ACT and SAT questions

[Chris in VA]

I'm hoping ds does better on the ACT than on the SAT.
Any truth to the rumor that the ACT is easier--less tricky, for instance?
Any comparison charts where I could plug in or find his SAT score and then a projected ACT score would pop up or be on the chart?

[MaryM]

Don't think the ACT is necessarily any easier than the SAT but it does test material learned rather than "reasoning" ability.

This chart is a tad dated but it does the comparison with SAT and ACT. Maybe someone has a more recent version?

http://phs.prs.k12.nj.us/Guidance/SAT_ACT_Comparison.pdf

The good news is that there is no penalty for wrong answers with ACT BUT it is a longer test and man find that they run out of time during the science part (last). There are some good UTube videos on this, btw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef7rXEwHDFk&feature=related

Mary