“They’re saying it’s not really reflective of our students’ knowledge,” Zeigler, a former teacher and principal, said. “It’s more specific for the [students] wanting to go on to the four-year college strand, but it’s not useful for them to see the capabilities of their kid.”
“Some [students] don’t take it seriously because they don’t feel it has any bearing or outcome on anything,” board member Yvette Richardson, D-Birmingham, said. The board would have to replace the ACT with another test, Mackey said, because federal education law requires students to be tested once in high school in reading and math. Developing a new test will take time and money, he said.
ACT. Must have some way to access ability other than grades. About half of Alabama schools are failing.
Keep the ACT test for Bama Ball players make them take it every 6 months to insure they are putting in the work during class and not just being skipped through because they Play ball we all know Ball player's get special treatments in Schools
The ACT has become a scam. Schools spend an inordinate amount of time teaching students how to take the test instead of teaching them what they need to know to pass it. I'm also concerned about consulting firms being paid large sums of money by schools to manage the ACT for them.
One of the main textbook companies also owns/is invested in the ACT. So...it's all been about the $$$
Are the ones being “graded” the ones to comment?
No! Keep the ACT! Do a better job teaching and don’t blame the test!
So if they can't graduate it makes the state lose funding apparently.
Juniors can't pass it shows they will not be able to attend a 4 year old college.
Up until the left started trying to change everything it was and has been fine! What’s changed?
Again, teachers told them this was a bad idea when it was implemented. A test to determine success in college is not a good indicator of 13 years of learning for non-college bound students.
If only we had ways to track progress throughout their education instead of 1 looming test near the end. Maybe a series of tests throughout each year? Perhaps broken into blocks or semesters and accumulated into something we could call, I don't know, 'grades'?
homeschool your kids
Teaching kids to take tests. Insane
The ACT may not be perfect, but it does pretty effectively show math, English and reading comprehension skills. So if those things are no longer important then by all means do away with it.
I think they need to because it makes it harder for the teenagers to graduate
Or r students not learning what they need to learn at the level they need to b at.
It's not worth the paper its printed on. Standardized testing has never been an accurate measure. Especially since private companies are involved.
Lord have mercy. Just get rid of anything that pressures students? Get rid of ACAP if anything. Who picks these garbage tests?
Because in Alabama they don’t learn anything!
I guess when you make non college bound students take a college bound exam. Things just doesn’t go well.
They change their test of choice so often that nothing has time to show value. I know multiple teachers that complain about test changes every year.