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    Standardized Tests

    Description
     

    Most students who are planning to further their education beyond high school begin in their junior year to take examinations related to college admission. It is important that you pay particular attention to tests listed under the college admission requirements and ensure that you register for any necessary testing. In general, you must register at least six weeks prior to most test dates, either online or through regular mail. This information can be found in the test registration materials available in the Guidance Office, as well as on websites for each standardized test.

     

    The standardized tests most widely used across the nation are the SAT Reasoning Test and the ACT with/without Writing. Although there is a preference on the East Coast for the SAT and in the Mid-West and West Coast for the ACT, most schools accept both tests. Be sure to check each college’s statistics to see which test is more utilized at that institution.

     
    Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT):

    Starting with the March 5th 2016 test administration, the SAT has been re-designed to a new format. The redesigned SAT is composed of three parts (in five sections), which will follow the same order is every test book:

    Evidence-based Reading and Writing: includes a Reading Test and also a Writing and Language Test.  Each test is composed of multi-paragraph passages and multiple-choice questions.

    Math: Includes multiple-choice and student-produced response questions base on the math that college bound students typically learn during their first three years of high school. Divided into two portions: one that permits calculator use and one that does not.

    Test component:                                                                  Time

     

    Reading Test                                                                      65 minutes

    10 minute break

    Writing and language Test                                               35 minutes

    Math Test – No Calculator                                                25 minutes

    5 minute break

    Math Test – with Calculator                                              55 minutes

    2 minute break

     
    American College Test (ACT): 
     
    Like the SAT Reasoning Test, this test is used in determining your aptitude for college level work. The ACT is a battery of tests which yields a score of 1-36 in each of four areas- English, Math, Reading and Science and a composite score.  It is a 2 hour and 55 minute test without the essay, and 3 hours and 25 minutes with the essay. Scores from the ACT are required by many Midwestern and West Coast schools and are accepted interchangeably with the SAT by many schools across the nation. 
     
     
    Suggested Timeline: This link provides a suggested timeline for taking standardized tests (9th through 12th grades): Suggested Timeline for Standardized Testing