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Maroon Eagle

Maroon Eagle

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Students can retest individual sections as opposed to taking the whole test over again.

Online testing available during national test days.

Best subtest scores can be combined for folks who've taken tests/sections more than once.

Effective September 2020.

Link: Here.
 
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philduckworth

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If money is not an issue, no reason to not take the test multiple times to try and improve your score.
 
Maroon Eagle

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Right. This time-- if you just have a bad section, you can concentrate on that.
 
Dawgbite

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Back in my day we only took it once and I took it with a hangover. Yes Reading was my lowest score by 5 points!
 
00Dawg

00Dawg

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Well, the ACT will now go in my "back in the day" bucket...

With researching only via reference books, keeping a map handy on long trips, and $0.25 per minute cell phone calls (plus roaming!).
 
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Junction John

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It's already been that way for me with my oldest kids...

My two oldest took it a couple times each and did well enough, so we were happy.

However, I found out later that half their damn classes got to take the ACT individually in a special class and untimed (!), because they had doctors notes that claimed ADHD.

Apparently, this is a widely used strategy among Jackson private school parents these days.
 
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Junction John

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*By the way, I'm not downing kids who actually have ADHD. Just parents who take advantage of loose rules and questionable diagnoses.
 
ckDOG

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I guess thresholds for scholarships will generally rise

Maroon Eagle said:
Students can retest individual sections as opposed to taking the whole test over again.

Online testing available during national test days.

Best subtest scores can be combined for folks who've taken tests/sections more than once.

Effective September 2020.

Link: Here.
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I'm sure the floor for entry doesn't raise rise at state universities but as higher tier students increase their scores with the new rules favoring that, thresholds for scholarships will naturally rise as well.

So...not much point aside from ACT providing incentives to pay to take the test more often.
 
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Go Budaw

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ckDOG said:
I'm sure the floor for entry doesn't raise rise at state universities but as higher tier students increase their scores with the new rules favoring that, thresholds for scholarships will naturally rise as well.

So...not much point aside from ACT providing incentives to pay to take the test more often.
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Yep. It will be good for students the first year or two of the new system. But after the schools raise their requirements it will all cancel out. Hopefully my kids can take advantage so I can blow their 529 money on a beach house.
 
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johnson86-1

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Junction John said:
*By the way, I'm not downing kids who actually have ADHD. Just parents who take advantage of loose rules and questionable diagnoses.
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It has always seemed stupid to me to have a test for which a large portion of the score is related to speed, and then to have a lot of people take it un-timed. They should have just tripled the time limit a long time ago. Let people hand in sections when they finish and immediately start on the next one, or take a bathroom break before getting the next one if necessary.
 
RiverCityDawg

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ckDOG said:
I'm sure the floor for entry doesn't raise rise at state universities but as higher tier students increase their scores with the new rules favoring that, thresholds for scholarships will naturally rise as well.

So...not much point aside from ACT providing incentives to pay to take the test more often.
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That's exactly what I thought when I read about this. It does nothing for the evaluators. It's all just a racket.
 
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rem101

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I would only concentrate on the English section. It's all that matters.**
 
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Maroon Eagle said:
Students can retest individual sections as opposed to taking the whole test over again.

Online testing available during national test days.

Best subtest scores can be combined for folks who've taken tests/sections more than once.

Effective September 2020.

Link: Here.
Click to expand...

Ginny Crager is glad--her hands would cramp up from changing so many answers for OM recruits.
 
mstateglfr

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thatsbaseball said:
Just more "dumbing down" nothing to see here...move along
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How is it more dumbing down? People have been able to take the ACT multiple times for as long as I know. At least 30 years, so probably longer. How is this an example of more dumbing down if its just allowing people to take specific portions multiple times instead of the whole thing?
 
Uncle Ruckus

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Well, it’s not supposed to be untimed just for spoiled rich kids with adhd. Some students with learning disabilities and adhd get to test individually and get time and a half, but not untimed. I don’t know if that’s true
 
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