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- Congratulations Class of 2021 Grads! What’s Next? ...
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- What was it like learning during the pandemic? Stu...
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- ‘Be Brave’ and ‘Do it For Yourself’: Career Succes...
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Congratulations Class of 2021 Grads! What’s Next? Education Advocates Share College- and Career-Going Advice
ACT
May 27, 2021
Category:
COVID-19 |
Educator Resources |
Throughout the month, we’ve celebrated students’ decisions to pursue education and work plans post-high school. May has traditionally been...
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How Students Can Dream, Plan, and Learn to See Setbacks as Set-Ups for Opportunity
ACT
May 26, 2021
Category:
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Florence Cooper dropped out of school at age 10. She worked in the cotton fields of South Carolina as a young girl. The only “textbook” avai...
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ACT Celebrates Joplin’s Road to Economic Recovery Amid 10 Year Anniversary of Devastating Tornado
ACT
May 21, 2021
Category:
Press Release |
Workforce |
How Hope, Resilience, and a Dedication to Workforce Readiness Sparked ACT’s First Work Ready Community IOWA CITY, Iowa —On May 22, 2011, Jop...
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What was it like learning during the pandemic? Students have spoken.
ACT
May 20, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
COVID-19 |
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Policy |
Research |
We conducted an initial survey of high school students in late March of 2020, where students reported a broad range of experiences related ...
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As Schools Plan for In-Person Learning, They Should Consider Safety Too
ACT
May 18, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
COVID-19 |
Educator Resources |
Research |
Social and Emotional Learning |
After a school year like no other in recent history, students’ behavioral skill development, mental health, and academic learning opportunit...
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‘Be Brave’ and ‘Do it For Yourself’: Career Success is Attainable at Any Age
ACT
May 13, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
Equity |
My mother didn’t graduate high school. She got married to a handsome young man in Army flight school, who was soon deployed to Europe. She s...
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What can you and ACT do to help students test for free?
ACT
May 11, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Policy |
Research |
The ACT fee waiver program was designed to serve students from low-income families, a population that often struggles to access education-re...
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Reviewing: A Review
ACT
May 06, 2021
Category:
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Guest Blog |
In the final blog of our three-part series on ACT content and fairness reviewers, Jennifer Johnson—a high school English teacher at Booker H...
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Why Do So Many Fee-Waived ACT Registrations Go Unused?
ACT
May 04, 2021
Category:
ACT Test |
Educator Resources |
Equity |
Policy |
Research |
Too many students who use a fee waiver to register for a free ACT test do not test on their scheduled test date. As a nonprofit, mission-dri...
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ACT Statement on President Biden's Joint Address to Congress
ACT
May 03, 2021
Category:
Policy |
Last week, President Biden addressed a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress and the American people to reflect on the accomplishments of the f...