Testing for Juniors

ASVAB

  • No cost to students
  • Test is administered in September at EPS
  • Administered by a National Guard representative and interpreted by a National Guard representative.
  • Aptitude test and career planning tool that will help you
  • Understand, identify, and organize information about your skills , interests, and work related values
  • Identify suitable occupations to investigate and pursue based on your own skills interests and values
  • 8 test areas
  • 3 scores
  • Verbal, math, science/technical
  • Represent academic and occupational skills and capacity to learn particular skills
  • ASVAB review course: http://www.mometrix.com/blog/free-asvab-test-prep-course/


ACT

  • No cost to students (when taken on test day at EPS)
  • Test is in March at EPS
  • There are several national test dates and sites; however, the student is responsible for the cost of registering/taking the test. The test that ALL juniors take at EPS, is free.
  • National College Entrance exam that tests students in the area of mathematics, English, science and reading.
  • The test takes approximately 3.5 hours to complete or just over 4 hours if taking the ACT-plus writing.
  • Scores range from 1(low) to 36 (high)
  • Want to practice? Visit RUREADYND.COM (testgear) and http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/


*PSAT

  • Cost: $15/test
  • Test is administered in October at EPS
  • Takes approximately 3 hours to administer
  • Measures critical reading, math-problem solving, writing skills
  • Qualifying scores enter the national merit scholarship competition (top 10% of scores taken on the test day)
  • Good preparation for SAT (if students plan on taking it)
  • Scores are not reported to colleges


*SAT

  • Cost: $52.50
  • The SAT tests the skills in reading, writing and math.
    • The reading section includes reading passages and sentence completions.
    • The writing section includes a short essay and multiple-choice questions on identifying errors and improving grammar and usage.
    • The math section includes questions on arithmetic operations, algebra, geometry, statistics and probability.
  • Scoring:
    • Each section of your SAT (critical reading, mathematics and writing) will be scored on a 200- to 800-point scale, for a possible total of 2400. You’ll also get two “subscores” on the writing section: a multiple-choice score from 20 to 80, and an essay score from 2 to 12.
  • The SAT is made up of 10 sections:
    • A 25-minute essay
    • Six 25-minute sections (mathematics, critical reading and writing)
    • Two 20-minute sections (mathematics, critical reading and writing)
    • A 10-minute multiple-choice writing section
  • Total test time: approximately 3 hours and 45 minutes
  • Want to practice? Visit http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/



*Optional Test