The ACT Just Announced Major Changes: What You Need To Know - Forbes
Jul 24, 2024 · 1. The Science Section will become optional. The ACT has historically comprised four sections evaluating English, math, reading, and science, with each section—scored on a scale of...
ACT exam will see changes, including the science portion being …
Jul 16, 2024 · Science is being removed from the ACT’s core sections, leaving English, reading and math as the portions that will result in a college-reportable composite score ranging from 1 to 36, Godwin...
The science section of the ACT exam will now be optional - NPR
Jul 19, 2024 · The science section will now be optional on the ACT exam, and the exam duration will be decreased, the organization announced earlier this week. The writing section was made optional in 2005.
ACT Test Enhancements
Science and scientific reasoning remain crucial, and ACT will continue to be the only college readiness test with a dedicated science section. ACT is committed to offering flexibility, allowing students and families to choose the assessments that best suit their needs.
ACT announces shorter, cheaper, science-optional exam - Inside Higher Ed
Jul 22, 2024 · Starting next spring, the ACT science section will be optional for students—just like the writing section, which has been optional since 2005. The test will also be a full hour shorter, with 44 fewer questions and truncated reading passages.
ACT changes: test duration, number of questions slashed - USA TODAY
Jul 17, 2024 · The length of the ACT college admissions test will be slashed for some test-takers as soon as next year, the exam company announced this week. The test will ask fewer questions and last up to an...
ACT Removes Science Section Requirement, Shortens Test
Jul 18, 2024 · The ACT Education Corp., the company behind the ACT, announced it’s making the science section optional and the core test shorter — from three to two hours — starting in spring 2025 for online testing and spring 2026 for in-school testing.
CHIPS and Science Act - Wikipedia
The CHIPS and Science Act is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9, 2022. The act authorizes roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, for which it appropriates $52.7 billion.
What a big new U.S. law that reshapes science agencies could
Jul 29, 2022 · The CHIPS and Science Act, passed yesterday by the House of Representatives and on Wednesday by the Senate, will result in some of the biggest changes in U.S. innovation policy in more than a decade. But researchers should not expect a …
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