NPR

The science section of the ACT exam will now be optional

The science section will now be optional on the ACT exam, and the exam duration will be decreased, the organizationannounced earlier this week. The writing section was made optional in 2005. Students ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Intensive ACT test prep during class leads to lower scores; students don’t connect grades, study habits to exam scores

Eleventh-grade students and teachers are spending extraordinary amounts of class time preparing for ACT, but the intense focus on test strategies and item practice is hurting, not helping, performance ...
WYFF

ACT test scores drop to lowest in 30 years in pandemic slide

SOLEDAD: IT WILL LIKELY TAKE YEARS BEFORE WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE NEXT GENERATION. TEACHERS ARE ALREADY SEEING LEARNING SETBACKS. A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ...
WECT

UPDATE from NHC Schools: Students subject to ACT test mishap can submit test or take it again

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - New Hanover County Schools notified Laney High School families Friday that students who were subject to an undisclosed testing mishap have the option to submit this week’s ...
NPR

ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years in a pandemic slide

PHOENIX — Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year's high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years — the latest evidence of the enormity of learning disruption ...