Student Assessment

Students planning to attend college should be aware that many colleges require an entrance exam for admission and/or scholarship selection. The entrance examination most used by colleges in the

 

Southeast is the ACT Assessment. The ACT contains four curriculum-based tests which measure academic achievement in the areas of English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning. An optional writing test (ACT Plus Writing) is available as a fifth test for students taking the ACT. The tests are measures of academic development that rely largely on students’ skills in applying the content knowledge and reasoning skills acquired in their course work. The ACT is given in a four- hour morning session on various test dates. Those registered for the ACT Plus Writing will test for thirty additional minutes. Students may register online, review sample test questions, and obtain more information concerning the ACT at www.act.org. Parent information is also available on ACT’s website.

 

Students should contact the Guidance Department for more information.

PreACT Secure

ACT WorkKeys

ACCESS & Alternate ACCESS

ACT with Writing

ACAP Alternate

ACAP Summative

 

 

STUDENT DIGITAL DEVICE POLICY FOR ACAP 

Students shall not possess any digital device within the testing room when participating in the ACAP testing. The possession of a digital device by students participating in ACAP testing is strictly prohibited during the administration of an assessment. For the purposes of this policy, digital devices are defined to include anything that can capture, store, relay, or receive electronic information.

The ONLY exception to this policy is for students who have been pre-approved by the school Principal and/or the BTC to have a digital device that is necessary for the health and/or well-being of the student. All exceptions shall be pre-approved in writing by the school Principal and/or the BTC by completing the Digital Device Exception Request form.

If students are in possession of a digital device, whether powered on or off, during the administration of an ACAP assessment, the device will be confiscated, and the student’s test will be invalidated. If the appropriate administrator determines there is reasonable suspicion the device was used to capture, record, share test information, or to facilitate cheating on the assessment, the device will be subject to search pursuant to LEA policy for any information directly related to the assessment being administered. Violations may result in disciplinary action by the LEA in accordance with the LEA’s disciplinary policy.

EAGLE APPS

Eagle Apps powered by Google Apps for Education provides all students with access to a Google Education Account and to more than 30 GB of storage space to store school related electronic date files, an online calendar, and a variety of other collaboration tools.

Students will be encouraged to use Eagle Apps as their "digital locker" for the storage of their school related electronic files. Students will receive a unique username and password to this system during the first few days of school. 

Below are just a few of the advantages of this service:

• An electronically appropriate, advertisement free, filtered email address for students accessible from any Internet connected device or computer (grades 3-12).
• Web-based access from anywhere in the world to Google Docs, a word processing program similar to Microsoft Office for the storage, preparing and sharing of a variety of document types.
• Access to shareable online calendars to help students plan their time, organize assignments and meet project deadlines.
• Teachers and students can easily collaborate through the Eagle Apps platform in a paperless environment.