On Feb. 27, eleventh grade students across the state of Wisconsin took the ACT, a three and a half hour test that measures students’ abilities in the areas of math, reading, science, English and writing.
The ACT is one of the most consequential assessments a student will take in the course of their school career, and is a significant factor considered by colleges when deciding whether to admit a student. The test is scored on a scale of 36, with 21 being the average and anything at 30 or above being considered very good.
Students recently received their scores, and Merrill High School Junior Abe Akey learned that he scored a perfect 36. To put that in perspective, on the 2017 test just 0.14% of test takers earned a 36.