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Tonight is about celebrating what you’ve accomplished and giving you some ideas about your next steps, depending on how you did a few weeks ago.  \nWe have some learning objectives for today, but they are more empowerment goals than anything. I want to make sure you understand your scores. But, more than that you’ll be able to decide if you want or need to retake the ACT and be able to start thinking about what you should take your senior year to be more prepared for college. Speaking of college, I’ll show you some resources you can access when you’re thinking about your future plans.  \nChat in if you’ve taken the driving test, and, if so, why you took it.  \nNo one mentioned that they took it for the officer administering the test who would be determining if you got your license or not.  \nYou probably took that test because you wanted the freedom of the open road and all the possibilities for you that represents. And, rules say you have to demonstrate your skills before you’re allowed to do that. The test is not the ultimate event, but the beginning of a lot of possibilities.  \nTaking the ACT is much the same. There’s a lot of build up to the actual test day, but then it’s over. So it’s not so much about the test day itself, as the opportunities taking the ACT opens up for you now. We are going to talk about some of those opportunities in tonight’s session.  \nLike most analogies, this one breaks down eventually, too. Chat in please any differences you see between the driver’s test and the ACT.  \nOne big difference is that when you get a driver’s license, you pass or you fail. If you pass, you’re golden, all set, having all the rights and responsibilities of a licensed driver.  \nThe ACT, though, is not a pass/fail test. You’ve gotten your scores (or you will shortly), but YOU have to determine the value of the score and whether you are all set. Somewhere between 1 and 36 is your “all set” spot. So how do you know if you hit it?  \nHow did we define a “good” ACT score? Defining a “good” score depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Let’s talk about two ways to approach this question.  \nProbably your first pass at whether your score is good for you or not is whether it meets the requirements for your target schools. This is often an important step, so I don’t want to minimize it.  \nBut a second thing to consider is what the scores mean about your current set of skills and those you’ll need in the future, because you don’t want to just get IN to college…you want to be prepared and ready!  \nSo, let’s take a look at what a report looks like and think through these two issues.  \nIf you haven’t already, you can check your scores online. You’ll see a summary of your scores with the option to view a pdf of your score report, too. I’ll show you in a minute how the printed report looks a little different than the online report, and includes some different information that you will want to check out.  \nYou can see your composite score. Chat in what you remember about the composite score?  \nYou can see your subject scores and sub-scores in English, math, science, and reading. These sub-scores show you how you did relative to the “big buckets” of topics within English, math, science, and reading. If you wanted to retake the ACT, you could use your sub-scores to focus your studying for next time if you noticed a difference in performance across the different areas.  \nAnd, here, you can see a quick notation if your score reached the ACT College Readiness Benchmark in that subject.  \nYou’ll see there are lots of things hyperlinked in your online report, but let’s talk just a minute about what a check","cbCaijmKV1geWIO1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijmKV1geWIO1","pdf",65846,"English","# Understanding Your ACT Scores and What to Do Next\n## How to interpret feelings about your scores and set next steps\n## Comparing driver’s test pass/fail with ACT score meaning\n## Finding information in online and printed score reports\n## Defining “good” scores for your goals and skills\n## Using College and Career Readiness benchmarks","[{\"question\":\"Why is the ACT score important even though the test is not pass/fail?\",\"answer\":\"The ACT is not a pass/fail test. 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