West Virginia and Nation
PLAN-Tested Students on track to be college or career ready according to
PLAN College Readiness Benchmarks*

 

English

Mathematics

Reading

Science

All Four

2004-2005

West Virginia

71%

20%

45%

19%

11%

Nation

75%

33%

52%

29%

20%

2005-2006

West Virginia

71%

21%

49%

18%

12%

Nation

75%

35%

57%

27%

21%

2006-2007

West Virginia

70%

24%

48%

17%

12%

Nation

72%

37%

54%

25%

20%

2007-2008

West Virginia

66%

21%

45%

16%

11%

Nation

69%

35%

51%

25%

19%

2008-2009

West Virginia

66%

20%

38%

14%

9%

Nation

72%

34%

50%

25%

19%

 

*ACT has developed research-based College Readiness Benchmarks that predict students’ career or college readiness.  Researchers at ACT found that students scoring at the ACT Benchmark Scores have a 50% chance of getting a B or a 75% chance of a C in freshman English, biology, college and/or social science courses.

Students who meet a Benchmark on PLAN are likely to have approximately this same chance of earning such a grade in the corresponding college course(s) by the time they graduate from high school.