DATE:
Thursday, March 26, 2020
TO:
High School Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph.D., Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Vouchers for 11th Grade Students Needing to Take the ACT
The districtwide 11th grade ACT test administration date was Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Most of our 11th graders were able to take the test on this date; however, we have a handful of 11th grade students at our high schools who were going to take the ACT during one of the other test dates in April made available by the state. With the soft closure of schools being extended until May 1st, those April test dates have been cancelled.
However, USBE and ACT have provided another flexible option for those 11th graders that missed taking the ACT on March 3rd and would still like to participate in their “free” ACT test. Here are the options that are currently approved by ACT:
- Students can used serialized vouchers to take the ACT on one of two national testing days – either June 13th or July 18th.
- Serialized vouchers will be distributed by USBE to the district and by the district to students. More information on this process will be released at a later date.
- USBE and ACT are working on a fall solution as well where this year’s 11th grade students can take the ACT at a national testing site or a local site in the fall, likely in October.
More specific and concrete information will be forthcoming over the next few weeks.
