ACT
- Like its counterpart, the ACT is used to measure a student’s college academic readiness and is offered six times a year.
- ACT stands for American College Testing.
- There are two types of ACT tests, ACT with No Writing and ACT Plus Writing.
- Cost: $34 (without writing) and $49.50 (with writing).
- It is split into four sections, English, mathematics, reading, and science with an optional writing section.
- The four sections contain multiple choice questions and each section receives a score of up to 36. Thus these numbers are averaged to compute your total score.
- You are given 45 minutes to complete the English section the 75 questions asked are based on grammerical mechanics and rhetoric of a given passage.
- The math section contains tests six different content areas, pre-algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, coordinate geometry, plane geometry, and elementary trigonometry. A student is given one hour to complete 60 questions and use of an ACT approved calculator is permitted.
- The reading portion examines the student’s ability to your critical and analytic reading skills after reading a particular passage.
- Four general categories are tested on the ACT science segment: biology, chemistry, physics and earth/space sciences. Each student is presented with 7 different scenarios in which they analyze and interpret scientific data.
- The optional Writing Test is a 30 minute prompt usually regarding a social issue that relates to a high school student.
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