[war1025]

It could also just as easily be that people are studying more for those tests ahead of time. I personally did maybe two hours of prep work before taking the ACT and SAT. I would guess that was on the high end of people I knew, many of whome I don't think even bothered to take the practice tests.

[duxup]

I attended a school that got questions about their average ACT scores. Other schools that you wouldn't expect had better scores.

Other schools provided ACT prep time for their students.

So did our school.

The difference was our school provided practice and prep for all students and everyone took the ACT.

The other schools also provided practice and prep tim, but the ACT was not required so many students didn't take it.

Education stats are always curious.