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September 15, 2006, 3:53pm
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<p>*And yet, despite the fact that students at the university of Michigan are among the wealthiest and clearly ambitious, very few of them actually take SAT prep courses. *</p>
<p>And who would blame the students whose target was Michigan? </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.educationreport.org/pubs/mer/article.asp?ID=7906[/url] ”>State: juniors must take ACT – Michigan Education Report (2006-03) – Mackinac Center ;
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Michigan Education Report - Fall 2006 Issue State: juniors must take ACT
<p>Add one more test to the alphabet soup that makes up a high school student’s regimen.</p>
<p>Beginning with the class of 2008, all students will take the ACT in the spring of their junior year. This year’s juniors will take the test this coming spring as part of a two-day battery that also includes an ACT Work Keys job skills test, along with a portion of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program test for science and social studies.</p>
<p>“The state didn’t think the science portion of the ACT was strong enough,” Catherine Meyer, a counselor at Bath High School, told Michigan Education Report. “And the ACT doesn’t cover social studies.”</p>
<p>Meyer thinks making the ACT mandatory for juniors has its advantages and disadvantages.</p>
<p>“If it will help encourage some kids to go to college, maybe have a better career step, then it will be a good thing,” Meyer said. “But there are other kids, who may be struggling a bit, who might go to community college, who will be disheartened by their score.” </p>
<p>“It still holds true that if you’re planning on going to school in state, you should take the ACT,” Meyer said. “If you’re going out of state, especially on either coast, then you should take the SAT.”
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