Sometimes I worry that things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards.
I’m teaching a couple of ACT prep classes this summer. Part of the process of getting ready to do that is to learn what, if anything, has changed since I taught the classes last summer.
Here’s what I found:
- Reduced the number of questions overall (44 fewer)
- Reduced the test length. Students can receive their college-reportable Composite score after 125 minutes of testing, rather than up to 195.
- More time per question.
- Reduced the number of answer choices in math questions from five to four.
- Students can now choose to take the ACT National test with or without the science section. State and district customers will choose whether to include the science section with the ACT test for their students.