Although Illinois high school juniors do not need to take the ACT exam as part of state testing anymore, Deerfield and Highland Park high schools will still allow students to take it during school hours, it has been confirmed
District 113's director of communications Jennifer Waldorf has said that many students who did not plan to go to college change their minds after taking the ACT. Several of these students are from low-income families and can only take the test while they are in school because they do not have the time or the money to do it themselves. Highland Park High School teaches a prep course for the ACT available for low-income family students.
The Illinois Board of Education is adopting a new system of testing that better fits the Common Core Standards. Therefore, the ACT is no longer required, but the state set aside funds for schools who want to keep taking the exam an option for students.
Directing students as to where to go to take the test during school hours necessitates preparing students in advance and it would help to have fliers in the hallways to direct them. Schools in this situation could also hire a printing company to mass produce the flyer and pass one out to each student so they have the information to hand.
