<p>I know that my 3 daughters did not have to report their ACT scores to their high school. Now the ACT is telling me that my son score's must be reported to the HS and we can't opt out. Is this a change? If I'm paying for the test, why am I not allowed any say in how this information is used? I can probably ask to have it omitted from his transcript, but I guess I'm just annoyed that something that seems to be private information has to be shared with his school.</p>
<p>I am not from Illinois, so I don’t know the logistics of how it works, but the state of Illinois requires all 11th graders to take the ACT. I assume because of this they require the scores to be report to their school. </p>
<p>Illinois has been requiring 11th-graders to take the ACT as part of the Prairie State Achievement Exam for more than a decade.</p>
<p>In Michigan the junior ACT is required for all juniors and those scores ARE reported to the high school for all students. I would be surprised if families “paid” for these state mandated versions of the ACT. On my kids’ transcripts in Michigan they are listed as MME/ACT. I’m assuming MME stands for Michigan Merit Exam. This is not an optional test, nor an optional reporting. You would need to speak to your school’s high school office to see if you can have those scores taken off your child’s transcripts. This, I assume, would be an individual request that a school may or may not honor.</p>
<p>For regular national sittings of the ACT I do believe, if memory serves me well, that you do NOT need to put a high school code…so you can chose to send scores to the high school or not. If I’m incorrect on that ability to report or not report someone will correct me.</p>
<p>I think this is something new. After the recent security issues with the SAT I think the policies have changed and now students have to list a high school among other things (photo ID maybe?). My kids are past the test taking days, so I’m sure someone else will chime in, but I seem to remember reading or hearing that it is no longer an option not to report to high schools.</p>
<p>D2 is part of a gear-up cohort. Gear-up pays for the tests, so they must be reported to the high school.</p>
<p>I guess that when you sign up for the test, you could claim that he’s being home-schooled. lol</p>
<p>I didn’t know that scores wouldn’t go to the high school unless home-schooled.</p>
<p>If, in fact, they’ve changed the rules to “make” kids enter a high school code that’s Smart thinking mom2… I think if you pay for the test during a national sitting you should be able to do whatever you want with the scores, from doing nothing with them and reporting to no one, to choosing where you want them sent.</p>
<p>Yes, it is part of the new security procedures after the SAT cheating scandel in New York. Students are required to report their scores to a high school and are also required to upload a photo.</p>
<p>In Virginia, at least in our county, the scores are indeed on the transcript. This is the one and only ‘disagreement’ I ever had with my kids GC and I went round and round trying to have them removed. It undermines the entire idea of score choice. Yes, they are soft scores and not used officially by the schools. For admissions consideration they are only supposed to use those formally submitted through college board. My thought is you can’t 'UN’see something. If a student retests and ups their score, or tests considerably higher on one formate then the other, this is the very reason they use score choice. If those scores are clearly visible on the transcript…well. With my younger son I instructed him not to put his hs on the booklet when instructed. Scores still on the transcript…due to the new security features and the fact that he had to enter his hs when he registered for the tests. Good luck getting them removed from the transcript. I’ve never been able to do it.</p>
<p>We have the same problem as blue iggy here in Texas. All test scores are reported on the transcript. We did not know this during app season with our eldest because the unofficial transcripts sent to students/parents are different than the official ones sent to colleges. It did not end up having a negative effect; he was admitted to his ED school, a high reach. </p>
<p>Now we are in another app season with our second and are fighting for removal of scores from the transcript without success, thus far. </p>
<p>The HS thinks it is doing families a favor because some of the popular colleges around here don’t require sending official scores (which generally requires payment of fees), if scores are on the transcript.</p>
<p>If there are test scores which you do not wish to have released that are on your student’s transcript because the school refuses to remove them, you need to discuss the situation with the school district’s attorney - referencing rights to control release of information as protected by FERPA legislation. Our school agreed to remove test scores from my student’s transcript when our “discussion” included FERPA.</p>
<p>If that is indeed the case, it simply shows how aloof and unconcerned with its real customers the ACT organization really is. It was the case a decade ago, and they probably got worse over the years. </p>
<p>Forcing the SAT or ACT scores to be listed on a transcript is something that has to be challenged at all levels. Schools should remember that only the tests administered by their officials should be reported. If needed, take the battle all the way to the College Board for the SAT, as they might identify a student through the PSAT data. </p>
<p>It’s incredible how cavalier high schools are, especially since the scores that are not transmitted directly by the testing companies are not official.</p>
<p>PS If the school did indeed consider it a favor, they would make it complete by making it totally … optional. The current alternative is one that displays the lethal combination of power and stupidity.</p>
<p>PPS It is also good to remember that everyone has the right to INSPECT transcripts before being submitted. Actually, considering the errors made, it should be an obligation of the parents. Remember the students are AUTHORIZING the release; not the other way around.</p>
<p>Q: Should SAT scores be reported on high school transcripts? </p>
<p>A: The SAT Program recommends that schools do not place SAT scores on students’ high school transcripts that are sent to colleges. Schools should encourage students to send official score reports to colleges. If a school still decides to send scores on a transcript, the SAT Program recommends that a school receive official consent from the student, parent or guardian before doing so.</p>
<p>Q. Do high schools currently receive score reports for each of their enrolled students who take the ACT?
A. In the past, ACT sent students score reports to their high school only if the students authorized us to do so. (More than 90% of students released their scores to their high schools.) It will now be an important facet of ACTs test security policies to automatically send a score report to the students high school.</p>
<p>This was discussed on a thread previously, maybe a year or more. This is a Virginia Department of Education regulation. Parents are required to sign a FERPA waiver at the beginning of Sr year or no transcripts will be sent, GC forms or LORs sent, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the input. I can understand the scores being reported to the HS for the one that the state of Illinois pays for in April, but to me it seems that for a test I pay for myself, the scores should be private and ours to do with as we wish. Maybe I missed the part on their website where it said they have no privacy policy. I certainly would have thought twice about having DS take the test now if I had known the policy. And mom2-it did occur to me to say he was homeschooled but I just couldn’t bring myself to do that.</p>
<p>This thread is of great interest to me. Although my oldest is a Jr. I have seen a transcript from our school and indeed it did list all of that students SATI and SATII scores…I don’t like that idea at all. My son will be taking the ACT tomorrow and The SAT in a couple of weeks to get a benchmark. Maybe he will do great and it won’t be a concern, but if the scores are disappointing he will prep for the Spring and I certainly don’t want the scores appearing without consent!</p>
<p>Just to clarify, my statement that ‘this has been previously discussed’ was in reference to the Va DoE regulation, and in no way a flip comment intended to insinuate this discussion didn’t have merit. I reread my post (beyond time I can edit) and realized it could easily be read that way.</p>
<p>Is the purpose of that Va. reg. to hold schools harmless from any negative impact of sending out transcripts or to prevent parents/students from asking for info not to be included on the transcript? The latter seems like requiring parents/students to give up rights through extortion.</p>
<p>I fought this battle with our school for S1. At that time, in our state, it was easily circumvented by simply not listing a HS when registering. I was not aware of this policy and am not happy about it. D has been granted accommodations and took the ACT this past June. Due to non-standard testing, ACT was aware of her HS. They told me to not list when registering.</p>
<p>Count me in the camp of it completely violates the whole “score choice” thing. I also agree seeing one score is different than seeing them all listed. Our principal was clueless they were even on the transcript or why it might matter. GC is adamant they’ll never change and they do it to “help” the students. Grrr.</p>