<p>thanks! :):):)</p>
<p>Plan predicted ACT = 31-34. ACT actual 34. No prep, but she did take the ACT one time before the 34. She got sick before the science portion & bombed that (21 ... 32 the next time). She got a 31 composite that time. So I guess she got both the low and the high scores!</p>
<p>Faline - my daughter used Princeton Review (cracking the ACT) for prep and found it had helpful tips. She used the Real ACT but more for the practice tests. If you ask on the ACT forum those are the 2 that most students recommend.</p>
<p>Do not use the ACTs online prep. It is terrible.</p>
<p>swimcatsmom, really. I was going to have my son sign up for their online prep, so thanks. As one of the few in our hs who plans to have son take the ACT, I did not know any better!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! D2 will take the test in April with some prep before hand. Just bought the Real Act and PR this weekend. Hope she looks at them! Again it seems like most everyone who reported here scored on the high end of range or better. Nice trend!</p>
<p>Thanks for this thread. My daughter took the PLAN with a friend because it was available through our Alternative school (we are at the homeschool center for the school district) Otherwise the regular HS that's our home school will not let the homeschool students come to campus during the week for the test. (the school pays for it for them) Anyway so I had to pay the $8. Evidently the alternative kids just talked to each other the whole time, blew bubbles that went around the room, or turned up their I Pods and went to sleep. My daughter couldn't believe how distracting it was as they shared tables with these kids. With all the distractions she said they didn't really have time to fill out the survey form at the beginning of the test--.. I figured the kids probably had their tests paid for by the school also. So we didn't get the results back for 4 whole months. My daugher was scored as a 10th grader, not an 8th grader. (I remember that the PSAT compared you with other people in your grade, as her sister did it in 10th and 11th, and it showed me that her math had slipped in comparison to her peers--so we had to get to work!) As she is homeschooled she really doesn't have much testing so I thought the practice would be good. I was surprised she did fine---for the people that take it when they are younger do they see much improvement if they would do the ACT say two years later? Or do they kind of Max out as it seems a lot do on their SAT, and really don't improve from there? Thanks and sorry for all the details-thought they might be interesting to someone!</p>
<p>A PLAN test-taker who takes the ACT later at high school age should see some improvement in each section of the test.</p>
<p>Both of my kids took the ACT in middle school through Midwest Talent Search. They both improved a lot by the time they took the PLAN as 10th graders (judging by the conversion scores for ACT range). D's fall ACT senior year was 10 points higher than her spring 9th grade ACT. S hasn't retaken SAT in high school yet, so don't know how that will turn out. Since ACT is a "what you know" test, it makes sense that the score will continue to rise as the student learns more.</p>
<p>this is gonna sound stupid...but what is the PLAN?</p>
<p>PLAN is to ACT as PSAT is to SAT. ;)</p>
<p>"PLAN is to ACT as PSAT is to SAT."</p>
<p>Except that there isn't any money riding on the PLAN! :)</p>