Quote Originally Posted by TheTravellers View Post
Here's something that's along those lines:

https://oklahomawatch.org/2020/02/27...ll-in-college/

"In a five-month investigation into Epic’s college-going rates, Oklahoma Watch found that fewer than one in five 2019 graduates enrolled in a public Oklahoma college or university last fall. Its rate was lower than rates for all of the state’s 10 largest school districts, according to an Oklahoma Watch analysis of education data. The data was collected from every college and university in the state.

Epic reported far more high school graduates than the 10 districts, but far fewer enrolled in a state college."

"One measure of students’ preparedness for college is their score on the ACT college readiness exam.

Most regional universities want to see at least a 20 composite score out of a possible 35. Oklahoma State University admits students with minimum of 22 to 24, and the average score of University of Oklahoma freshman is 26. The state average is 18.9.

Epic’s graduating class of 2019 scored an average 16.5. That’s a significant drop from a 20.2 the previous year, when far fewer students took the exam.

Just 4% of Epic students met all four of the college readiness benchmarks established by the ACT, compared to 15% statewide."
Thats bad, but to be fair Epic attracts a certain type of student/parent. The parent that blames all of their kids problems on the public school system are more likely to use epic. Never take personal responsibility for their kid. This was pre-pandemic anyway. They will probably get a boast in scores this year because they got a surge of kids coming from public schools.