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" Let's give a student an online prep guide to study for ACT instead of an actual sit down course. Maybe there is a reason the scores are going down! The schools are getting too big, lack of teachers, and government shorting funding for our children to get a good education. I think they should stop giving theirselves raises, and start working on getting our youth educated properly. With scores lowering, this will cause colleges to lower their levels in which is needed to get into their learning facility. Technology has come a long way, but let's step back and see why our children our not grasping the concepts like we use to do in school. "

" How about instead of blaming teachers we get smarter people to procreate together!!! "

" This is a composite score of EVERY junior in the school district that took the ACT (required in Illinois) INCLUDING students with special needs. Their scores are also counted and averaged in to determine the composite spoken of in the article. I'm sure there were students who scored higher than a 19, just as I'm sure with state testing mandates, there were students who scored lower than a 19. The teachers are not the problem...No Child Left Behind mandates require more frequent testing and in order to track accountability and progress, EVERY student must participate. It was only a few years ago that students receiving special education services could be exempted from the test. Now, no matter the level of disability, the child is tested. "

" Composite of 19! You must be kidding! 35 years ago my composite was 27 and I didn't go to kindergarten! Send the teachers back to college and let the students teach. I'm sure they could do better. "