University Daily Kansan, April 25, 1985 CAMPUS AND AREA Page 8 ACT scores still above norm By TAD CLARKE Staff Reporter The American College Test scores for this year's KU freshman class remained the same as last year's scores and stayed about three points above the national average, according to a report issued earlier this week by the office of institutional research and planning. Many officials at the University of Kansas said yesterday that they weren't disturbed that the 21.7 composite score was the same as last year's. The national composite score fell from a point, falling from 18.8 to 18.7. David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said, "We follow the trend of staying three points above average, which is pleasing to us." Four different categories compose the ACT composite score. They are English, mathematics, natural science and social studies. ACCORDING TO ACT figures compiled by the office of institutional research and planning. English scores since 1967 have been the lowest of the four categories for KU students and students nationwide. Students have received the highest scores in the natural science category. Ambler said it was important to look at the differences among scores in the individual categories that had occurred over the years. "The report gives us more information than just that one statistic," he said. "I like to look at the data from our job and then just the composite score itself." Ambler said the increasing number of students who scored in the lower third of the test was of concern to him. This year's figure was the same as last year's but was much higher than the number scoring in the lower third during tests given in the 1960s. SINCE 1967, THE percentage of students scoring 15 points or lower on the composite score has risen from 3 percent to 14 percent. "We have students having more difficulty with the basic skills now," Ambler said. From the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, ACT scores for entering freshmen have steadily declined. In 1967, the average composite score was 24.3. But from 1978 to 1982, the scores gradually increased, although they failed to reach previous levels. A greater range of students are attending college now than during the 1960s. Ambler said, when fewer students of average academic ability were encouraged to attend college. This is one reason the ACT scores for entering freshmen have dropped over the years, he said. Ambler said he thought that KU was consistently above the national average in ACT scores because of Kansas' good secondary school system and because of KU's reputation as a more difficult school than other universities in the state. "Many students hear by the grapevine that KU is a good school, and there is a natural selection for the good ones to come here," he said. With brands like Bass, Unisa, Trotter, Famolare, 9 West, and Gloria Vanderbilt. 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