Global analysis of student performance on act
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The document discusses a global analysis of student performance on the ACT exam across four subjects: reading, writing, math, and science. The hypothesis is that US students perform poorly overall due to substandard reading comprehension, while students from other countries read at a higher level and will score higher across subjects. The study aims to test this by administering sample ACT questions to focus groups from four countries at varying reading levels and comparing performance in writing, math, and science between countries.
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Global analysis of student performance on act
- 1. Global analysis of student performance on ACTBrie, Ali, and Rebecca
- 2. 4 areas of ACTReadingWritingMathScience
- 3. HypothesisUS students perform poorly on all four parts of the ACT because of a substandard reading comprehension. Furthermore, students from other countries read at a higher level and will subsequently score higher on all levels.
- 4. ObjectivesCreate focus groups from 4 countries.Administer questions containing traditional content from the ACT at various reading comprehension levels.Compare performance on writing, math, and science in each of the reading comprehension test levels.Evaluate differences in performance between students from different countries.
- 5. ExampleWhich does not belong?