ACT Explore

Parents Forum
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<p>Hi. I'm new here. My oldest child is only in 8th grade so I will force myself not to get too involved/obsessed with the college thing yet -- I will have plenty of time for that later. I do, however, have a question about the ACT Explore for experienced parents or students. </p>

<p>We live in a heavily ACT state and all kids are required to take the ACT Explore in 8th grade, the ACT Plan in 10th grade, and then the actual ACT in 11th grade. We recently received the scores from the ACT Explore for my child which shows percentages which I understand. What I was interested in from experienced parents was how they thought the ACT Explore scores in 8th grade correlated with the actual ACT a few years later. Does anyone have examples like: child got a 20 on ACT Explore (scores are 1 through 25) and then got a 30 on the ACT; or child got a 24 on ACT Explore and then got a 35 on ACT?</p>

<p>I know many things can change from 8th grade to 11th grade, including classes taken, test prep, etc., I was just interested if anyone had real world examples. Thank you.</p>

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<p>I got a 24 on the plan (predicted ACT is a 27). On the actual ACT (no studying) I got a 32 with high English (34) and reading (33) marks. I had a friend that get a 26 on the plan and got a 34 on the ACT. There are many other examples.</p>

<p>I don’t think there is much correlation between the two.</p>

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<p>i took the explore in 9th grade. It predicted a 24-28 on the ACT, if i remember correctly. When i took the ACT in 11th, i got a 33 the first time and a 35 the second.</p>

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<p>ACT explore-24
Plan-28
ACT-34</p>

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<p>35 math, 34 science, reading, english
there is little correlation…always room for growth, potential
I got a 31 on the ACT as a sophmore and moved up to a 34 Junior year
Preparation is key and confidence as well</p>

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<p>These won’t match up exactly age wise but will give you some more data to include.
Son:
Explore (6th grade) - 24
Plan - N/A
ACT (7th grade) - 29 (M-24, E-31, S-31, RC - 30)
ACT (9th grade) - 33 (M-34, E-34, S-32, RC-32)</p>