I wonder how home schooled kids did this year...
The test is mainly for the college bound, but they have increased the % of kids taking the test..so it is no wonder the numbers are dropping. They did re-center the test a few years back..so the scores are higher now by decree.
Most of the kids that we need to worry about can’t even read the test or sit still for the hours needed.
Given all that..all kids can be educated to a much higher level than today. All kids can learn to perform on a 12th grade level with the proper enviroment and schooling. The shame is that we now have so many non-parents with kids that have not the faintest clue as to what they are supposed to do. We may be the first species to forgot how to raise their young.
My 13 year old started classes at the university today. She scored in the 89% on the ACT. High School seemed pointless.
I don’t know but my homeschooled kids got scores like that when they were in junior high.