Wisconsin students test well on ACT, but relatively few are ready for college rigors

Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin high-school students are again among the nation’s elite when it comes to scoring well on the ACT, a major college preparedness test. With an average score of 22.2 on a 36-point scale, Wisconsin ranked second nationally among states that depend on the ACT, falling only one-tenth of one percentage point behind first-place Minnesota.