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Is the ACT weighted differently than it was 15-20 years ago?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 6:59 am
Posted on 8/9/18 at 6:59 am
It sure seems like there is way more perfect scores these days than there was before.
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Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:05 am to gsvar2004
If they are getting every answer correct it doesn't matter how the scores are assigned.Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:05 am to gsvar2004
Is the testing less racist?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:07 am to gsvar2004
Nope but these kids have been taught how to take test since they were in elementary school.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:09 am to gsvar2004
There are strategies to beat the test, regardless of the questions. For example, in the English section, the shorter answer is usually the right answer. I applied this method after taking a prep class over 10 years ago and my English score went from a 24 to a 31.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:11 am to Areddishfish
Well where the frick were you when I took it?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:11 am to gsvar2004
Everyone here claims to have made a 29 or better so you’ve come to the right place.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:12 am to gsvar2004
It changed somewhere around 1990 when I took it. I took the old one, and when I applied for LSU the application said if you took the old one to add 2 points to your score.
1989 changes
FWI, I took it before and after the changes, and made the exact same score. And of course I added 2 points to my application.
1989 changes
FWI, I took it before and after the changes, and made the exact same score. And of course I added 2 points to my application.
This post was edited on 8/9/18 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:14 am to gsvar2004
People never used to publicize perfect scores and ther was no social media. Now it hits the papers and social media.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:23 am to gsvar2004
coaching and test prep
when i was in high school (graduated in 01) there was very little ACT/SAT prep/coaching available. at most you may buy a book
today, kids are drilled and tutored in this shite from middle school. of course you're going to get an uptick in scores with that kind of work
when i was in high school (graduated in 01) there was very little ACT/SAT prep/coaching available. at most you may buy a book
today, kids are drilled and tutored in this shite from middle school. of course you're going to get an uptick in scores with that kind of work
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:32 am to Pintail
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Nope but these kids have been taught how to take test since they were in elementary school.
This. And they study for it, take practice tests, etc. Add that to the fact schools teach specifically for the ACT in many ways, especially in high school, you get higher scores.
I took it in the mid 90s, 1 time as a junior. Practice tests probably existed then, but I did not fool with them and about the only thing I knew about it was it had 4 sections. Reading comprehension, math, and two other sections, lol. Still dont even remember what those sections were. Dont even recall of it was better to guess or leave questions blank.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:37 am to gsvar2004
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It sure seems like there is way more perfect scores these days than there was before.
Despite what you dumbasses think, as guys who send money to Nigerian Princes, kids are generally smarter now than they were. The information is so much more widely available. Now, we can argue how they are putting that information to use, but theres no question kids are asked to handle loads more information than 30 years ago.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:45 am to gsvar2004
Yes there’s an automatic “privilege deduction” depending on what you put so I had my kid put Native American and he got 3 extra points and a free night at paragon casino
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:47 am to gsvar2004
More social media attention and schools are teaching kids how to pass test.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:55 am to gsvar2004
We got zero prep for that test in the 1980s. In fact there was a whole section on calculus, and in high school I had never seen calculus.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:59 am to gsvar2004
I forgot about my test until the morning of and still knocked out a 42.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:59 am to gsvar2004
One reason is people prepare for it now. Back in the day to get into LSU you should had to take it
Posted on 8/9/18 at 8:03 am to gsvar2004
prep classes didnt exist in 1989-1990
Posted on 8/9/18 at 8:12 am to gsvar2004
quote:About 2,800 students out of over 2 million test takers obtained a perfect score last year, a little over 0.1%.
It sure seems like there is way more perfect scores these days than there was before.
I can’t find the number of perfect scores historically; however, in 2000 only a little over 1 million individuals took the test. So even if the distribution is unchanged, there should be about twice as many perfect scores based on the expansion of test takers.
Posted on 8/9/18 at 8:50 am to Titan
quote:I took it in 1987, before my academic epiphany my junior year, with no study and scored a 21. Shitty score these days but was enough to get into undergrad. I do though, recall Kaplan offering ACT/SAT prep courses.
prep classes didnt exist in 1989-1990
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