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It isn’t an IQ test—it doesn’t measure your basic intelligence. It’s an achievement test that’s been carefully designed—using surveys of classroom teachers, reviews of curriculum guides for schools allover the country, and advice from curriculum specialists and college faculty members—to be one of several effective tools for evaluating your college and career readiness.  \nThe individual tests that make up the ACT consist of questions that measure your knowledge and skills. You’re not required to memorize facts or vocabulary to do well on the ACT. Of course, all the terms, formulas, and other information you learned in your classes will be useful to you when you take the ACT. However, last-minute cramming (such as memorizing 5,000 vocabulary words orthe entire periodic table of elements) won’t directly improve your performance on the ACT.  \nThe ONLY Official Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT 3  \n4 The Official ACT Prep Guide  \nDescription of the ACT  \nThe ACT consists of four multiple-choice tests—English, mathematics, reading, and science—and an optional writing test. Topics covered on these five tests correspond very closely to topics covered in typical high school classes. Table 1.1 gives you a snapshot of all five tests.  \n\n| Table 1.1 : ACT Tests |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Test | Questions | Time | Content Covered |\n| English | 75 questions | 45 minutes | Measures standard written English knowledge and skills along with English language conventions |\n| Mathematics | 60 questions | 60 minutes | Measures mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12 |\n| Reading | 40 questions | 35 minutes | Measures reading comprehension |\n| Science | 40 questions | 35 minutes | Measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences |\n| Writing (optional) | 1 prompt | 40 minutes | Measures writing skills emphasized in high school English classes and in entry-level college composition courses |\n\nQuestions on the tests are intended to help assess college and career readiness. The following sections provide an overview of what you should know to perform well on each test. For additional details, check out the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards presented in chapter 12.  \nEnglish Test  \n75 questions, 45 minutes  \nThe English test consists of five essays or passages, each of which is accompanied by a sequence of multiple-choice test questions. Different passage types are employed to provide a variety of rhetorical situations. Passages are chosen not only for their appropriateness in assessing writing skills but also to reflect students’ interests and experiences.  \nPassages and their accompanying questions test knowledge and skills related to Production of Writing; Knowledge of Language; and Conventions of Standard English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation.  \nYou will receive four scores for the ACT English test: a total test score based on all 75 questions and three reporting category scores based on the following:  \n• Production of Writing  \n• Knowledge of Language  \n• Conventions of Standard English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation  \nThe ONLY Official Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT  \nProduction of Writing  \nProduction of Writing tests knowledge and skills in two areas of English composition:  \n• Topic development in terms of purpose and focus  \n• Organization, unity, and cohesion  \nTopic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus  \nExamples of knowledge and skills tested include the following:  \n• Determine the relevance of material to the topic or the focus of the passage or paragraph.  \n• Identify the purpose of a word or phrase (for example, identify a person, define a term, or describe an object) .  \n•","cbCaifMJZYLITPKx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifMJZYLITPKx","pdf",131663,22,"English","# Chapter 1: About the ACT\n## ACT Test Structure and Purpose\n## ACT Tests Snapshot (Table 1.1)\n## English Test Overview\n## Production of Writing\n## Knowledge of Language\n## Conventions of Standard English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation","[{\"question\":\"What does the ACT measure and how is it different from an IQ test?\",\"answer\":\"The ACT measures achievement in English, math, reading, science, and optionally writing to evaluate college and career readiness. 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