Act Scores: Rural vs. Community
Group Project – Milestone V
Are ACT scores affected by whether or not a student lives in a rural or urban communities? And what major factors contribute to higher or lower ACT scores?
Prepared by Group One:
Albert, Krystle
Ellis, Kenton
Lara, Marina
For:
BUS 515: Managerial Statistics
Dr. Gilchrist
ADAMS STATE COLLEGE
Due:
April 20, 2012
Project
Our project was developed on conducting research on urban and rural community school districts. We initially wanted to see if ACT scores were higher in urban communities compared to rural communities. We evaluated several variables that contribute to an individual’s test scores such as: student to teacher ratio, population size, free and reduced lunch enrollment and ethnicity. From this, we strategically chose our two school districts based on similar enrollment rates as well as evaluating the county population of each district so that we had one district represent an urban community and the other represent a rural community. For the urban community, we chose the Fort Lupton school district which is located in Weld County, District RE-8. For the rural community, we chose the Alamosa school district located in Alamosa County, RE-11J.
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States. The ACT has historically consisted of four tests: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science Reasoning. They also added an optional writing portion to the exam (ACT Overview). These portions of the test are individually scored on a scale of 1-36 and a composite overall score is provided which is the average of all four test scores. The ACT assessment is used to measure high school students’ general educational development and their capability to complete college-level work. It is used to see the student’s readiness for college.
The main source of our data was collected from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). The Colorado Department of Education provides
Are ACT scores affected by whether or not a student lives in a rural or urban communities? And what major factors contribute to higher or lower ACT scores?
Prepared by Group One:
Albert, Krystle
Ellis, Kenton
Lara, Marina
For:
BUS 515: Managerial Statistics
Dr. Gilchrist
ADAMS STATE COLLEGE
Due:
April 20, 2012
Project
Our project was developed on conducting research on urban and rural community school districts. We initially wanted to see if ACT scores were higher in urban communities compared to rural communities. We evaluated several variables that contribute to an individual’s test scores such as: student to teacher ratio, population size, free and reduced lunch enrollment and ethnicity. From this, we strategically chose our two school districts based on similar enrollment rates as well as evaluating the county population of each district so that we had one district represent an urban community and the other represent a rural community. For the urban community, we chose the Fort Lupton school district which is located in Weld County, District RE-8. For the rural community, we chose the Alamosa school district located in Alamosa County, RE-11J.
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States. The ACT has historically consisted of four tests: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science Reasoning. They also added an optional writing portion to the exam (ACT Overview). These portions of the test are individually scored on a scale of 1-36 and a composite overall score is provided which is the average of all four test scores. The ACT assessment is used to measure high school students’ general educational development and their capability to complete college-level work. It is used to see the student’s readiness for college.
The main source of our data was collected from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). The Colorado Department of Education provides