Statewide ACT: 8 percent of Nevada juniors are college-ready

Only 8 percent of Nevada’s high school juniors are ready for college in four major subject areas, according to preliminary results from the ACT that was administered much more widely this year than in the past. The Nevada State Board of Education is scheduled to discuss the results of this spring’s testing at a meeting on Thursday. It’s the first year that the state has administered the ACT to almost all of Nevada’s high school juniors in place of a high school proficiency exam — a ch