ACT Assessment in the Spring
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All juniors (third-year cohort) in the state of Nebraska will be required to take the ACT assessment in the spring. There will be no costs associated with administering the ACT assessment to juniors. A very small portion of juniors (generally less than 1% of the overall student population) will qualify for the NeSA-Alternate Assessment in the spring. The NeSA-Alternate Assessment is a paper/pencil assessment that has been designed for students with severe cognitive disabilities or multi-handicapping conditions. Diller-Odell Public Schools has opted to have all juniors take the ACT assessment in the spring online. The state testing window for administering the ACT assessment online is from April 19 until May 3. All 9-12 teachers at Diller-Odell Public schools will start to work with their curriculum and their assessments, to ensure that they are looking at the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards and weaving them into their curriculum components throughout the school year. Here is a breakdown of the different components on the ACT assessment and a link to the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards:
|
ACT Component |
Questions |
Time Limit |
Content |
|
English |
75 questions
|
45 minutes
|
Measures standard written English and rhetorical skills. |
|
Mathematics
|
60 questions
|
60 minutes
|
Measures mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12. |
|
Reading
|
40 questions
|
35 minutes
|
Measures reading comprehension. |
|
Science
|
40 questions
|
35 minutes
|
Measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences. |
|
Writing
|
1 prompt
|
40 minutes
|
Measures writing skills emphasized in high school English classes and in entry-level college composition courses. |
ACT College and Career Readiness Standards Link: http://www.act.org/content/act/en/education-and-career-planning/college-and-career-readiness-standards.html
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you might have regarding the administration of the ACT assessment to all juniors at Diller-Odell Public Schools in the spring.
Christopher Prososki, Ed.D.
PK-12 Principal