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February 12, 2011 by · Comments Off on Act Test 

Act Test, Last fall, our own Nathan Koppel wrote this piece on a 2009 budget law in North Carolina that has allowed death row inmates to challenge their convictions by showing that the convictions were tainted by racial prejudice. As Koppel wrote, the law has been controversial, and likely to be challenged in court. Well, the law – called the Racial Justice Act – has survived its first serious challenge. On Thursday, a judge in Forsyth County prosecutors rejected arguments that the law was too broad and failed to comply with the Constitution in North Carolina. Click here for the history of the News & Observer.

Two North Carolina death row, Duke Errol Moses and Carl Stephen Moseley, use statistics and results of a study conducted at Michigan State University to claim racial imbalance and bias played a role in their trial and sentencing.

Their cases are the first of the 154 death row inmates seeking redress under the law to get to a courtroom.

According to the News & Observer story, prosecutors in the case earlier this week attacked the law, saying it was too broad to be applied equitably across the state.

For example, an assistant district attorney argued that the law does not specify exactly how the race should be considered in assessing allegations of bias. He disputed the fact that one of the two accused, Moseley, a white inmate convicted of killing white victims, was drawn from racial bias played a role in determining his sentence.

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Act Scores

November 9, 2010 by · Comments Off on Act Scores 

Act Scores, study of school metro area average scores ACT college entrance examination shows that only four schools are at or above 24, the score required by most four-year colleges for entry.

The school of Oklahoma and mathematics paved the way by scoring a composite average ACT score of 31.4. The school is a two-year residential high for gifted students across the state.

Edmond North High School ranked next highest in the state, with a composite average score of 24.3.

Also reached or exceeded a score of 24 were Classen School of Advanced Studies, with a score of 24.2, and Norman North High School, with an average score of 24.

Other schools in the metro area came close to the reference note.

Edmond Memorial High School had a score of 23.6; Deer Creek High School received 23.2 and Norman and Putnam City North schools scored higher on each of 22.9.

Act provides the composite score for a college loan is 24, said Bob Melton, science curriculum leader for the Putnam City district school. Colleges like the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University and other schools in four years chose this score as a condition of admission.

ACT is at that point the database of students who passed the test with this score and the way they did in college, Melton said.

Students who achieve this score have a probability of 50 percent to a B or higher and a probability of 75 percent to a C or better in their first year in college, “he said.

Other colleges, such as community colleges, to accept a lower score entry. Edmond North Main January Keirn score assigned school for the number of advanced courses students take.

“One of the main things we are doing here is really encouraging a rigorous schedule and hold students to high expectations, both in the pre-AP or AP classes,” Keirn said. “We really want our students are well prepared when they leave us.”

Putnam City high schools also showed a wide range of average scores on the ACT test.

Putnam City North tied for eighth in the state with five other schools with an average score of 22.9. Putnam City High School had a score of 20.5, while Putnam City West High School has received 19.3. Putnam City Academy, Alternative School District, received 17.8.

Melton said, looking at schools with high vs. low scores is not really an accurate way to judge success, however.

“We must descend into what percentage of these children take the tests, what percentage goes to college and what percentage are being rigorous work,” he said.

Students can prepare for the ACT in a variety of means, but what really matters is the course they follow, Melton said. Students taking biology, chemistry and physics, for example, generally perform at college ready to ACT, he said.

The rigor of a course that also, “said Steve Lindley, Putnam City School District spokesman.

“What really makes a difference in the ACT is four years of rigorous courses,” said Lindley.

Lindley and Melton both said students need to start thinking about doing well on the ACT in middle school.

“If you’re thinking about doing well on the ACT your junior year is too late,” said Melton. “The die is cast.”

Act Scores

September 27, 2010 by · Comments Off on Act Scores 

Act Scores, The highest number of Asian Law with the most points children Nacional SA 2010.Specifically hard work of these young people, on average, a score of 1636 peak of 2400. average white children in 1580. Black students scored below all other categories of rights of young people in Lower 1277th. The national average for all mankind in the year 2010 was the 1509th touches me especially knowing that our brothers and sisters, Hispanics, many of which hadthat is dealing with a new language better than African Americans. Mexican Americans scored an average of 1369, and 1349 Puerto Ricans by the way, if you’re from Puerto Rico, of biological origin, particularly in Africa, part of Obama, I think.

If you find that your results are lower than expected, or need for your college, you can retake the exam again act. This is another reason why it is a good idea to test since the beginning of the year, you have plenty of time to review and return to act without being under time pressure, but remember that recovery is a gamble, you can a score lower than the highest point desireMake sure you know what score is necessary requirement for law enforcement and university which is the minimum of what you’re looking for.

The part of the test is scored separately from a maximum of 12 points. The test is scored by two readers, each test score of 6. These two results are combined for the total score of 12 trials. The test is optional and is not counted in score ACT made by a student during the same year as yourself. This lets you see how it is measured, not only for the college of their choice, but also against their peers nationally.

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