{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Corbin High School's ACT scores excel, go above 21 goal &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8vyrQw3FkO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-high-schools-act-scores-excel\/\">Corbin High School&#8217;s ACT scores excel, go above 21 goal<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-high-schools-act-scores-excel\/embed\/#?secret=8vyrQw3FkO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Corbin High School&#8217;s ACT scores excel, go above 21 goal&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"8vyrQw3FkO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Corbin High School Principal John Crawford said having a cumulative ACT score of 21 or better among juniors at the school taking the important test has been a goal for several years. Earlier this month, they got word that CHS had exceeded that goal. It had a score of 21.38 based on tests administered in March to 220 juniors at the school. The state average score on the test is 19.4. \u201cTwenty-one was just the magic number I set out there as a goal,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cI give all the credit to the teachers and everybody who really bought into that and worked to make it happen. And obviously, a great deal of credit has to go to the kids because they were the ones taking the test.\u201d \u201cI was happy for our kids and proud of them. I am proud of our school.\u201d The ACT is the top test used in the U.S. to determine a student\u2019s readiness for college. A higher average score on the test not only means that more CHS students are college-ready, but it has other benefits. Higher scores on the test also pave the way for more lucrative scholarships and grant money. And Corbin Independent Schools Superintendent Dave Cox also points out that it saves college-bound students in other ways as well. \u201cThere\u2019s really a tremendous amount of money that\u2019s at stake here,\u201d Cox said. \u201cWe had a number of kids who met ACT benchmarks that determine whether or not they have to take transitional classes in college for reading or math. Those are classes students have to pay for, but they don\u2019t get credit for them.\u201d Crawford said the school offered a series of nine preparatory sessions to help students focus on content areas of the ACT where they may need help. Two of the sessions were four-hour affairs held on Saturday. He said all of them were elective, but that the response was tremendous. \u201cIt was so nice to have so many kids truly interested in taking those and thanking the teachers for helping them,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cLooking at the results, I think it worked out really well.\u201d Cox added that teachers at the school focused on trying questions for their own tests in a way that mimicked ACT style to help acclimate students to the test in a natural way. Also, he said tests in many courses were timed, just like the ACT. \u201cThe ACT is not necessarily harder, but we had some students that were having trouble getting sections completed in the time given,\u201d Cox said. \u201cSo we started timing our tests at the high school as well. I think it was just a combination of several things that really helped boost our overall score.\u201d Crawford, who is going into his third year as principal of CHS, noted that the school has been No. 1 in the state, out of 229 high schools, in the percentage of students it has college and career ready. Eighty-six percent of the school\u2019s students graduate ready to attend college or pursue a career. The school is ranked 11th overall in Kentucky based on state accountability measures. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled our high school was able to do this,\u201d Cox said. \u201cThey\u2019ve worked so long and hard to reach this goal. It\u2019s certainly very pleasing to see that hard work pay off.\u201d"}