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 ...

https://www.mprnews.org/.../minnesota-above-average-on-nations-report-card-gaps-re...

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 ...

www.startribune.com/find-your-minnesota-school-s-math...test-scores/388290262/

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.

References:

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 ..

Wall Street Journal College Rankings

JOURNAL REPORTS: COLLEGE RANKINGS
Harvard Takes Top Honors in WSJ/THE College Rankings

By Douglas Belkin, Melissa Korn

Sep. 28, 2017 12:01 am ET


Schools in the Northeast dominate the top 10, with six Ivies making the cut.


Appeared in the September 27, 2017, print edition as 'Harvard Takes Top Honors.'

WSJ/THE College Rankings Emphasize—and Why


Graduates’ financial success and schools’ academic resources get the most weight, but you can customize the rankings with your own weightings.

SEP. 26, 2017
The Best Public Colleges in the U.S.
UCLA, Michigan, UNC lead the way among state schools in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.

SEP. 26, 2017
Where College Students Are Most Inspired by Their Peers
In the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings, students at these colleges said their experiences were strongly shaped by others.

SEP. 26, 2017
Colleges That Prioritize Internships
Kettering University, Endicott College top the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education list of schools that students feel do best at providing career preparation through internships.

SEP. 26, 2017
Colleges Where Students Feel Challenged
Dordt College in Iowa and Texas Christian University rank highest in terms of student engagement in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education list.

SEP. 26, 2017
Biggest Surprises in the WSJ/THE College Rankings
Smaller schools excelled in some areas where the top schools lagged behind.

SEP. 26, 2017
Explore the Full WSJ/THE College Rankings With Our Searchable Tool (paywall)
How did your school do? Search and compare colleges, and re-calculate the rankings with the categories most important to you.

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#1 Harvard University 39.5/40 29.8/30 15.6/20 7.0/10 91.9/100 Compare

#2 Columbia University 39.0/40 27.0/30 16.7/20 7.8/10 90.6/100 Compare

#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 38.2/40 29.2/30 15.8/20 7.2/10 90.4/100 Compare

#3 Stanford University 38.9/40 26.2/30 17.4/20 7.9/10 90.4/100 Compare

#5 Duke University 39.5/40 26.7/30 17.2/20 6.8/10 90.2/100 Compare

#6 Yale University 39.3/40 26.8/30 16.9/20 7.2/10 90.0/100 Compare

#7 California Institute of Technology 38.8/40 30.0/30 14.6/20 6.4/10 89.8/100 Compare

#8 University of Pennsylvania 38.4/40 27.0/30 17.3/20 6.9/10 89.6/100 Compare

#9 Princeton University 39.1/40 28.1/30 15.6/20 6.8/10 89.5/100 Compare

#10 Cornell University 38.1/40 26.8/30 17.5/20 6.6/10 88.9/100 Compare

#11 Brown University 36.1/40 26.8/30 17.7/20 7.0/10 87.5/100 Compare

#11 University of Chicago 38.2/40 26.9/30 15.5/20 6.8/10 87.5/100 Compare

#11 Washington University in St Louis 37.6/40 26.2/30 17.6/20 6.2/10 87.5/100 Compare

#14 Rice University 36.3/40 27.2/30 17.1/20 6.8/10 87.4/100 Compare

#15 Northwestern University 36.6/40 27.2/30 17.2/20 6.2/10 87.3/100 Compare

#15 University of Southern California 36.5/40 25.4/30 17.6/20 7.7/10 87.3/100 Compare

#17 Dartmouth College 37.0/40 26.6/30 17.3/20 5.9/10 86.8/100 Compare

#17 Johns Hopkins University 37.7/40 25.7/30 16.2/20 7.1/10 86.8/100 Compare

#19 Emory University 36.2/40 26.0/30 16.6/20 7.6/10 86.4/100 Compare

#20 Carnegie Mellon University 36.8/40 25.4/30 17.3/20 6.7/10 86.1/100

#21 Vanderbilt University 37.4/40 25.5/30 17.4/20 5.0/10 85.3/100 Compare

#22 Williams College 38.2/40 24.5/30 15.8/20 6.6/10 85.0/100 Compare

#23 Amherst College 37.5/40 24.1/30 15.4/20 7.4/10 84.4/100 Compare

#24 University of Notre Dame 37.0/40 24.4/30 17.1/20 4.6/10 83.1/100 Compare

#25 University of California, Los Angeles 36.7/40 19.8/30 16.9/20 8.8/10 82.2/100 Compare

#26 Pomona College 33.1/40 24.9/30 16.3/20 7.8/10 82.1/100 Compare

#27 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 37.6/40 21.0/30 17.3/20 6.0/10 81.8/100 Compare

#28 Wellesley College 33.0/40 24.3/30 16.6/20 7.1/10 81.1/100 Compare

#29 New York University 32.8/40 23.4/30 17.1/20 7.7/10 81.0/100 Compare

#30 Swarthmore College 32.2/40 24.2/30 17.3/20 7.2/10 80.9/100

#31 Georgetown University 35.3/40 23.1/30 16.1/20 6.3/10 80.8/100 Compare

#32 Tufts University 32.5/40 25.8/30 16.4/20 5.9/10 80.6/100 Compare

#33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 37.6/40 20.7/30 16.5/20 5.3/10 80.2/100 Compare

#34 Case Western Reserve University 32.6/40 24.2/30 16.5/20 6.3/10 79.6/100 Compare

#35 Claremont McKenna College 31.3/40 24.8/30 16.7/20 6.7/10 79.5/100 Compare

#36 Middlebury College 33.9/40 23.7/30 16.5/20 4.8/10 79.0/100 Compare

#37 Smith College 31.5/40 23.7/30 16.9/20 6.9/10 78.9/100 Compare

#38 Carleton College 32.6/40 23.3/30 16.8/20 6.0/10 78.6/100 Compare

#39 Bowdoin College 33.1/40 23.7/30 16.8/20 4.8/10 78.4/100 Compare

#40 Boston University 33.6/40 21.3/30 16.9/20 6.4/10 78.2/100

University of California, Berkeley 34.6/40 18.6/30 16.6/20 8.4/10 78.2/100 Compare

#42 Haverford College 32.0/40 24.5/30 16.0/20 5.6/10 78.0/100 Compare

#43 Purdue University West Lafayette 34.0/40 20.2/30 17.1/20 5.7/10 77.1/100 Compare

#44 University of Miami 30.5/40 21.7/30 17.2/20 7.7/10 77.0/100 Compare

#45 Wesleyan University 30.5/40 23.8/30 16.0/20 6.5/10 76.9/100 Compare

#46 University of California, Davis 33.2/40 18.1/30 17.0/20 8.4/10 76.8/100 Compare

#47 University of California, San Diego 34.1/40 17.8/30 15.5/20 8.7/10 76.1/100 Compare

#48 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 35.9/40 15.5/30 17.1/20 7.4/10 75.8/100 Compare

#49 Bryn Mawr College 28.3/40 24.2/30 15.6/20 7.3/10 75.5/100 Compare

#50 Lehigh University 29.5/40 23.5/30 16.9/20 5.5/10 75.4/100

#51 University of Rochester 28.0/40 24.2/30 16.5/20 5.8/10 74.6/100 Compare

#52 Wake Forest University 30.8/40 23.0/30 16.1/20 4.5/10 74.5/100 Compare

#53 Georgia Institute of Technology 35.8/40 15.6/30 15.6/20 7.1/10 74.2/100 Compare

#54 Davidson College 31.4/40 22.2/30 15.7/20 4.7/10 74.0/100 Compare

#55 Colgate University 29.2/40 23.4/30 15.9/20 5.3/10 73.9/100 Compare

#56 University of Texas at Austin 33.2/40 16.5/30 17.4/20 6.6/10 73.8/100 Compare

#56 University of Virginia 35.1/40 17.7/30 16.0/20 5.0/10 73.8/100 Compare

#58 University of Florida 35.5/40 14.8/30 17.0/20 6.4/10 73.6/100 Compare

#59 Bucknell University 30.2/40 22.6/30 16.7/20 3.7/10 73.3/100 Compare

#60 Boston College 34.8/40 18.0/30 15.7/20 4.7/10 73.1/100

#61 Hamilton College 29.0/40 23.0/30 16.6/20 4.4/10 73.0/100 Compare

#61 University of Richmond 27.4/40 23.4/30 17.1/20 5.0/10 73.0/100 Compare

#63 Oberlin College 29.3/40 23.0/30 15.7/20 4.9/10 72.9/100 Compare

#64 George Washington University 29.3/40 21.0/30 16.1/20 6.4/10 72.7/100 Compare

#65 Colby College 28.9/40 22.4/30 16.1/20 5.0/10 72.4/100 Compare

#66 Bates College 28.8/40 22.6/30 16.1/20 4.7/10 72.2/100 Compare

#66 Northeastern University 30.1/40 18.7/30 17.4/20 6.0/10 72.2/100 Compare

#66 Vassar College 26.2/40 23.4/30 16.0/20 6.6/10 72.2/100 Compare

#69 Ohio State University 33.5/40 16.2/30 17.2/20 5.3/10 72.1/100 Compare

#70 Lafayette College 29.9/40 22.6/30 15.8/20 3.7/10 72.0/100

Tulane University 25.8/40 24.6/30 16.8/20 4.6/10 71.8/100 Compare

#71 University of Wisconsin-Madison 34.4/40 15.9/30 17.2/20 4.2/10 71.8/100 Compare

#73 Washington and Lee University 29.5/40 23.6/30 15.6/20 2.6/10 71.4/100 Compare

#74 Barnard College 27.5/40 20.8/30 16.1/20 6.9/10 71.3/100 Compare

#75 Grinnell College 26.1/40 23.2/30 15.2/20 6.4/10 71.0/100 Compare

#75 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus 31.4/40 18.4/30 16.5/20 4.7/10 71.0/100 Compare

#77 Mount Holyoke College 25.4/40 22.1/30 16.4/20 7.0/10 70.9/100 Compare

#78 Macalester College 27.3/40 22.1/30 15.8/20 5.6/10 70.8/100 Compare

#79 Trinity University 24.8/40 22.5/30 17.0/20 6.3/10 70.6/100 Compare

#80 Michigan State University 31.6/40 15.8/30 17.3/20 5.8/10 70.5/100

Southern Methodist University 27.1/40 20.7/30 17.1/20 5.6/10 70.4/100 Compare

#82 University of Maryland, College Park 34.0/40 13.1/30 16.7/20 6.5/10 70.3/100 Compare

#83 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 28.6/40 20.0/30 16.3/20 5.3/10 70.2/100 Compare

#84 Denison University 26.7/40 21.6/30 16.2/20 5.5/10 70.0/100 Compare

#84 Drexel University 25.7/40 20.3/30 17.0/20 6.9/10 70.0/100 Compare

#84 College of the Holy Cross 29.3/40 21.3/30 15.8/20 3.6/10 70.0/100 Compare

#87 Brandeis University 26.4/40 21.8/30 15.7/20 5.9/10 69.9/100 Compare

#87 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 29.5/40 18.8/30 15.0/20 6.6/10 69.9/100 Compare

#89 Franklin & Marshall College 27.5/40 22.3/30 15.3/20 4.4/10 69.6/100 Compare

#89 University of Washington-Seattle 27.9/40 17.6/30 16.7/20 7.4/10 69.6/100

#91 Occidental College 27.3/40 20.4/30 14.9/20 6.9/10 69.5/100 Compare

#92 Union College 28.8/40 21.6/30 15.2/20 3.7/10 69.3/100 Compare

#93 Scripps College 24.5/40 22.4/30 15.6/20 6.7/10 69.1/100 Compare

#93 Texas A&M University-College Station 30.9/40 14.6/30 17.9/20 5.8/10 69.1/100 Compare

#93 Trinity College 26.2/40 22.2/30 15.5/20 5.2/10 69.1/100 Compare

#96 University of Denver 27.3/40 19.8/30 16.3/20 5.2/10 68.6/100 Compare

#96 Kenyon College 27.3/40 22.0/30 15.7/20 3.6/10 68.6/100 Compare

#98 Bentley University 29.3/40 17.3/30 15.9/20 5.8/10 68.3/100 Compare

#99 University of California, Santa Barbara 30.0/40 14.0/30 16.5/20 7.6/10 68.1/100 Compare

#100 William & Mary 30.1/40 17.8/30 15.6/20 4.5/10 68.0/100

SEP. 26, 2017
Public Universities Do Best When It Comes to Diversity
State schools in major cities bring in a racially and socioeconomically diverse student body, according to the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings.

SEP. 26, 2017
The Colleges Whose Graduates Do Best Financially
Where schools rank in the WSJ/Times Higher Education survey on graduation rates, income, debt and reputation.

JUNE 16, 2017
Stanford Stays Atop Revised College Ranking
The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings for 2016 were revised to remove student-loan repayment as a factor, resulting in a shuffling of the leaderboard

Asians Spend Twice As Much On Test Prep

Asians Spend Twice As Much On Test Prep


https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-agree-racial-affirmative-action-failed-1509058963

 new survey commissioned by Noodle found that Asian-American families spent more than twice as much money on test prep as any other group. This explains in part why Asian-American kids do so well on the exams. It’s not surprising that they are disappointed when their higher scores don’t result in admission to elite schools.

But the counterintuitive admissions secret—based on hundreds of interviews we’ve conducted with college admissions directors, deans and presidents over 25 years—is that an additional 10 or 20 points on the SAT above the (secret) threshold doesn’t improve one’s chances of getting in. That’s because admissions officers know that standardized tests are best at measuring how hard someone prepares for the test. They are less useful at predicting whether an applicant will be an academic star in college. Consequently, admissions officers place much more weight on the rigor of academic courses and teacher recommendations to help identify the most promising students.

... disclaimer f you are a potential All-American athlete, an all-state flutist, or have a family income under $35,000, we’ll probably make allowances. But importantly, once you’ve met that threshold, we really do not care if your grades or SAT scores are higher. 

83% Of America’s Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants

https://www.readingkingdom.com/blog/2017/03/20/83-americas-top-high-school-science-students-children-immigrants/

83% Of America’s Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants
March 20, 2017 Melissa Bernard


By Stuart Anderson for Forbes.com

What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America? Surprisingly, one of the most important things America would lose is the contributions made by their children.

A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy found a remarkable 83% (33 of 40) of the finalists of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants.  (continues at link)