SAT or ACT? Which is better for ADHD kids?

1or2Musicians
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:20:23 +0000

My son has ADHD and did much better on the SAT. Science was also his lowest ACT score.

But I think he also had a really off day. They give the ACT in school here now (this is the first year for that) and I think he didn’t do as well because it was a regular school day in the middle of the week. He took the ACT for the Duke TIP program in 7th grade and his score this year (junior year) was only 2 points higher).

He came home not feeling good about the ACT. He does want to retake and thinks he’ll do better with a typical Saturday test. He came home from the SAT saying it was “a breeze.”