<p>If a student did not elect to send scores to their hs before seeing them, is there a reason to have the scores sent to one's hs?</p>
<p>1) Because the state is using the ACT as part of their compliance with NCLB and the scores are sent automatically. In other words, their is no choice.</p>
<p>2) For that school system's statistical records. Many school districts and individual HSs maintain databases of colleges applied to, colleges admitted to, GPA, and test scores. In other words, this is an individual act of charity.</p>
<p>3) So that the counselors can help a given student with the college selection process. In other words, this is a self-interested reason.</p>
<p>If their is no state requirement and the student wants to keep their scores private they should go ahead and do so. If they really don't want to deal with their counselors about this, they can always just apply to test-optional schools listed at The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest</p>
<p>1) Because the state is using the ACT as part of their compliance with NCLB and the scores are sent automatically. In other words, their is no choice.</p>
<p>2) For that school system's statistical records. Many school districts and individual HSs maintain databases of colleges applied to, colleges admitted to, GPA, and test scores. In other words, this is an individual act of charity.</p>
<p>3) So that the counselors can help a given student with the college selection process. In other words, this is a self-interested reason.</p>
<p>If their is no state requirement and the student wants to keep their scores private they should go ahead and do so. If they really don't want to deal with their counselors about this, they can always just apply to test-optional schools listed at The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest</p>
<p>I am not quite following this. Our state does not have all students taking the ACT. My son paid for his test, and did not have scores sent to his hs. Is there any reason to send them to his high school?</p>
<p>If your son doesn't want to give the scores to his school, he shouldn't feel that he has to. If his counselor is helping in the college search process he can just self-report the score range if the counselor needs the information.</p>
<p>Happykid's school district maintains a huge database of GPAs, Test scores, College acceptances, etc., etc. that is constantly updated. Students applying to College A or University B can look up historical data for that particular institution and can compare that data to their own in order to predict which places are likely to admit them. Consequently, students and their families are strongly encouraged to pass information on test scores and admissions/rejections to the guidance offices.</p>
<p>Happykid hasn't taken any standardized tests yet because her intended career field is one that won't necessarily require a standardized test score for college/university admission. When she knows her college/university list she'll know whether or not she needs to take one. I hadn't thought about whether she needed to report a test score to the HS. I guess that will just wait too!</p>
<p>I've thought of another reason for having "official scores" sent to the school. That would be if the test scores say something really special about the student that the guidance officer might want to cover in a letter of recommendation. For example, if the student does very well on the tests but has an uneven academic record. The guidance officer might be able to speak to the importance of the high test score as an indicator for future performance for this student.</p>
<p>And, apologies for the duplicate post earlier today. CC has been doing that with almost all of my posts yesterday & today, and for some reason the edit function isn't working well enough to let me back in to delete them......</p>
<p>northeastmom -- The scores belong to your son. Unless he specifies that he wants them sent to his HS, ACT will not send them. The practice at many high schools is not to post any scores on transcripts or, at the very least, to post scores from only those sittings the student specifies. As a matter of (bad) policy, though, some high schools arbitrarily include all sittings of the ACT on a student's transcript. If your son's high school is one of those, it's advisable NOT to have scores sent to the high school before seeing them. Once he's finished taking the ACT, your son can ask ACT to send to his HS only the scores from the sitting(s) he chooses. Then, obviously, those are the only scores that will show up on his transcript. Also, then the high school will have scores to use in compiling data for the high school profile, etc.</p>
<p>I didn't read your OP carefully enough. Another reason to have scores sent IF he wants them included on the transcript: Many high schools won't include them unless they receive official score reports from ACT. Self-reported scores aren't sufficient.</p>
<p>In Kentucky students receive KEES money from lottery funds for use at in-state colleges and universities. Part of the formula is based on GPA, but another part is based on ACT/SAT scores. Also, in our state each district prepares a report card and ACT scores are part of that. Once my kids had scores that they were happy with, we made sure that the school had reports of those to help their average.</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. They were helpful.</p>
<p>If your school uses test scores for local scholarship consideration!</p>
<p>I guess they could be needed for outside scholarships. I guess it is worth sending the highest score seating at the end of junior year just for that reason. I don't recall the HS using ACTs or SATs for awarding scholarships.</p>