Abstract
This paper explores links between race and ethnicity, and performance on the American College Testing (ACT) within Illinois. This paper utilizes information about the performance of Illinois’ 85, 480 year 2000 graduating seniors who took the ACT assessment. The ACT scores reported by county are broken down into various racial and ethnic groupings, and a Geographic Information System was used to map and explore the spatial dimensions of the data. The results of the analysis indicate that performance on the ACT varies by the type of county involved, and is linked to family income rather than to race per se. However, within Cook County, which includes Chicago, there are important distinctions between various racial and ethnic groups, in terms of performance on the ACT, that are not fully explained by levels of family income.
Recommended Citation
Shaw, Wendy and Zhou, Bin
(2003)
"Race and American College Testing (ACT) Scores in Illinois,"
The Geographical Bulletin: Vol. 45:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/thegeographicalbulletin/vol45/iss2/6