<p>How accurate are Practice test readings?
Practice test score, Real score, and the company the practice test was written by would be great. :)</p>
<p>Also, how’s the prediction given by the PLAN compare to ACT scores?</p>
<p>EXPLORE: 23 (estimated 24-28 on PLAN, which means a range of 26-30 to 29-33 on ACT)
PLAN: 26 (27-31 on ACT)
Practice ACT online: 28 (31 E; 30 M; 26 R; 25 S)
^My mom made me take this a couple months before the real test, so I didn’t really try.
Practice ACT in prep class: 34 (34 E; 35 M; 36 R; 30 S - it was an old ACT)
^I didn’t really pay attention in that class; I just talked with my friends, corrected the teacher, and played on my calculator; the only thing I learned was that diagrams are always to scale.</p>
<p>ACT: 34 (35 E; 36 M; 32 R; 31 S; 10 essay)
ACT: 34 (35 E; 34 M; 32 R; 35 S)
^I didn’t particularly want to take the ACT twice, but the writing-less one is a state requirement.</p>
<p>In conclusion, in my experience they’re quite accurate, but only if taken relatively shortly before the real test and with no significant events in between.</p>
<p>You can find PLAN-ACT equivalence tables on the Internet. I googled “act explore plan conversion” and such a table was the second result.</p>
<p>Hmm, I think I got a 28 or 29 on my 10th grade(?) PLAN, estimated my ACT to be about a 34, which was spot-on. </p>
<p>The practice tests I took generally scored me at about 28 though. (Even though I took them like a day before the actual test. ;P)</p>
<p>Maybe practice tests that aren’t old ACTs are generally harder, made so with the intention of preparing students better for the real test. I think companies should tread lightly, though; if students’ scores are TOO low, they’ll feel too dejected on the real test to do well.</p>