—2	74		—2	61
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2		—2	18		—2	40		—2	22		—2	52		—2	38
American Indian/Alaska Native		15	14		30	29		21	19		47	44		38	35
Female
White		27	28		48	50		32	33		80	80		63	64
Black		4	4		12	13		6	6		37	38		23	23
Hispanic		9	9		24	26		11	12		47	49		34	35
Asian/Pacific Islander		36	—		65	—		40	—		78	—		62	—
Asian2		—2	37		—2	69		—2	41		—2	78		—2	63
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2		—2	12		—2	32		—2	16		—2	58		—2	39
American Indian/Alaska Native		10	10		22	22		14	12		53	49		40	37

– Not available.

1Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

2Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander estimates are only available as a combined category and cannot be separated.

NOTE: College readiness benchmark scores are based on the actual performance of approximately 90,000 college students from a nationally representative sample of 98 institutions and represent the level of achievement required for students to have a 50 percent chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75 percent chance of obtaining a C or higher in corresponding credit-bearing first-year college courses. These college courses include English Composition, College Algebra, an introductory social science course, and Biology. The benchmarks are median course placement values for these institutions and as such represent a typical set of expectations. The benchmark scores, out of a total possible score of 36, are 18 for English, 21 for Reading, 22 for Mathematics, and 24 for Science. Estimates are based on all students who took the ACT assessment during their sophomore, junior, or senior year and who graduated from high school in the spring of the respective year shown. Test-takers were asked to self-identify a single racial/ethnic group. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: American College Testing Program, ACT National Scores Report, 2010 and 2011.