<p>I'd have posted this on the SAT/ACT Forum, but it might get a quicker look here...</p>
<p>My D got violently ill as she finished the last section of the ACT yesterday. The grandparents were the first to get the call, plus, they live very close to testing site, so they picked her up. She is doing fine today.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the process for cancelling ACT scores?</p>
<p>Did she need to request then and there that the scores be voided? Or are we out of luck now? No one had the presence of mind to do this yesterday, and by the time Dad and I knew what happened, the test was over and done with.</p>
<p>I called the folks at ACT yesterday. I got bounced around a bit - they are not sending the scores anywhere, but I would prefer that the scores get cancelled. She will retake in Sept., but if the scores are recorded, and the better scores are sent in the future, my fear is that the unfinished test score will travel along with the other.</p>
<p>I don't know if ACT scores can be cancelled; however, I can assure you that when you send ACT score out to various colleges, only the date you wish to be sent is sent. Any other results are not included in the test report.</p>
<p>My D took the ACT twice and I had to order separate reports for each test date.</p>
<p>no need to cancel the scores -- might as well see how she did on the parts she completed. Like the others said -- you get to pick which test dates to send, so if the scores are bad you just don't send them.</p>
<p>I agree with Taxicab. Even if scores are not officially sent, they are listed on the hs transcript. I did not realize this until someone mentioned it to me. When I asked the gc at school, she confirmed that ALL test scores are on the transcript.</p>
<p>Not all high schools put SAT or ACT scores on students' transcripts.</p>
<p>But the OP said that all score reports have been canceled. If the high school does not get a score report, it does not know that this score exists and the score will not show up on the high school transcript. Easy as that.</p>
<p>When I spoke to someone at ACT yesterday, it sounded as if they were even cancelling sending them to the high school. We had not ever even indicated that we wanted to send the scores to any colleges, so we are good there. </p>
<p>But to me, it didn't sound as if they were cancelling or voiding the entire exam. </p>
<p>I've also sent an email to her GC asking if the school puts scores on transcripts - just in case they do get them. </p>
<p>With ACT you can cherry-pick which score you want to be sent to colleges. Since your D was not going to send the scores to any college in the first place, you have nothing to worry about. Not all high schools put the scores on the transcripts, so check with your school. Ours does not, and scores on HS transcript might not matter much. A college rep told D that his particular college only looks at the scores on the official ACT score report.</p>
<p>SAT and ACT (and SAT II and AP) scores should not be put on hs transcripts. It is actually a FERPA violation. These scores should only be released to other institutions (colleges) with the permission of the student. Go to the CB website and go to their "professional" subheading and you will find this info. This can usually be avoided by not putting the hs code on the test form, but if they have already been posted on the transcript they can ALL be taken off before transcripts are sent out. Usually high schools require a letter (if the student is under 18), requesting such. In most cases, high schools list them on transcripts simply because it's easier for THEM to have all data about one student on one piece of paper.</p>
<p>Ilsa, thankyouThankYouTHANKYOU!!! My school system plasters all scores on the transcript, same side as grades. Thanks to your directions, I found the relevant College Board article. I include the link and relevant points below. </p>
<ol>
<li>FOR INSTITUTIONS,AGENCIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Schools, community colleges, four-year colleges, universities, scholarship agencies, and
other organizations should:
2.4 Protect the privacy of test-takers by treating confidentially, in accordance with the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,3 the scores and other information
derived from the tests they take, bearing in mind the additional considerations
involved with electronic transmission and the potential for retransmission.</li>
</ol>
<p>2.7 Guard against the release or forwarding to third parties College Board scores,
grades, or student transcripts that include this information.</p>
<ol>
<li>COUNSELING
Counselors should:
3.6 Release the scores and other information derived from a test a student takes only
with the student’s explicit consent, if the student could be identified from the
released information.</li>
</ol>
<p>OP,
If a student becomes ill during the test, the room supervisor should have reported it to the test supervisor and an irregularity report is completed. If a student chooses, their test may be scored. Did anyone ask your daughter what she wanted to do? I'm sure this happens frequently. I had it happen in the room that I was supervising on Saturday for the first time in the 8 years I have been working the ACT.<br>
I can't emphasize enough the benefits of omitting high school information for the purposes of score choice. As many previous posters have mentioned, even though ACT will only send the scores you request, many high schools include the scores on the transcripts. While many guidance counselors will delete this information when requested, it is so much easier if you don't even have to fight that battle.</p>
<p>Everyone, again thanks for all of the informative posts. I knew there would be knowledgeable responses on CC. I will be interested to hear how her GC responds to my question about the scores going on the transcripts, if the school ever receives them. We will avoid putting the high school code on tests in the future if it won't cause something else to go wrong. As long as no harm is done, I don't see a point in providing it.</p>
<p>To answer 2VU0609, no, they did not ask her what she wanted to do. They were concerned for her, and they were concerned about getting in touch with an emergency contact who could come get her quickly. Nothing was said to her, or her grandfather, about what to do with the test. </p>
<p>I called ACT around 1:30 pm yesterday to attempt to cancel the scores, but as I stated before, it seemed all they were doing was cancelling sending the scores anywhere, not cancelling the entire test.</p>
<p>Pumpkin, the ACT people are very good about NOT sending scores if you ask them. I had called them and asked them not to send the scores to d's hs in case she didn't do well and the woman I spoke to said she would change the school information to "school unknown" or something to that effect. When she received her paper scores it did not indicate the hs name at all. I then was able to select her highest score to send to the HS, which they included on her transcript. You may want to call ACT again and make sure they removed her HS name. You can always add it at another time & have her take the test as many times as she wants without anyone at the HS knowing her lowest scores.</p>
<p>pumpkin,
As I mentioned earlier, yesterday was the first time I have ever had a candidate become ill during the exam. I am in no way an expert on this situation, but there is a statement that all testing candidates have to sign at the end of the exam and your daughter obviously didn't sign it. Even if there was no irregularity report created, I would think that would serve as evidence of an irregularity and ACT should work with you to cancel mailing the scores. If it were me though, if the test could be scored with results sent only to the home, I'd want to see how she did. Hope you are able to solve this tomorrow.</p>
<p>I have some personal experience with this. A couple years ago, it happened to my D. She had a cold & was pretty miserable the morning of the ACT. She took some cold pills & went on her merry way. She started to feel strange partway through the test. By the final section, science, she was terrified that she was having a stroke & couldn't concentrate on the test. She cannot tolerate pseudoephedrine or anything like it, we NOW know. She was too upset to even think about talking to the proctor & cancelling her score. She waited nervously for the scores, knowing she'd done poorly on science. She scored a 21, I think, on science ... very low, considering the composite was a 31. She had listed schools to send the scores to, so the scores were automatically sent. She talked to the admissions rep at one school during a visit, and the rep told her that they would ignore that score if a subsequent testing was higher. D retook the ACT the next time it was offered (she had to wait until fall!) - she ended up with 2 subscores of 36 and a 34 overall. Her bad test was irrelevant in admissions, because she got in to some great schools.</p>
<p>My advice is to NOT automatically send scores. It might save stress! For those like my D and OP's D, though, if you do send them & they aren't so hot ... it's NOT the end of the world.</p>
<p>The high school GC has assured me that they never put any scores on the transcript. And, I have to say, it was awfully nice of her to respond to me twice via email over a weekend. She also assured me that they would do anything to suppress any reported score.</p>
<p>I called ACT again today. It seems that unless you request that the scores are cancelled at the test site, the test will be scored. I am at peace with this, because I am confident the scores are not being reported to any entity but us. They assured me that that the high school is removed as a recipient. I am also now interested in seeing how she did - she did get all the way to the science portion of the test (5 questions into it) when she got disoriented, feverish, woozy, nauseous and then had to bolt. Heck, we've paid for it, we may as well see how the other sections were. So, I am not going to push for cancellation.</p>
<p>Thanks again to everyone who responded. I am very grateful for those that have gone through this before!</p>
<p>SAT Scores on Transcripts
The SAT Program recommends that schools not place
SAT scores on school transcripts that are sent to colleges,
and that students be encouraged to send official score
reports. If a school still decides to send scores on a transcript,
the SAT Program recommends that a school receive
official consent from the student.
This recommendation is consistent with the recommendations
of other College Board programs, such as
PSAT/NMSQT and AP. More importantly, it ensures that
schools are complying with the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA) and will help avoid any possible
conflicts in the case that a school sends SAT scores which a
student did not intend to send to a specific institution.
The information colleges receive with official score reports
is much more than just SAT scores. Colleges receive access
to a student’s essay only if a student sends official scores to
that college; colleges also receive important student information
from the SAT Questionnaire, which is useful in
recruiting, advising, and placement decisions.</p>
<p>Contact the test administrator. Since she was sick, she could have a irregularity reported, and there is a time limit for requesting her test be voided. But you have to ask within the time frame. If they haven't sent in the materials yet, they can add the request in with the paperwork.</p>