Tennessee students scored slightly lower on the ACT test this year, a disappointment for a state trying to climb steep hills in education reform and spending tens of millions of dollars to do it. The average composite score fell from 19.6 in 2010 to 19.5. Nationally, it increased from 21 to 21.1. A perfect score is 36.
On September 23, 2010, EPA proposed to approve a number of new and revised test procedures (i.e., analytical methods) for measuring pollutants under the Clean Water Act. Today's notice announces the availability of new data on an analytical method for the measurement of oil and grease that EPA described in the earlier notice but did not propose to approve it for use. This notice discusses how EPA is considering revising its proposed regulatory requirements for this method. EPA is soliciting comment only on EPA's consideration of this method.
Members of the high school class of 2011 posted a slight gain on the ACT college entrance exam, but nearly three in 10 recent graduates who took the test failed to meet a single benchmark that predicts they are ready for college. Twenty-five percent of ACT test-takers met the college-readiness standard in the four core subjects of English, math, reading and science. That's a slight increase over last year and the third straight year of such improvement. The average composite score of 21.1 on the test's 1-to-36 scale is a one-tenth of a percent increase from the previous year and restores the national average to where it was in 2009.
It's been six years since the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, and courts across the country continue to struggle with the application of the "projected disposable income test. A number of issues relating to [section]1325(b)(1) can arise, from the time constraints on a Chapter 13 debtor's proposed plan when the debtor has zero or negative projected disposable income and a trustee or creditor has objected, to what items should be included in the calculation of projected disposable income.
In 2005, the Legislature approved the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act requiring all high school students to complete college-preparatory or work-ready curriculum. This year the act is credited with an increase in the number of Oklahoma high school seniors taking the ACT test. The class of 2010 was the first class of graduates under the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act.
Utah students beat national averages on the ACT college entrance test, but student group performances paint a less flattering picture. Utah's most recent graduating class netted an average composite score of 21.5, the same as last year and up a tenth of a point from 2001, according to ACT test data made public today.
SEATTLE - Forty years after hunters lassoed a young killer whale off Whidbey Island, Wash., and sold it to a Florida theme park, whale advocates are turning to an unusual tactic to try to force the orca's release: the Endangered Species Act. In a move legal experts said could have significant implications for other zoos and aquariums, animal rights activists recently sued the federal government, arguing that the law may require Lolita, the killer whale who still performs at the Miami Seaquarium, be reunited with pod members in the Northwest because Puget Sound's southern resident orcas were listed as endangered in 2005.
Registration is open for the Sept. 12 ACT achievement test. Students who wish to take the college admission and placement exam must register before Friday.
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