Take the ACT every time from 9th grade?

Rads
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:57:35 +0000

It’s all about reading early and often, I believe. My son took the ACT in 8th grade and got a 32, with no special prep, and no accelerated courses or anything. We just had him take it so he’d know what the test was about when he got to high school. His math scores were a bit lower, as you would expect, since he had never taken most of the math covered by the ACT. But he has been a voracious reader since he was very young, and he was very strong on those parts of the test that had to do with English and reading.

Reading is intellectual exercise just as running is physical exercise. I wish more kids would read, more. That starts with the parents.