Grades 11-12 (who have not yet passed the following tests):
November 27 - Writing Test
November 28 - Mathematics Test
November 29 - Reading Test

February 5 - Mathematics Test
February 6 - Reading Test

Grade 12 (who have not yet passed the following test):
April 8 - Writing Test

Grades 11-12 (who have not yet passed the following tests):
April 9 - Mathematics Test
April 10 - Reading Test

Minnesota Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD Exams)

Grade 10 (who have not yet passed the following tests):
November 27 - Writing GRAD exam

Grade 9 - April 15 - Writing GRAD exam

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA II)/GRAD Exams
Grade 10 - April 15 AND April 16 - Reading MCA-II
Grade 11 - April 15 AND April 16 - Math MCA-II
Grade 10 - May 13-16 - Science MCA-II

MCAs will be given over TWO days again this year: Tues, Apr 15 and Wed, Apr 16.
*All 10th and 11th graders must test on BOTH days starting at 7:25 a.m.
*All 9th & 12th graders will start school at 10:25 a.m. on BOTH days. Buses will pick up exactly 3 hours later than normal.

PLAN
Grade 10- October 23

PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test)
Grade 11 - October 17 - Optional Test

Advanced Placement (AP) Testing
Grades 10-12 - May 5-9 and 12-16
Morning exams start at 7:25am; afternoon exams start at 12:00pm. Total testing time for each exam is between 3-4 hours.

If you have questions, talk to your AP teacher or see Mr. Schmit in the Guidance Office. General information about Advanced Placement can be found online at: www.collegeboard.org/ap.

ACT (American College Testing Program)
Grades 11 and 12 - voluntary and requires a fee

ACT Prep: Community Education is offering a prepartion course this March. Check out page 8 of their catalog (there is a fee for this course).

FREE ACT information (for juniors) and ACT PRACTICE opportunity (for any)!
Online registration at actstudent.org.

11th graders should take the ACT in the spring, 12th graders in the fall.

Please see the ACT website for testing dates and registration deadlines

SAT I AND Subject Tests

Online registration at CollegeBoard.

Please see the SAT website for test dates and registration deadlines.

What's the difference between the SAT and ACT? Find out!

Need test prep help? Check out the following:

Community Education
actstudent.org
Collegeboard.com
Peterson's Test Prep
Princeton Review
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