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That's curious. Something smells in academia land.

This article showed up a few days ago:

ACT scores highest since 1991
	Posted by ark_girl On News/Activism 08/22/2006 5:42:14 PM CDT · 21 replies · 412+ views CNN.com ^ \| 08/22/2006 \| AP Average composite scores on the exam, which measures students' readiness for college-level work, rose to 21.1 from 20.9 last year. Both boys and girls posted gains, as did all racial groups except Hispanics, whose scores held steady. ACT scores range from 1 to 36. Officials at the independent, nonprofit ACT said an increase of 0.2 points is significant when considered across a record 1.2 million test-takers nationwide, or 40 percent of graduating seniors. "It takes an enormous amount of change for that large a group to move even a little bit, particularly when that group is changing and we're seeing...

Actually that makes sense. The SAT was rewritten and had a writing component added to it. The ACT has had no changes. There is a difference in the tests. My older daughter did poorly (imo) on the SAT, but performed very strongly on the ACT.

This speaks to a problem with the test rather than a problem with the student.