<p>Like......a school can offer the ACT for students who can't for some reason take it on a national scheduled test date (school trip). Not non-satuday testing....like the school would have to schedule the test and everything though. Anyone ever heard of a school doing this?</p>
<p>Nope, I don't think they would allow this for test security purposes either.</p>
<p>I know of one school they did it for though.</p>
<p>anybody else know anything?</p>
<p>Actually, I have heard of this- it occurs sometime during the week or whatever and pretty much every single student there takes it. </p>
<p>From what I've read/heard, this usually occurs with schools who really want/need to encourage students to go to college, so they essentially coax students into taking the ACT, and then students will realize, "Hey, I've already taken this test. Might as well apply to _____ University." </p>
<p>Of course, I'm not quite sure of this. It's only from what I've read/heard over the years.</p>
<p>I read this on Wikipedia:
some states have used the ACT to assess the performance of schools, and require all high school students to take the ACT, regardless of whether they are college bound. Colorado and Illinois have incorporated the ACT as part of their mandatory testing program since 2001. Michigan has required the ACT since 2007, Kentucky will require all high school juniors to take the ACT beginning in 2008 and Wyoming will require all high school juniors to take ether the ACT or the ACT WorkKeys exams.[8]</p>
<p>so maybe they do that in the ACT required states? I wonder if the school district pays for students to take the test... I know if you fail the FCAT (in Florida), and you do well enough on the SAT/ACT, you can substitute those scores in for graduation rights.</p>
<p>yeah atropicwhisper....I'm from eastern Ky....and I'm pretty sure thats why my school is doing it.....I was just making sure ACT actually did stuff....I didn't take the ACT yesterday so I would have more time to study for this one....I couldn't take them both anyways! So I surely hope its true!</p>
<p>Colorado uses the ACT for public high school juniors in-lieu of the regular state assessment program. The exam (ACT without writing) is given on a weekday in early April, and the state pays the fees. It isn't on one of the normal test dates. (On the other hand, it isn't as useful as it might be because it is without writing, and quite a few schools require the writing component.)</p>