College entrance test scores rise in Hawaii
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Students in Hawaii are showing improvement in their ACT college exam scores, but their overall performance still trails nationwide.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2vOG0oU ) the data released last week show Hawaii public school graduates had an overall average composite score of 18 on the ACT exam during the 2016-17 school year. That's up from 17.8 in 2015-16, 17.5 in 2014-15 and 17.3 in 2013-14.
The state Department of Education has required Hawaii public school 11th-graders to take the ACT since 2013. About 90 percent of Hawaii's 2017 graduates — public and private school students — took the exam compared to 60 percent nationally.