National Assessment of Educational Progress 2017 Results

National Assessment of Educational Progress 2017 Results

Minnesota above average on 'Nation's Report Card,' but gaps remain ...

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5 days ago - Minnesota students scored above the national average on a test known as the "Nation's Report Card", according to 2017 results out Tuesday. ... Score gaps between students of color and white students are bigger in Minnesota than in the U.S. overall for most racial groups. Minnesota's white students ...

ACT Scores - Minnesota Office of Higher Education

https://www.ohe.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=792

Minnesota student's average composite score of 21.5 (on a scale of 1 to 36) was higher than the national score of 21.0; and first among 17 states who had 100 percent of graduating class take the test. All student groups saw an increase in composite scores, with Black, Hispanic and Pacific Islanders each seeing a 0.5 point ...

Find your Minnesota school's math and reading test scores ...

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Aug 7, 2017 - ... across all grades, were included in the analysis; alternative learning and special education schools were not included. Schools were identified as “falling short” if the actual proficiency rate was 10 percentage points or more lower than the expected rate. Schools were classified as “better than expected” if ...

Houston Micheal Brown Admitted By Elite Colleges

Houston Micheal Brown Admitted By Elite Colleges --- ===


Houston's  Micheal Brown applied to 20 colleges including Harvard and Stanford and got into all of them with full expenses paid.   an impressive high school academic record (a 4.68 GPA, a 1540 on the SAT and a 34 on the ACT) [that's top 1% on either ACT or SAT] his high school half of students are at risk of dropping out.


From Stanford to Harvard, this Houston teen applied to 20 colleges — and got full rides to all of them


COURTESY BERTHINIA RUTLEDGE-BROW
Micheal Brown was accepted to all 20 colleges he applied to - with full scholarships to each.
By Amy B Wang WASHINGTON POST APRIL 02, 2018


WASHINGTON — Micheal Brown’s streak started in December, when the high school senior checked on his application status at Stanford University. He had applied there early — it was his top-choice college then — and fought off nerves as he sat down at a laptop, surrounded by his best friends and his mother.


When it came time to apply to college, Micheal had already achieved an impressive high school academic record (a 4.68 GPA, a 1540 on the SAT and a 34 on the ACT) to go with his extracurricular and volunteer activities. For his essays, he wrote about his late grandmother, as well as how much he loved politics ‘‘and how I would focus on making the world better in my future.’’

He applied to Stanford first, but also 19 other schools that he could see himself going to.

For example, a 90th percentile score means you scored higher than 90% of test takers. On the ACT, 34 and up is the 99th percentile. So if you score 34 or higher, you're in the top 1% of test takers! But exactly how many students earned a 33, 34,35, or 36 in 2017?Jan 17, 2018 How Many People Get a 34, 35, 36 on the ACT? Score Breakdown
https://blog.prepscholar.com/how-many-people-get-a-34-35-36-on-the-act-score-breakd..

The 15 Most Popular Colleges if your ACT score is above 30:

POPULARITY RANK	COLLEGE	ACT 25TH PERCENTILE	ACT 75TH PERCENTILE	PAGEVIEWS ON NICHE	OVERALL NICHE GRADE	ACCEPTANCE RATE
1	Stanford University	31	35	397,048	A+	5.0%
2	University of Southern California	30	33	301,068	A+	16.6%
3	Harvard University	32	35	285,494	A+	5.6%
4	Northeastern University	31	34	231,844	A+	28.5%
5	University of Pennsylvania	31	34	226,147	A+	10.2%
6	Washington University in St. Louis	32	34	212,037	A+	16.7%
7	Yale University	31	35	206,103	A+	6.7%

1540 SAT Score: Is this good? - PrepScholar
www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/scores/1540-SAT-score-is-this-good
1540 SAT Score Standings. Out of the 1.67 million test-takers, 15311 scored the same or higher than you. You can apply to 2254 colleges and have a good shot at getting admitted. You have a very low chance of getting into 105 with this score.=.009 or top 1%

African Immigrant Higher Education Levels

African Immigrant Higher Education Levels

 According to the 2000 Census, the rate of college diploma acquisition ishighest among Egyptian Americans at 59.7 percent, followed closely by Nigerian Americans at 58.6 percent.

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African immigrants are more educated than most — including people ... www.latimes.com/.../africa/la-fg-global-african-immigrants-explainer-20180112-story... Jan 12, 2018 - And on average, African immigrants are better educated that people born in the U.S. or the immigrant population as a whole. ... Applicants to the program must have completed the equivalent of a U.S. high school education or have at least two years of recent experience in any number of occupations, ...

Immigrants from Africa Boast Higher Education Levels Than Overall ... www.newamericaneconomy.org/.../immigrants-from-africa-boast-higher-education-le... Jan 11, 2018 - NEW YORK, NY – Today, New American Economy (NAE) released a report on the contributions of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa to the U.S. economy. Between 2010 and 2015, the number of African immigrants in America more than doubled— rising from roughly 723,000 people to more than 1.7 ...

African Immigrants Are Better Educated Than Americans | HuffPost https://www.huffingtonpost.com/.../african-immigrants-are-better-educated-than-ameri... Jan 12, 2018 - African immigrants are better educated than native-born Americans. 42% of African immigrants have a bachelor's degree or higher; 33% of Americans do. Imm... ... Census data oneducational attainment of Americans: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/demo/p20-578.pdf.

US-based African immigrants more educated - University World News www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2014101521150498 Oct 15, 2014 - No single African country makes up a majority of these immigrants, although four countries – Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt and Ghana – comprise 41% of the total. Educational attainment. TheAfrican foreign-born had a higher level of educational attainment than the total of those born overseas. The report said ...

African Immigrants and College Attainment - Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/.../2018/.../african-immigrants-and-college-attainmen... Jan 15, 2018 - President Trump's comments last week about immigrants from African nations have led to discussion of immigrants from different parts of the world. The Pew Research Center has studied the topic, and it found that black immigrants from Africa, aged 25 or older, are more likely than the U.S. population as a ... As African Immigration Has Grown, Education Level Has Declined https://cis.org/.../African-Immigration-Has-Grown-Education-Level-Has-Declined Jan 30, 2018 - However, as Table 1 and Figure 1 show, the education level of Sub-Saharan African immigrants has declined significantly relative to native-born Americans. As recently as 1990, theseimmigrants were more likely to have completed high school than natives, and were more than twice as likely as natives to ...

Africa Is Sending Us Its Best and Brightest - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/.../africa-is-sending-us-its-best-and-brightest Jan 12, 2018 - Or consider Nigerian-Americans, Nigeria being the most populous nation in Africa. Theireducation levels are among the very highest in the U.S., above those of Asians, with 17 percent of Nigerian migrants having a master's degree. In addition, about three-quarters of African migrants speak English, and ...

  It Isn't Just Asian Immigrants Who Excel in the U.S. - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/.../it-isn-t-just-asian-immigrants-who-excel-in-the-u-s- Oct 13, 2015 - By many measures, African immigrants are as far ahead of American whites in theeducational achievement as whites are ahead of African-Americans. That education translates intohigher household income. Nigerian-Americans, for instance, have a median household income well above the American ...

African immigration to the United States - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_United_States Jump to Educational attainment - African immigrants to the US are among the most educated groups in the United States. Some 48.9 ... According to the 2000 Census, the rate of college diploma acquisition ishighest among Egyptian Americans at 59.7 percent, followed closely by Nigerian Americans at 58.6 percent.

Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States | migrationpolicy ... https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/sub-saharan-african-immigrants-united-states by S Pierce - ‎Related articlesJump to Age, Education, and Employment - Source: MPI tabulation of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2015 ACS. Sub-Saharan immigrants have much higher educational attainment compared to the overall foreign- and native-born populations. In 2015, 39 percent of sub-Saharan Africans (ages 25 and over) had a ..