Test day

Vincent missed school Monday but got well enough to get back to school at Brown at take the ACT standardized test today. Kentucky is an ACT state, but this is the first year that the state has paid for all high school juniors to take the test. Last year Vincent scored a 19 on the PLAN, the ACT practice test, but he may need a 21 or 22 to get into the mid-level state universities we’ve visited and as high as a 28 or 29 to win merit scholarships at the private colleges we’ve visited. Vincent and his classmates have been doing ACT preparation in science and math classes. At home, he’s been going through an SAT math review workbook, and re-taking – this time on-line – high school Algebra 1 to help review. Last night he took a practice ACT English test. Vincent was still a little tired this morning, but said he only guessed on/rushed through four math problems (you can guess on the ACT). He said there were science and reading comprehension essays to read on genetics, a biology subject he likes, but he said the questions were tough. Vincent used to ace standardized tests, but his scores on a percentile basis have started to slide in recent years. Hopefully, as going to college becomes more important to him, he’ll have reversed that slide just in the nick of time. Go, Vincent!