Minnesota No. 1 in ACT scores for 8th straight year

[Govie]

I've used MTC more in the last six weeks than I have in the last 30 years of my life, and it's a bit difficult understanding all the etiquette for sure. If it wasn't for their website, which IMO isn't the greatest to begin with and could use some serious improvements from their IT people, I would totally be lost.

[Beenhere4ever]

Yeh, for latecomers, I can see some difficulty. But what I'm talking about isn't the hard stuff. You can call 612-373-3333 and find out the fare. Then you find it before the bus arrives. People everwhere are in the same situation. People elsewhere show some ability to deal with it. The mental operation is simple. Standing at the fare box is not the time to figure out if you've got what it takes to ride. That seems to dumbfound far too many youth in our metro area. That's why I'm less than sanguine about our leadership in the nation. Been to Portland Oregon, Seattle Washington, Bellingham Washington, Buffalo New York. Everywhere but here the people seem to "get it". And there's nothing extraordinarily difficult about our system. I think the design is susceptible of improvement, but I've seen very little change from 1969 to 2013. The Go card is about it. How "work ready" is a kid who can't handle a ride on transit?

[Govie]

Dang the years are going by fast:


Minnesota reigns again on ACT results | Star Tribune

[kuan]

Next year all kids take the ACT. This might change our scores.

[StilltheSame]

I am surprised by how much ACT is emphasized here. When I was applying to undergrad it was all SAT and for the schoold my kids are looking at (primarily East Coast) - it's all SATs. Good to know ACT scores are good - but as I recall it was a nonevent compared to the firedrill that was the SAT hype.