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ACT Results: Eastside Slips, Wade Hampton Scores Improve

The 2012 college entrance exam results were released Wednesday morning.

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South Carolina's 2012 graduates closed the achievement gap in ACT testing, according to figures released Wednesday morning by the company and the state Department of Education.

The national composite score on the 36-point scale remained by 21.1, but South Carolina students improved to 20.2 (up from 20.1 a year ago).

Greenville School District results improved to 21.5 from 21.3. Eastside High School remained near the top, despite slipping to 22.4 from 22.6. Wade Hampton High School, meanwhile, improved slightly to 21.4 from 21.2.

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District 2011 Seniors 2012 Seniors English  Math Reading Science 2011 Composite 2012 Composite RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL 168 161 23.3 24.2 24.2 23.5 24.5 23.9 GREENVILLE TECH CHARTER HS 56 66 23.5 22.9 24.4 22.9 22.6 23.6 JAMES L MANN HIGH SCHOOL 162 194 22.5 22.8 23.1 22.5 22.9 22.8 EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL 110 129 22.4 22.2 22.5 22.1 22.6 22.4 GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE CHARTER n/a 34 22.9 21.1 22.9 21.6 n/a 22.2 MAULDIN HIGH SCHOOL 223 246 21.8 22.1 22.3 21.9 21.6 22.2 BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL 66 66 21.1 21.3 22.1 21.5 20 21.7 GREENVILLE SCHOOLS 1,676 1,790 21 21.4 21.9 21.3 21.3 21.5 SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL 92 73 21 21.5 21.9 20.8 20.8 21.4 WADE HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL 134 138 20.5 21.6 21.8 21.3 21.2 21.4 GREENVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 116 128 20.8 21.2 21.4 21.1 21.5 21.3 BRASHIER MIDDLE COLL CHARTER 36 56 20.7 21.3 21 20.4 22.2 20.9 TRAVELERS REST HIGH SCH 77 69 20.2 20.1 21.3 20.6 20.6 20.6 WOODMONT HIGH SCHOOL 71 77 19.9 20 21.1 20.2 20.9 20.5 HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL 186 180 19.6 19.7 20.8 20.3 19.8 20.2 GREER HIGH SCHOOL 79 90 18.1 19.2 19.4 19.4 19 19.1 CAROLINA HS AND ACADEMY 60 54 15.9 17.6 17.9 17.5 17.2 17.4 BEREA HIGH SCHOOL 40 28 15.9 17.2 16.9 17.6 16.6 17.1

English remained the biggest gap, but showed the most improvement. Nationally, the composite score was 20.5, while it was 19.5 in South Carolina. The 2011 gap was 1.2.

The reading gap closed to 0.9 points from 1 point. The science gap remained 0.8 points. The math gap grew from 0.9 points to 1 point.

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The newly released ACT scores are from students who graduated in 2012, regardless of when they took the test during their high school careers.  The ACT includes four tests: English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning.  Scores are reported in each of those as well as the overall composite using a 36-point scale.

The ACT is a curriculum-based achievement exam designed to measure the academic skills that are taught in schools and is used as an indicator for success in first-year college courses.  The SAT is an implied learning test that measures how students think based on their experiences both in and out of the classroom setting.

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