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Show School and Home cp 7 by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty f Executive Secretary . Utah Education Association ,Jf w Parents, if you have a son or daughter with dreams of attending college next year, you'd better advise your offspring to stop dreaming and get busy on the preliminaries. One requirement: future collegiates must take tests that determine whether they can handle college work. Called "ACT" tests, they will be administered on November 20, February 5, April 2 and June 18. A counselor at your son's or daughter's school can tell you when and where the tests will be given. However, the students should pre-register for these tests. School counselors will provide materials on request. There's a fee for administering administer-ing the test. It's $7.50, and that covers sending copies to three colleges without additional addi-tional cost. The ACT test is usually given to high school seniors, iiu, some students take it toward the end of their junior year. Counselors advise against students taking the ACT test before that time, because they would tend to short-change themselves on the results. There's really no way students can "cram" for this test, because the outcome largely depends on experience. experi-ence. The test is divided into four parts, and each part is timed. This is the breakdown: Math, SO minutes; English,. 40 minutes; min-utes; social studies reading, 35 minutes; and natural science reading. 35 minutes. Ask your high school senior if he or she has taken the ACT test. If not. maybe today's the day to sec the school counselor and arrange for this. Sure, it takes time from one Saturday of a youngster's life - but it could be a first step in making all the rest of those days better. |