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Seth Keene Stacey Schultz ACT® PREPARATION Seth Keene Stacey Schultz

What is the “required” score for admission to your 1st choice school? Are you applying for scholarships with ACT score requirements? In addition to a composite score goal, set a goal for each test and sub-score. Set the bar high, but make it reachable! GOAL SETTING

UNDERSTANDING SCORES Converting Raw Scores to Scale Scores (Math) Raw % Scale 60 100 36 52 87 31 38 63 24 27 45 18 UNDERSTANDING SCORES

WHAT IS A “GOOD” SCORE? National Average Middle 50% of Applicants: 21 Middle 50% of Applicants: Ivy league, Notre Dame, Stanford: 29-34 Major Public Universities: 25-30 SD Board of Regents: Minimum 18 Composite $5000 Guaranteed for 24 or better* WHAT IS A “GOOD” SCORE?

TEST DATES 1st: Winter/Spring of Junior Year 2nd: Summer of Junior Year 3rd: Fall/Winter of Senior Year TEST DATES

TEST PREPARATION #1 4+ Years of Math, Science, English #2 ACT Preparation Course #3 Practice Workbook/On-line Resources Ideal Preparation Plan: 10% Understanding Test 80% Reviewing Skills 10% Test-taking Strategies TEST PREPARATION

PREPARATION RESOURCES Online/Self-Paced Courses: ACT Online Prep ($19.95 for 1 year) SD MyLife and My Student Edge (FREE) Practice Tests DSTEP, ASVAB, PSAT, SD Test-Outs Preparing for the ACT (Archived editions online) Practice Books The Real ACT Prep Guide ($30.95) Classroom Review Courses Sylvan Learning Center Keene/Schultz PREPARATION RESOURCES

ENGLISH TEST 75 QUESTIONS/45 MINUTES Usage/Mechanics: 40 Questions Punctuation Grammar and Usage Sentence Structure Rhetorical Skills: 35 Questions Strategy Organization Style ENGLISH TEST

MATH TEST 60 QUESTIONS/60 MINUTES Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra Intermediate Algebra/Coordinate Geometry 18 Questions Plane Geometry/Trigonometry MATH TEST

READING TEST 40 QUESTIONS/35 MINUTES Prose Fiction: 10 Questions Social Studies: 10 Questions Humanities: 10 Questions Natural Sciences: 10 Questions READING TEST

SCIENCE TEST Data Representation: 15 questions 40 QUESTIONS/35 MINUTES Data Representation: 15 questions Research Summaries: 18 questions Conflicting Viewpoints: 7 questions SCIENCE TEST

1 PROMPT/30 MINUTES WRITING TEST The test consists of one writing prompt that will define an issue and describe two points of view on that issue. Students may adopt either of the perspectives described in the prompt, or may present a third point of view on the issue. Scores will not be affected by the point of view taken on the issue. WRITING TEST

Questions? Reminders of upcoming test dates and registration deadlines Information requests Seth.Keene@k12.sd.us Stacey.Schultz@k12.sd.us www.raiderscorner.com CONCLUSION