ACT® Scores Improve for Mississippi High Schools Selected for State Sponsored Pilot Program Utilizing Jumpstart Test Prep Reading and Science Review
PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: JUN 1, 2020 07:00 CDT
BROOKHAVEN, Miss., June 1, 2020 (Newswire.com) - June 1, 2020 (Newswire) -Today, Jumpstart Test Prep announced the ACT improvement results from 19 of 22 schools, whose junior class used the Jumpstart reading and science ACT review programs to prepare for the state administered February 2020 ACT® exam (American College Testing). Following completion of Jumpstart's ACT prep review in Reading and Science, 46 percent of the students had an average ACT Reading score improvement of +3.6 points over their best prior attempt. Similarly, 48 percent of the students improved their Science scores by an average of +3.3 points.
"I was excited for my scholars, staff, and school to learn that our application had been chosen for this pilot program," said Torrey A. Hampton, principal of