what can i do to raise my act score?

Question

I am in 8th grade and last year i got a 22 but i want to raise quite a bit by the time i am a senior. any ideas?

I am in 8th grade and last year I got a 22 on the ACT and was wondering what to do to raise my score. Thanks to the person who said to read a book a week good advice...history teacher said that too. i used to read a lot more. i got really into a series last year and read 2 books a day for a month! glad i did because it improved my speed so i get through required reading a lot faster than i used to. thanks you guys!

Answer 1

Do LOTS of recreational reading. Read a book a week, at the least. That will really improve your reading comprehension score on the ACT, trust me.
And if you think a book a week is too much, it isn't. YOu have to do lots of reading now in a hurry since you are in the 8th grade and I don't know how much or how little reading you have done in the past outside of school, but most kids don't read enough. You know, reading is a skill like roller skating, and the more you "practice", the faster you get at reading and understanding what you have read.

I notice that you say you got a 22 in 7th grade on the ACT. You must have tested for the Duke Talent Identification Search. My daughter got a 33 in reading on the ACT when she tested in the 7th grade, but she has been reading a book every 2 days for years. She just loves to read. So you see what you have to do now, right? Read at least 1 book a week. Just do an hour and a half at night just before bedtime, and you can get thru at least one book every week that way, I'm sure. Cut out some of the tv watching!
As far as the science part, that is heavily dependent on reading comprehension and also on chart reading, etc. Just look over the sample questions on the ACT provided online by ETS.com or ETS.org or whatevr it is, and then practice answering questioins like that.
Build up your reading comprehension skill and you will iimprove in every area, except perhaps math. Take algebra as fast as you can in school. If you are not taking algebra this year, then take both algebra and geometry togheter next year. The kids at my daughter's high school often do this because her school offers 2 years of calculus and they want to be eligible to take both years. Of course, before you take the ACT again, make sure you review the math! Oh, and be sure to take the ACT at least twice, one of my other daughters went from a 22 the first time in reading (in September) to a 28 in reading (the second time she took the test just one month later). So you see you can really change a test score just by taking the test a second time.
Good luck! You sound so ambitious. You will do great!

Answer 2

theres a book called ACT for dummies, I used it and it has sample tests in the back, with the answeres so you can check your work. look at the print out you get in the mail stating your scores in each area to see which one needs the most work. still, 22 is a good score.
check with your local college and see if there is an ACt Prep course you can take

Answer 3

You'll take several high school maths and sciences before you take the ACT for the final time. A 22's pretty good for eighth grade.

Answer 4

The best thing to do is study the ACT book/study guild, and find out what area you are weak in, then focus on that area first. Also, don't leave any answer blank because there is no penalty for wrong answer.